The mayor plays a decorative role of representing and upholding the dignity of the city and a functional role in deliberating over the discussions in the corporation.
The city is divided into 110 wards, each of them headed by a corporators who work under the mayor.
In addition to the 110 councilors, there are Deputy Commissioners and Heads of various departments and Zonal officers.
Shushma Kharakwal is the current mayor of the city since 26 May 2023.
The out of mayoral who gets the maximum vote in the elections get elected as the mayor of the city, The tenure of the mayor is of 5 years or till dissolution of municipal corporation, either by themselves or by state law.