Tag: Municipality
Ljusnarsberg municipality most in debt in Sweden: "Social dumping"
▸ Many people end up in Ljusnarsberg municipality because of social or economic problems. Because here there is cheap housing, and landlords who accept indebted tenants. This means that other…
Pensionados solve staff shortage at the municipality of Lopik: ‘I now have the freedom to work’
Although the municipality can now count on nine retired employees, the municipality of Lopik also has a task to work more efficiently, Vente acknowledges. “We are redesigning the organization to…
The accused CEO claims that the municipality approved side jobs and sponsorships
The then chairman of the board of SKIFU, Hans Backlund knew that the now indicted ex-CEO was building houses in the mountains with a contractor. The former CEO Sundsvall’s district…
The municipality of Amersfoort is handing out tents to combat the shortage of homeless shelters
Spangenberg says that it is twofold that the tents must now be provided. But he explains that he and his team think pragmatically. And if there is a problem, such…
Stadhuisplein Utrecht: VVD wants to reverse the plan for paid parking throughout the municipality
So far, paid parking has only been introduced in Utrecht if a majority in a neighborhood wants it. That’s called a support measurement. This support measurement was introduced a long…
Three companies use PFAS in Utrecht, the municipality sees no risks
The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) has calculated how much PFAS may be present in drinking water without any effects on health being expected. In 2019,…
The municipality wants to make the steep bridge in Vreeland longer and clearer
Vreeland – After more than three years, a solution will probably be found for the problem bridge on the Bergseweg in Vreeland. The bridge is now too steep, meaning traffic…
More homeless people and nuisance on the streets in Amersfoort, municipality wants extra emergency shelter
There are now five to ten beggars on the streets of Amersfoort, who often struggle with addiction and have been in the picture for some time. New is a group…
Think: ‘Incomprehensible that victims of extortion are punished by the municipality’
It is unheard of for companies where an explosive device is placed on their doorstep to be closed by the municipality. That is the opinion of Ismail El Abassi from…
Local residents are taking the municipality of Amersfoort to court over an Islamic cemetery
The municipality bought the plot of land for the summer. That land has not yet been sold to the mosques, but that intention is there. And that’s where things go…