May 27 is celebrated Local Government Day, commemorating the first fully democratic 1990 municipal council elections. This is a special day on which the the importance and role of local governments in Poland. For the development of the commune/city/district, They are influenced by residents who decide for themselves what is important to them locally, in accordance with the competences assigned by the central authority.

President Tomasz Andrukiewicz thanked all the people who created and are creating Ełk Self-government: residents, councillors of all terms of office, employees local government officials, as well as his predecessors: President Adam Puza (first term in 1990-1994) president Zdzisław Fadrowski (second and third term in the years 1994 - 2002) and President Janusz Nowakowski (fourth term in the years 2002 - 2006).

- I would like to thank the local government of Ełk and residents for many years of cooperation. Thanks We have managed to accomplish a lot of our joint activities and commitment initiatives that build and shape our local reality. Thank you for the special care for the development of the city, all ideas and daily work. I wish you motivation and passion for taking further actions for the benefit of our small Homeland and residents of Ełk – said the Mayor of Ełk Tomasz Andrukiewicz

Yesterday (May 26) in Warsaw, Mayor of Ełk at the invitation of the Speaker of the Senate Prof. Tomasz Grodzki took part in a joint meeting of the Board of the Association of Polish Cities and Senate Local Government Team.

Meeting President of the Republic of Poland with local government officials

On the occasion of the Day of Self-Government On May 25, the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda invited Polish local government officials, including the President of Ełk, to a ceremonial meeting in the gardens of the Presidential Palace. The meeting was an opportunity to honoring deserving local government officials with high presidential decorations. President Polish thanked the audience for their work and service and awarded over 50 people of merit for local government in Poland. The President of Ełk received the "Gold Cross of Merit" from the President of the Republic of Poland in 2017. In addition, three years earlier, in 2014, the mayor of the city received the "Silver Cross of Merit" for activities for the benefit of the local community.

Present VIII term 2018 – 2023:

President Cities of Ełk: Tomasz Andukiewicz

Alternate Mayor of Ełk: Artur Urbański, Mirosław Holubowicz

Chairman Ełk City Council: Włodzimierz Szelążek

Councillors In the term 2018 – 2023:

·         Ewa Awramik

·         Adam Bartoszewicz

·         Lukasz Cegiełka

·         Adam Dobkowski - Vice-President

·         Dariusz Cezary Dracewicz

·         Ireneusz Dzienisiewicz

·         Hubert Gorski

·         Rafał Karaś - Vice-President

·         Piotr Karpienia

·         Nicodemus Wacław Kemicer

·         Robert Klimowicz

·         Ada Lewandowska

·         Idzi Henryk Podwojski

·         Emilia Górska for: Marcin Łukasz Przygodziński

·         Miroslaw Sawczynski

·         Andrzej Surynt - Vice-President

·         Włodzimierz Szelążek - Chairman

·         Michal Zdzislaw Tyszkiewicz

·         Robert Franciszek Wesolowski

·         Krzysztof Zbigniew Wiloch

·         Magdalena Nina Łaszcz for: Bogusław Wisowaty - Vice-President

·         Arkadiusz Czesław Gąsiorek for: Anna Wojciechowska

·         Aneta Wolna