Published: 15 March 2017
Purpose. Determining the need to improve the level of education, professional development and professional retraining of municipal employees. Methods. Legislative acts that fix the qualification requirements for the person applying for the position of a municipal employee, as well as persons already carrying out professional activities in this area, are considered. Results. In this article, the authors consider the problem of the need to improve the training, retraining and professional development of municipal employees, which is a very acute and urgent problem to date. The necessity of forming a qualitatively new cadre of the municipal service is underlined.