The local government is composed of a mayor (), a city council ("mestské zastupiteľstvo"), a city board ("mestská rada"), city commissions ("Komisie mestského zastupiteľstva"), and a city magistrate's office ("magistrát"). The directly elected mayor is the head and chief executive of the city. The term of office is four years. The previous mayor, František Knapík, was nominated in 2006 by a coalition of four political parties KDH, SMK, and SDKÚ-DS. In 2010 he finished his term of office. The present mayor is Ing. Jaroslav Polaček. He was inaugurated on December 10, 2018.