 The municipal or local government is invested under the authority of a City Council ("Ayuntamiento") which it is seated at the Municipal Palace of Merida, located at the city's downtown.The City Council is presided by a municipal president or mayor, and an assembly conformed by a number of regents ("regidores") and trustees ("síndicos").The current Mayor is Renán Barrera Concha who took office on September 1, 2018.