1. Personnel management of all employees of the Municipal Board
2. Replies to Assembly questions/Municipal Committee, etc.
3. Replies to Public Accounts Committee, Estimate Committee, other Committees constituted by the Government/Municipality.

The General Department is headed by the Head Assistant. This department has 43 regular officers and employees. There are 82 casual employees and part timers.
The Staff of Tura Municipal Board (TMB) consists of

The Pay bill is also executed through this department.

Accounts Department

The duties and responsibilities of the Department are:

1. Preparation of the annual budget.
2. Scrutinising of bills, Vouchers, etc., before payment.
3. Maintenance of accounts including verification of bank accounts, etc.
4. Preparation of pay bills, gratuity, CPF, etc.
5. Audit replies.
6. All matters connected with finance, budget, accounts and audit.

Description of Income for 2008-2009 as follows:

Besides above i.e.,

Description of Expenditures for 2008-2009 as follows:

License Department

The License Department of the Tura Municipal Board is responsible for issue or renewal of licenses for traders and business undertakings.

• License for Stall: Annual licenses are issued to stall owners in the Municipal Markets, namely, Tura Super Market, Chandmary Super Market and Nakam Bazar Market Complex.
• License for Parking Places: The Department issues licenses to contractors for collection of parking fees. The license is issued for a period of one year. Quotations are invited from the interested parties through advertisement in newspaper.
• License for Commercial establishment: The License Department issues one-year license for commercial establishments.

Descriptions of yearly fees collection are shown below:

STATEMENT SHOWING THE REVISED RATE OF ANNUAL TRADE LICENSE
UNDER BYE-LAW NO.1 OF TURA MUNICIPAL BOARD

RATE OF DAILY TOLL FEES UNDER TURA MUNICIPALITY
(APPROVED VIDE ORDERS OF TURA MUNICIPAL BOARD
NO. TMB/G-20/06-07/104, DATED 24.01.2008 )

VEHICULAR PARKING FEES
OF DIFFERENT PARKING LOTS
PRESCRIBED BY TURA MUNICIPAL BOARD
(APPROVED VIDE ORDER NO. TMB/Parking/07/2149-50, DATED 11.06.2008)

1. Tura Super Market Basement Parking

   	Type of Vehicle	1st Hour	Additional For Subsequent Hours
   1.	LMV	Rs. 5/-	Re. 1/-
   2.	Two Wheelers	Rs. 3/-	Re. 1/
   3.	Auto Rickshaws	Rs. 3/-	Re. 1/

2. Tura Bazar Parking Areas

   	Type of Vehicle	1st Hour	Additional For Subsequent Hours
   1.	LMVs & Auto Rickshaws	Rs. 4/-	Re. 2/-
   2.	Two Wheelers	Rs. 3/-	Re. 1/-

3. Akonggre Parking Lot

   	Type of Vehicle	Rate Per Day
   1.	HMVs	Rs. 25/-
   2.	LMVs	Rs. 10/-

4. Chandmary Parking Lot

   	Type of Vehicle	Rate
   1.	Bus/Trucks/Mini Buses	Rs. 25/-
   2.	Sumo/Mahindra etc.	Rs. 10/-

5. Truck/Bus Parking for Loading/Unloading in the Tura Super Market Complex

   	Type of Vehicle	Rate
   1.	Heavy Trucks/Bus	Rs. 100/-
   2.	Other Trucks/Buses	Rs. 75/-
   3.	Mini Truck/Bus	Rs. 50/-
   4.	Pick Up truck/Van	Rs. 30/-
   5.	Sumo	Rs. 20/-

Rate for Hoardings

Hoardings by advertisement agencies/companies are subject to payment of Advertisement Fee. Thereafter license is issued by the Municipal Board for a period of one year

1. Documents required at the time of application for permission/license:

• No objection from the PWD(R) if hoarding is proposed to be erected on the- roadside.
• No objection from the house owners if hoarding is proposed to be erected on top of the building.
• Insurance document.

2. The Rate/fees will be calculated on the basis of the size of the hoarding calculated in sq.ft. at the rates below:-

• Illuminated hoarding - Rs.35/- per sq. ft.
• Non illuminated hoarding - Rs.28/- per sq. ft. .

In addition Rs.4.00 per 10 sq.ft. is chargeable if the hoarding is proposed to be erected in the Tura Municipal Board land.

3. For cloth and flex banners, the rates chargeable is Rs. 100.00 per banner.
 

Assessment Department

FUNCTIONS:

1. Calculation of taxes as per the annual rental value (ARV) given by the Works Department of the Tura Municipal Board. The taxes are as follows:

• House Tax
• Lighting Tax
• Scavenging Tax

2. Maintenance of Demand and Bill Registers for keeping records of the details of all tax payers and the amount that the tax payers have to pay.

3. Transfer / Apportionment of holdings as applied by the rate payers.

4. Correspondence with regard to reviewing / reducing of municipal tax.

5. Miscellaneous works such as issuing of certified copies of holdings as required by the rate payers.

Birth & Death Department

This Department deals with the Registration of Births and Deaths and also issuing of birth and death certificates to the citizens of the city and others.

Registration of Births and Deaths
Registration of births, deaths and still births is compulsory under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 and rules framed there under. The information regarding all births, deaths and still births occurring within the jurisdiction of Tura Municipal Board has to be given in the prescribed form to the birth and death department within 21(twenty one) days from the date of a birth or still birth; and Prescribed forms for the purpose are available with the health officer of the birth and death department free of cost.

Whose Responsibility?
The responsibility of registering all the births and deaths (occurring in the hospitals /nursing homes / maternity homes / etc.) lies with the respective heads of the Institutions. Registration of all such events is done directly in this department of the TMB.
The responsibility of registering all the domiciliary births / deaths / still births lies with the parents / relations of the child / deceased, as the case may be.

Delayed Registration

1. Any Birth or Death, of which information is given to the Registrar after the expiry of the period specified thereof, but within thirty days of its occurrence, shall be registered on payment of such late fee as may be prescribed.

2. Any Birth or Death of which delayed information is given to the Registrar after thirty days but within one year of its occurrence shall be registered only with the written permission of the prescribed authority and on payment of the prescribed fee and the production of an affidavit made before a notary public or any other officer authorised in this behalf by the State Government.

3. Any Birth or Death which has not been registered within one year of its occurrence shall be registered only on an order made by a Magistrate of the first class or a Presidency Magistrate after verifying the correctness of the Birth or Death and on payment of the prescribed fee.

4. The provision of this section shall be without prejudice to any action that may be taken against a person for failure on his part to register any Birth or Death within the time specified thereof and any such birth or death may be registered during the pendency of any such action.

Registration of name of child- Where the birth of any child has been registered without a name, the parent or guardian of such child shall within the prescribed period give information regarding the name of the child to the registrar either orally or in writing and thereupon the Registrar shall enter such name in the register and initial and date the entry.

Correctness or cancellation of entry in the register of births and deaths— If it is proved to the satisfaction of the Registrar that an entry of a birth or death in any register kept by him under this Act is erroneous in form or substance, or has been fraudulently or improperly made, he may, subject to such rules as may be made by the State Government with respect to the conditions on which and the circumstances in which such entries may be corrected or cancelled, correct the error or cancel the entry by suitable entry in the margin, without any alteration of the original entry, and shall sign the marginal entry and add thereto the date of the correction or cancellation.

DOCUMENTS TO BE ENCLOSED WITH THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE FORM

1. Doctor certificate, if the doctor was present or attended on the patient during the birth time.

2. In case of institutional birth, the birth report form should be signed and sealed by the i/c of the institution or any one authorized by him/her.

3. Other certificates (like affidavit, etc) to be enclosed in case of delayed registration.

DOCUMENTS TO BE ENCLOSED WITH THE DEATH REPORT FORM

1. If the death occurred at home, the death certificate from the locality headman should be enclosed.

2. If the death occurred in the hospital, the death certificate from the hospital should be enclosed.

Health and Conservancy Department

The Health and Conservancy Department is responsible for maintaining public health and hygiene which include regular garbage clearing, road sweeping, clearance of drains, disposal of unclaimed animal carcasses, etc.

Works Department

The Works Department of the Tura Municipal Board prepares plans and estimates of civil works / projects which are to be undertaken by the Board. It also monitors construction works of the municipality roads and footpaths, drainage systems, local community halls, etc.

Collection Department

After the calculation of taxes by the Assessment Department, the Collection Department prepares the Bill and sends it to the property owner or taxpayer. The Bill includes the previous balance, if any. It may also include penalty in case of late payment. The process of Tax Collection involves the collection of all types of taxes, administration fee, composition fee, etc. It also receives information from other departments as License Department, of TMB etc. The collected money is then deposited into the Municipal Fund.
OBJECTIVE

• The collection department is the backbone of the Tura Municipal Board. The main objective is to generate income for the Board.

FUNCTIONS

• The major source of income is through recovery of taxes made from 12 wards. Employees are engaged in the recoveries under the guidance and supervision of the Chief Executive Officer.
   

Enforcement Department

The Enforcement Department is responsible for enforcement of the provisions contained in the Meghalaya Municipal Act and the various Rules. Eviction of unauthorized occupants of public roads and footpaths are also carried out by this Department

Urban Poverty Alleviation Cell

This department largely caters to the needs of the urban poor through centrally sponsored scheme Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana (SJSRY) by providing gainful employment to the urban unemployed poor through encouraging the setting up of self employment ventures or provision of wage employment.

The role of this Cell is as follows:-

• Prepare, implement and monitor all schemes / programmes for Urban Poverty Alleviation

• Provide guidelines and support to the medical Staff of Health and Conservancy Department.

• Formation of self-managed community structures like Neighbourhood Groups (NHGs), Neighbourhood Committees (NHCs), Community Development societies (CDS), etc

FUNCTIONS

• Assistance to the individual urban poor beneficiaries for setting up gain full employment venture.

• Assistance to groups of urban poor women for setting up gainful employment ventures through

DWCUA.

• Training of beneficiaries for up gradation and acquisition of vocational and entrepreneurial skills.

• Assistance in the formation of thrift and credit society (SHG)

• Regular health check-ups for women and children.

• Nutrition program.

• Provides medicine aid to the poor.

• Regular health check ups, some beneficial programs, medicine distribution to the poor, etc are done in each municipal area through the co-operation of the neighborhood community.