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The city council of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, is planning to install a night mayor whose function will be to coordinate care for the capital during the night hours. Amsterdam, London and Prague already have night mayors whose main task is to make their cities more vibrant and safe at night, The Slovak Spectator reports.

“His or her powers will include negotiations with the operators of restaurants, pubs and night clubs and setting the rules for the operation of the city during night hours,” the Bratislava city council explained for the TASR newswire.

The night mayor will also adopt measures to prevent conflicts including managing a team of people to deal with problems of terrain. He will also deal with disturbances of the peace at night. He will closely cooperate with the authorised representative of the Bratislava mayor, Iveta Chovancová, as well as the head of the municipal police in matters concerning security and the illegal drugs policy.