1. Preservation and enhancement of the accessibility of archival materials: Reception of records, their sifting, sorting, listing, labelling, care and repaire, preservation, microfilming and extermination of needless records.
    
2. Information service: Research, surveys and information search.
    
3. General development and control of the archival branch, inspection, planning, guidance and training.
    
4. Administrative operations: Management, supervision and development of the City Archives, and preparation of authoritative measures for the City Executive Board.
    
5. Other tasks: Preservation, distribution and sales of printed matters published by the city, information services, provision of archival equipment to the administrative bodies, issue of ISBN-numbers, presentation of the City Hall and the City Archives.

The documents are available to the administration and other clients within the bounds of laws, statutes and regulations concerning the publicity of records. There are books and other printed matters to be sold by the City Archives. Their prices are found in the link Archive shop.