The city of Chur performs tasks that benefit the general public. It promotes social welfare and creates favorable conditions for a high-performance economy, adhering to the principle of sustainability. It enacts the necessary laws and regulations. The city fulfills its tasks independently and responsibly within the constitutional and legal limits. It collaborates with the citizens' community, municipalities, regional associations, and other cantonal public law corporations, as well as with private entities, focusing on the purposeful and economic fulfillment of public tasks. The city's tasks include, subject to the jurisdiction of the federal government and the canton, the following areas: general administration; public safety, education, and culture; leisure and sports; healthcare; social welfare; infrastructure; supply and disposal; environmental and spatial planning; economy; finance and taxes; comprehensive purpose description according to the Constitution of the City of Chur.