Republican Party of Armenia

The regular meeting of Yerevan Council of Elders was convened on March 18 and chaired by Yerevan Mayor Taron Margryan. During the meeting the Council of Elders approved of the draft decisions on the placement of memorial boards of the Arm SSR Honoured Artist, music critic Arshak Adamyan and of the Arm SSR Honoured Coach, outstanding physical culture and sport worker Eduard Tumanyan.
The Council of Elders discussed and confirmed the report on Yerevan budget implementation of 2015, according to which the budget income implementation made up 108 %. It means that in comparison with the previous year this rate has increased by 12.6 %. Deputy Mayor Vahe Nikoyan presenting the report outlined that no debts remained at the end of the financial year and all obligations had been financed.
By another decision the Council took into account the report on the implementation of Yerevan development program of 2015.
During the meeting the Council also approved of the decision on free alienation of the flat to the RA people's Artist, RA Honoured Art Worker, documentary film maker, scenario writer, actor, Arm SSR and RF Honoured Art Worker Artavazd Peleshyan. The Council also approved of the decision on giving a free flat to the celloist, the laureate of the 1st prize at P.I. Tchatkovsky Music Contest, the awardee of «Movses Khorenatsi» medal Narek Hakhnazaryan.
The Council also discussed the draft decision on giving privileges in land tax payment within the current year to educational fund Simonyan which occupied the land plot in Tumanyan park at Halabyan 2. The necessity of taking this decision the fund justified by large-scale non-profit activities aimed at well-arrangement and protection of the park.Taking into account the mentioned-above justification, as well as attaching importance to educational programs carried out by «Tumo» cemter for creative technologies of the educational fund Simonyan, the Council of Elders approved of the decision.
The rest issues included in the agenda were approved by the Council too.
At the end of the meeting the Mayor of Yerevan and the representatives of the staff answered the questions of the Council.
The next meeting of the Council of Elders of Yerevan is to take place on April 27.