The budget of the British city of Bristol exceeds some 13.4 times the budget of the Chisinau municipality. Last week, general mayor Dorin Chirtoaca made a working visit to Britain, in an effort of experience exchange with the local functionaries from three British cities, Info-Prim Neo reports. Dorin Chirtoaca told more on his trip to Britain at the last sitting of the City Hall. He drew parallels between the modes of work of the local administrations of smaller English cities and of the Chisinau public administration. According to the mayor, the budget of a locality two times smaller than Chisinau is 1 billion pounds. Compared to what Chisinau has it is almost 14-fold larger. As for the mode of financing the budget, Chirtoaca said only 20% of it was gained from own means. The other 80% represent grants from the state. “Even in these circumstances, when there is a major support from the state, the central authorities do not interfere in the City Hall’s financial policies,” he underlined. According to the Chisinau mayor, still, the representatives of the British local public administration go on struggling for more local autonomy. “All the more, we, here, have to stick to our stand, taking into account that anyway 70% of the budget money is gained from own means,” he said. The work of the British local public administrations is different from the one performed by their Chisinau counterparts. According to Chirtoaca, the English administrations prove more tradition and work under an organization chart absolutely different from the one of Chisinau. Thus the mayor is elected by the Council, and has a more representing than managing role. The mayor chairs the local or municipal councils’ sittings. The leader of the largest faction is a sort of unofficial prime-minister. Dorin Chirtoaca insisted the lack of a giant public heater as the Chisinau “Termocom” eased the job of the English local administrations. Everybody heats himself on his own account. Also the water supplier is a private company. There are 6 private companies in the UK providing this service, and they establish the prices by themselves. The local councils have no connection with establishing the water charges. The same can be said about the public transport. The charges are set by the companies managing the routes.