GERB councillors will submit a declaration to Burgas council today opposing the merger of the Executive Agency for Fisheries and Aquaculture (IARA) with the Executive Forest Agency. They also object to any move of IARA's headquarters out of the city. The Ministry of Agriculture and Food is discussing the merger.

GERB-SDS MP Galya Vasileva set out the same position from the parliamentary rostrum on 15 October, on behalf of the party.

Earlier on this story: GERB-SDS opposes merging Burgas fisheries agency with Forestry Agency

The authors say the reform puts specialist oversight of the sector, public services and EU funding at risk. They say the two agencies do different jobs, and a merger is not the only way to improve administration. Their main argument is the risk of job cuts among staff with many years of professional experience.

Today's meeting is the council's 43rd and starts at 9am. The agenda has 33 reports and 8 questions.

Councillors will also decide whether a building ban in the city should start earlier because of Eurovision. The contest takes place on 11, 13 and 15 May next year. The ban has been proposed for 15 April to 6 September.

They will also vote on a single standard for street signs in Burgas, with the same design, better legibility and street names in both Cyrillic and Latin letters.

Writer Kerana Angelova and public figure Dr Stoyan Georgiev have been proposed for honorary citizen. Writer Lyuben Dilov Jr and artist Georgi Yanakiev have been proposed for the title posthumously.