The General Directorate of Services is made up of the following services:
- Registry Office
- Archives Service
- Coordination and Monitoring Service
- Complaints Service
- Council Affairs Service
The duties of these services are as follows:
Registry Office
This service is responsible for:
- keeping all incoming and outgoing mail registers;
- recording mail received by the Municipality and forwarding it to the relevant services;
- ensuring that all correspondence, incoming or outgoing, is recorded and archived;
- recording and checking all outgoing mail from municipal services and administrative annexes;
- receiving mail sent to the Municipality by external bodies and distributing it to the administrative annexes after approval by the Director-General or their deputy;
- distributing mail sent by the Municipality of Kénitra as instructed.
Archives Service
This service is responsible for:
- collecting, documenting and keeping documents relating to local public affairs so that they can be classified, organised and made available to citizens, staff and heads of services and divisions;
- keeping municipal decisions and regulatory orders;
- keeping agreements signed by the Municipality;
- keeping specifications (cahiers des charges);
- keeping plans and maps of the city;
- storing, copying and digitising all legal references;
- numbering, recording and classifying legal and regulatory references;
- keeping documents relating to public contracts and concession agreements;
- keeping urban planning documents (development plans, sector plans and restructuring plans);
- keeping documents relating to research and studies.
Coordination and Monitoring Service
Reporting directly to the Director-General of Services, this service is responsible for:
- carrying out part of the Director-General’s duties relating to coordination between divisions and services;
- monitoring projects carried out by the Municipality and compiling activity reports from each service;
- coordinating the Municipality’s various services;
- preparing annual activity reports;
- receiving telegrams sent to the Municipality and routing them by subject;
- carrying out prior legal review of decisions by the Council or the administration;
- helping to draft municipal decisions;
- organising and supervising participatory governance activities;
- representing the Municipality at national or international governance meetings at the request of the President or the Director-General;
- preparing the Municipality’s Action Programme under the Director-General’s supervision, in coordination with all relevant services.
Complaints Service
This service handles complaints from users of municipal services and residents of Kénitra. It is responsible for:
- receiving, recording and forwarding complaints to the relevant services for investigation, and following up on how they are handled;
- meeting complainants in person and preparing a file for each complaint;
- advising and guiding complainants where necessary;
- monitoring the outcome of complaints in coordination with other services;
- supervising the online portal through which citizens can submit complaints;
- supervising the free phone line;
- making sure complainants receive a reply within a reasonable time.
Council Affairs Service
This service is responsible for:
- assisting the Council secretary in drafting the minutes of Council and committee sessions;
- monitoring the work of the Council’s bodies;
- preparing draft session agendas;
- drafting minutes and reports of the Council’s bodies;
- keeping documents relating to the Council’s bodies;
- monitoring the work of the Executive Bureau and standing committees;
- preparing Council sessions and standing committee meetings;
- preparing files and decisions submitted to the competent authority for approval;
- monitoring the implementation of Council decisions;
- preparing ordinary and extraordinary sessions;
- helping committee chairs document the reports and recommendations of standing committees.
Updated on October 7, 2026