Cabildo de Tenerife


Cabildo de Tenerife is the governing body of the island of Tenerife. It was established on 16 March 1913 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in a session held by the City Council. It was, at that time, the first corporation. The Cabildo of Tenerife, like the other councils of the Canary Islands, enjoys a number of local powers as contained in the Statute of Autonomy of the Canaries, other powers are delegated to the ministries of the territorial government.

Offices

The initial location of the Tenerife Town Hall was the Santa Cruz de Tenerife City council building. In its first year the government transferred the offices to a building located at the intersection of the 25 de Julio Avenue and Numancia Street in the capital, Tinerfeña. A later transfer took the Town Hall support offices to Alfonso XII Street, where they remained until 1928. In that year, due to the need to find a larger location to accommodate the office, there was a move to a new building located directly opposite the former, several floors rented.
Although 100,000 pesetas was set aside to purchase a plot and blueprints were already developed in 1920, these plans did not materialize. After ten years the first steps were taken to acquire land in the area of the Marítima Avenue and provide the corporation with a settled home. Negotiations began with the Ministry of Development for authorization. Construction of the development project in that area of the city began in 1933 under the direction of engineer, José Luis Escario.
The building was completed in late 1940 and the offices of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife were quickly filled. The new building, the Palacio Insular de Tenerife houses some departments of the Cabildo, but there are also other decentralized offices in different locations, and key offices elsewhere in the metropolitan area. The building is notable for its great tower decorated with a clock, commissioned in 1950, which chimes hourly, and is one of the more recognized symbols in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Inside the building is an interesting collection of art, which includes murals that adorn the entire Salón Noble popularly called the "Sistine Chapel of the Canary Islands," with paintings done in 1960 by the painter José Aguiar. In November 2011 these paintings were declared of cultural interest to the Canaries.

Internal organization

The Town Hall administration is made up of the following departments:
The Island Council is composed of the following departments:
According to article 43 of the LRJAPC, the exclusive responsibilities of the town hall are:
Law 14/1990, of 26 July, Legal Regime of the Public Administrations of the Canary Islands, transfers to the town halls the following competences:
The current president is Carlos Enrique Alonso Rodríguez.