The Municipal Secretariat of Works and infrastructure aims to articulate the definition and implementation of the public works policy in charge of the municipality, including its housing policy.

The Municipal Secretariat of Works and infrastructure:

• Coordinate the development of projects and the execution of Public Works in charge of the municipality, by direct administration or through third parties, also being responsible for the preparation and execution of the budget related to plans, programs and projects of building works, paving, infrastructure, housing and basic sanitation related to the drainage system;
• Coordinate the elaboration of urban structuring, housing and basic sanitation policies related to the drainage system in the municipality; 
• Standardize, monitor and evaluate the implementation of Public Works; 
• Coordinate the setting of goals and guidelines that enable the implementation of works related to the municipal road and highway systems; 
• Plan, monitor and supervise the execution of topographic and geotechnical works of municipal works; 
• Coordinate the strategy, monitor and evaluate the implementation of plans, programs and projects of basic sanitation works related to the drainage system, paving, infrastructure, building of own public, urban and housing equipment; 
• Plan, implement, execute and evaluate the contracting process of works and services related to plans, programs and projects of maintenance works, building, basic sanitation related to the drainage system, paving, infrastructure and housing, in collaboration with other bodies and entities of the Municipal Administration; 
• Bidding and contracting services and engineering works for the construction, recovery and maintenance of public facilities, urban equipment, basic sanitation related to the drainage system, paving of the municipality, housing complexes and interventions in areas of Special Social Interest-ZEIS -, in an integrated and intersectoral manner, including in the form of concession or permission, and such powers may be delegated to the entities of the indirect administration of the executive power, in whole or in part, by means of a specific act of the holder of the portfolio; 
• Delegate to the entities of the indirect administration of the executive power the management of the contracts of their competence; 
• Monitor the progress of Public Works contracted to third parties; 
• Manage the Municipal Fund for Popular housing and the Municipal sanitation Fund; 
• Coordinate housing policy in the municipality; 
• Coordinate the development of projects and the execution of works of housing complexes, buildings and installments of social Interest and housing production activities; 
• Standardize, monitor and evaluate intervention actions in social housing complexes in the municipality; 
• Keep updated, together with URBEL, the unified database of families benefited by the municipality's programs; 
• Implement actions aimed at the organization and coexistence of groups of families benefiting from housing programs, especially with regard to the management of areas of collective use; 
• Provide technical and administrative support to the Municipal Housing Council and the Municipal sanitation Council-COMUSA; 
• Coordinate and evaluate the preparation of technical documentation of plans, programs and projects for fundraising with national and international bodies and institutions, in collaboration with other bodies and entities of the Municipal Administration, and monitor their execution; 
• Plan and coordinate the institutional relationship with the Federated entities for the execution of Public Works; 
• Plan and define the guidelines of the policy of services provided under the concession regime of its competence;
• Coordinate the execution of its administrative and financial activities; 
• Develop other activities aimed at achieving its objectives.