Public list of decisions made at the municipal council meeting on July 2, 2020

Annual report and financial statements for 2019

The board adopts the annual report and financial statements for 2019.
The board also decides

1. To adopt the program accountability and balance sheet as follows:

  • Total program results €2,620,804.00
  • Total general coverage funds €598,660.00
  • Total Assets €50,923,000.00
  • Total unforeseen expenses, overheads, and corporate income tax €674,986.00
  • Total balance of income and expenses €3,894,450.00
  • Change in reserves € -1,967,010.00
  • Total result after transfer to reserves (favorable) €1,927,440.00
  • Total liabilities €50,923,000.00

2. To take note of the auditor's report and the board's response to that report;
3. To set the account result at €1,927,440.00. To add an amount of €1,228,632.00 to the discretionary reserve;
4. To transfer the result of €698,808.00 from the interim profit on Soniuspark to the land development reserve;
5. To approve the proposed appropriation of the result to be charged to the free expenditure reserve in accordance with the table in the section on appropriation of the result for an amount of €721,266.00;
6. To include the structural negative result of €500,000.00 in the 2020 framework memorandum; 
7. To approve the shifts in withdrawals from the reserves in accordance with the table showing the transfer of withdrawals from reserves in the section on appropriation of results;
8. To take note of the accounts included in the section on substantive reports:

  • Compulsory education report;
  • Annual report of the Appeals Committee and Legal Affairs 2019;
  • Annual report on administrative and civil service integrity 2019;
  • Socially responsible purchasing.

9. To adopt the sixth budget amendment for 2020 (results, investments and projects, building land);
10. To establish that a number of budget overruns have occurred at program level and within the coverage funds, and to determine that these are appropriate within the policy set out by the council. In accordance with the control protocol, these are not considered to be budgetary irregularities.

 

First management report 2020

The management report is an interim financial statement from the executive committee to the council.
The council adopts the first management report for 2020.

The council also decides:

1. To withdraw the negative balance of €152,194.00 from the general reserve for discretionary spending;
2. To include the structural result in the discussion of the 2020 framework memorandum;
3. To approve an investment of €15,000.00 for the replacement of a snow plow;
4. To approve the various deposits and withdrawals from reserves, as proposed in the section on budget-neutral changes in the management report;
5. To adopt the 7th budget amendment for 2020.

2020 Policy Document

The framework memorandum is a fixed benchmark within the planning and control cycle and is intended to provide direction for the budget.
The council adopts the 2020 Framework Memorandum, taking into account four adopted amendments.
In addition, the council agrees to:

  1. The new program layout for the budget,
    (amendment) with the proviso that the following is added to the text of the Framework Memorandum on page 10 at the end of the section entitled "Liveable residential environment":
    A plan will be drawn up to arrive at a green adoption plan, in which:
  • Entrepreneurs and associations can adopt roundabouts and planters in the city center and advertise on the green spaces they maintain.
  • neighborhoods are given the opportunity to adopt flower beds and green spaces
  1. The financial principles underlying the budget
  2. The new wishes
  3. The proposed targets

The council does not agree with the austerity measures (amendment):

item 6: Dommelstroom Intervention Team
item 8: Sidewalk maintenance level
item 9: Braecklant
item 10: Individual music subsidies
item 12: Playground maintenance
item 13: Europalaan pond pump
item 14: Deer enclosure
item 15: Planters
item 16: Pruning and clearing work
item 20: Coverage of start-up costs with subsidy funds

The council also decides to amend the framework memorandum on the following points:

1. To instruct the council to include in the budget under Program 10 Spatial Planning, item 21 in the list of options (amendment)

  • Further elaboration in the budget of the proposed adjustment of fees, contributions to supra-local facilities, and optimization of rental and lease income.
  • Not to further process the remaining adjustments and targets under this item in the budget.
  • To maintain the policy established in "Kaders op Koers" (Frameworks on Course).
  • To develop the possibilities for adjustments to land policy for further discussion in the Land Affairs Committee and the municipal council.

2. Increase in property tax revenue(amendment)

  • The financial target in the multi-year budget on the cmd. to be halved per year to €100,000, €150,000, €250,000, and €250,000 for the years 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, respectively.
  • Change the text on page 23 to:When calculating the estimates for property tax over a multi-year period, we align ourselves with the increase in WOZ values based on our own municipality's housing construction program, plus an additional increase of €300,000.
  • The council requests that the municipal executive further elaborate on this additional property tax increase of €300,000, based on the principle that the increase for commercial properties will be greater than for residential properties, and that a proposal to that effect be submitted for decision-making when the budget is discussed.

Motions

The following motions that have been adopted will be taken into account by the council when drawing up the 2021–2024 budget.

Motion Our deer park, Our petting zoo

The council requests that the municipal executive investigate the possibility of converting the deer park into a petting zoo. The starting point here is that this petting zoo will ultimately be run in a budget-neutral manner by a volunteer organization that is suitable for the location. The council asks that interested volunteer organizations and citizens be involved in this investigation.

Motion Vroonhoven place of reflection

The council requests the board

  • Establish a working group to facilitate the construction and integration of a place of reflection;
  • The working group should consist of appropriate representatives from our village;
  • To contribute to that working group and to the realization of the new intended place of reflection, also as a municipality.

Motion on public participation in construction projects

The council requests that the college:

  • Explicitly guaranteeing citizen participation in every development process, in the spirit of the Omgevingswet;
  • Notify the initiators of this at an early stage;
  • Include a separate section for each construction project that clearly states in a timely manner where stakeholders stand on a participation ladder, how they can make use of it, and how the project developer has dealt with this input.
  • Actively supporting and informing citizens in this dialogue;
  • To declare this working method applicable to all new projects, including projects that have not yet been submitted for consideration by the committees.

Learn more

If you would like to view the documents, they can be found in theMeeting Calendar. You can download the documents under the date of the council meeting. You can also contact our council clerk, Mr. Frans den Hengst, telephone 491491. A list of decisions made during the meeting will be available no later than Friday, August 14, 2020, as an agenda item for the council meeting on Thursday, August 27, 2020. The full audio recording of the meeting can also be found in theMeeting Calendar under the date of the council meeting.