Central Administration is headed by the Metropolitan Coordinating Director (MCD) and is responsible for ensuring the implementation of governmental policies, projects and programmes at the MMDAs level. The department guides policy formulation, planning and decision-making at the Assembly. As part of its responsibilities, Central Administration acts as a liaison between Heads of other governmental and non-governmental agencies and the Metro Chief Executive (MCE), it manages financial and other resources of the Assembly in consultation with the Metro Chief Executive (MCE).
Note:In order to obtain a meeting with the Coordinating Director: Provide your name, contact details and a brief description of your inquiry with the Secretary of the Coordinating Director 9AM-5PM: STMA Staff and Community appointments

As the Secretariat of STMA, Central Administration Department is responsible for support services and managing the general administration of the District Assembly.
Central Administration major areas of management and coordination responsibility include the following: Records, Estate, Development Planning, Budgeting & Rating administration, M.I.S and other General administrative tasks.

The unit is responsible for: Receiving incoming mails, Dispatching of outgoing mails, Writing of Memos, Entry of Mails, Writing of munites and Assist in Administrative work.

The Development Planning Department coordinates development programs and projects of the District Assembly. This effort requires the preparation of annual action plans from the 4-year Medium Term Development Plan and the consolidation of the Annual Action Plans from all of the Assembly’s Departments.
The Development Planning Department coordinates development programs and projects of the District Assembly. This effort requires the preparation of annual action plans from the 4-year Medium Term Development Plan and the consolidation of the Annual Action Plans from all of the Assembly’s Departments.

The unit provides strategic direction for the achievement of the overall objective of the procurement function in the Service. The unit plans and coordinates activities related to procurement, manages the development and implementation of the procurement plan, provides inputs for the preparation of the annual budget and liaises with service providers and other stakeholders to undertake procurement activities. It is also the responsibility of the Unit to ensure that the procurement activities are in harmony with the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663), supervise stores management and assets disposal as well as the Preparation and submission of Annual and Periodic Reports to the Public Procurement Authority

The main objective of the MIS Unit is to collect, analyze and manage information to support the development, management and implementation of policies, programmes and services in the Local Government Service.

The objectives of the Estate Management Unit are to: Formulate and implement estate management policies;
Advises on all estate management issues and policies; and
Prepares and updates records on the organization’s properties and assets.

The Unit is responsible for regulating and monitoring the utilization of all vehicles, maintainance of the vehicles and ensure efficient use of financial resources. It is responsible for the implementation of a transport policy to help improve transport management thereby, ensuring vehicle availability

The Unit enforces the by-laws of the assembly and help to generate funds for the assembly.