Office of the City Council
The Office of the City Council handles all administration for the City Council, City Executive Council, Presidium, and various other committees. This includes receiving and handling documents, preparing meetings, such as the drafting and distribution of agendas, conducting meetings, including the minute-taking, and providing advice to the Chair and other members. Its duties also include finalizing documentation, announcing decisions on official matters, publishing minutes, and providing information to the public.
The Office
The Office is responsible for serving City Councilors and other elected representatives on Reykjavík City committees and councils, including for legal advice, education, and managing their remuneration and working facilities at Tjarnargata 12. The Office provides support to City Councilors for telephone appointments, telephone answering, and consultations with the City Councilors. The Office also provides various advice to the specialized councils and committees, as well as to their employees, such as legal advice on procedural rules for meetings, taking minutes, and Reykjavík City’s administrative system.
The Office of the City Council manages general elections in Reykjavík, including completion of the voter register, preparation of polling stations, mobilization of personnel, conducting balloting, and counting votes.
The Office is also responsible for tasks relating to reviews of catering and accommodation business licenses. The Office receives review requests from the District Commissioner of Greater Reykjavík and is responsible for the review process as a whole in accordance with the provisions of the Act on Restaurants, Lodging, and Entertainment.
The Office of the City Council is also responsible for handling requests for Reykjavík City to reconsider matters, guidance to the public on procedures for reconsideration allowances and complaints. In addition to this, the Office carries out the drafting of legal opinions for the City Council, City Executive Council, Presidium, and various other committees and councils of the City, as well as for City Councilors.
Office of the City Council Staff
- Dís Sigurgeirsdóttir, acting director – office of the City Council, 2nd deputy mayor
dis.sigurgeirsdottir@reykjavik.is - Helga Björk Laxdal, Director – office of the City Council, 2nd deputy mayor (on leave)
helga.laxdal@reykjavik.is - Eiríkur Búi Halldórsson, Administrative Project Manager
eirikur.bui.halldorsson@reykjavik.is - Hildur Lilliendahl Viggósdóttir, Project Manager for Quality and Elections
hildur.l.viggosdottir@reykjavik.is - Hulda Hólmkelsdóttir, administrative project manager (on leave)
hulda.holmkelsdottir@reykjavik.is - Heimir Snær Guðmundsson, administrative project manager
heimir.snaer.gudmundsson@reykjavik.is - Ívar Vincent Smárason, Administrative Project Manager
ivar.vincent.smarason@reykjavik.is - Ólöf Magnúsdóttir, Office of the City Council Project Manager
olof.magnusdottir@reykjavik.is - Viktoria Julia Laxdal, Project Manager - Managing Catering And Accommodation Business Licenses
viktoria.julia.laxdal@reykjavik.is - Bjarni Þóroddsson, Administrative Project Manager (on leave)
bjarni.thoroddsson@reykjavik.is
The Office of the City Council earned its Rainbow Certification in October 2025.