Santiago reshuffles the Governing Board with the entry of Saleta Chao

The mayor of Santiago de Compostela, Goretti Sanmartín Rei, signed on November 2nd Mayoral Decree 2026/12584, by which councilwoman Saleta Chao Rivas joins the Local Government Board replacing Manuel César Vila. The resolution, processed by the city council’s General Secretariat, was published in the Official Gazette of the Province of A Coruña number 218 on November 13, 2026, in the Local Administration section, under announcement number 2026/7383.

The decree is issued under article 126.2 of Law 7/1985, of April 2, regulating the bases of the local regime, and article 40 of the Organic Regulation of Government and Administration of the City Council of Santiago de Compostela (ROGA). Its publication in the provincial gazette responds to the mandate of article 44 of the Regulation of organization, operation and legal regime of local entities, approved by Royal Decree 2568/1986, of November 28. The effectiveness of the measure is set on the date of its signing, November 2, 2026.

The new composition of the local executive

The change is limited to modifying the first section of the Mayoral Decree of June 17, 2023, which established the government structure of the term. With the substitution, the Government Board consists of seven councilors:

• Míriam Louzao Fernández
• Xesús Manuel Domínguez Domínguez
• Pilar Lueiro García
• Iago Lestegás Tizón
• María Rozas Pérez
• Xan Xesús Duro Fernández
• Saleta Chao Rivas

The mayor orders that the resolution be reported to the Plenary of the Corporation and notified to the interested parties, in addition to its publication in the provincial gazette.

Previous resignation and transfer of portfolios

The formal substitution is framed within the resignation of Manuel César Vila from his position as councilor, which the Plenary of the Corporation acknowledged in the session of October 16, 2026. On the same November 2nd, the mayor signed Mayoral Decree 2026/12581, which modifies the delegation decree to appoint Saleta Chao Rivas as the Mayor’s delegate in the Department of Economy and Finance, Personnel, Procurement and Modernization of Local Administration, in exercise of the competence of article 124 of Law 7/1985 and articles 31 and following of the ROGA.

The matters assigned to Chao Rivas encompass economic and financial planning, tax management, budgetary management and fiscal policy; personnel and internal regime; procurement; archives; and innovation and informatics. Within the budget execution bases, she is also granted:

• Recognition and settlement of obligations derived from legally acquired expenditure commitments.
• Ordering of payments, including the signing of documents that formalize the material payment.
• Competencies in patrimonial liability that correspond to the Mayor’s Office.
• Information office for resources and funds, attraction of European funds, and attraction of industrial investments.
• Transparency and citizen services.

Competencies assumed as a member of the Board

In the session of November 2, the Local Government Board also approved an agreement for the delegation of competencies to the delegated councillor for Economy and Finance, Saleta Chao Rivas, in view of her status as a member of the collegiate body. The text was published in the same issue of the bulletin with reference 2026/7385 and cites articles 127.1.g) and h) and 127.2 of Law 7/1985, as well as article 9 of Law 40/2015, of October 1, on the legal regime of the public sector.

The delegation includes authorizing and arranging expenditures within the framework of the budget execution bases, the management of municipal revenues (settlements, appeals, deferrals, and refunds of undue payments), the cancellation of guarantees and bonds, personnel management, the initiation of procurement procedures and private use of public domain, the imposition of penalties, and the submission of allegations to the Contractual Appeals Tribunal. Excluded from the delegation, among others, are the granting of subsidies, the approval of expenditure in procurement files, the extension of annual installments for multi-year expenditures, and the validation of expenditures for minor contracts, as well as the list of job positions, remuneration, and the public employment offer.

The practical effects of the reconfiguration are already reflected in the administrative activity: announcement 2026/7269, published in the BOP on November 11, appears signed by Saleta Chao Rivas as delegated councillor for Economy and Finance, Personnel, Procurement, and Modernization of Local Administration, with express reference to the delegation decree of November 2, 2026.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of A Coruña, number 218, November 13, 2026, Local Administration (official reference: 2026/7383).