4 May 2026

Public Minutes of the meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen of the Municipality of Apeldoorn on 4 May 2026

Present

A.J.M. Heerts, Mayor
N.G. Derks, councillor
P.C.J. Messerschmidt, councillor
D.S. Huizer, councillor
H. van den Berge, councillor
A.J. Prins, councillor
M. Wenzkowski, councillor
S. de Bruin, Town Clerk
M. van Loenen, board adviser, minute-taker

Absent

S. Biharie, councillor

1. Approval of the minutes of 23 April 2026

The minutes were approved without amendment.

DOCUMENTS FOR DISCUSSION

2. Annual Accounts 2025

Proposal from the Finance and Control Department:

1. To approve the 2025 annual accounts, which show a profit of €20.7 million, and to request the Presidium to submit them to the municipal council for approval in accordance with the attached draft council proposal and resolution;
2. To propose to the municipal council that it authorise budget overruns in excess of €300,000 at programme level;
3. To propose to the municipal council that a reserve fund be established to provide an incentive for achieving revenue targets;
4. To propose to the municipal council that it adopt the nine zoning proposals, totalling €3.5 million;
5. To propose to the Presidium that the attached budget amendment 2026-16, resulting from the proposed allocations, be submitted to the council for approval;
6. Taking note of the statement of assurance in the annual accounts;
7. To take note of the Group Controller’s report accompanying the 2025 annual accounts;
8. To authorise the Finance Portfolio Holder to make textual amendments in response to the auditor’s final report.

Decision: The council has deferred the proposal.

HAMMER PIECES

3. Launch of the ‘No Excuses in Apeldoorn for Unwanted Sexual Behaviour’ campaign’

Proposal from the Security Department:

1. To approve the attached council memorandum and forward it to the municipal council.

Decision: The council decides in accordance with the proposal.

4. Draft letter of comments on the Veluwe Environmental Agency’s draft programme budget for 2027 and financial statements for 2025

Proposal from the Environmental Policy Department:

1. To take note of ODVeluwe’s 2025 Financial Statements, Quality Criteria Report and 2025 Social Annual Report;
2. To take note of ODVeluwe’s draft budget for 2027;
3. Adoption of the draft position statement;
4. To request the Presidium to submit the 2025 annual accounts, including appendices, and the draft 2027 programme budget of ODVeluwe, together with the dashboard for the annual accounts of the ODVeluwe Joint Arrangement, to the municipal council for information via the attached council proposal;
5. We request that the Presidium submit the draft position statement to the municipal council for adoption.

Decision: The council decides in accordance with the proposal.

5. Amendment decision regarding the TAM Environmental Plan, Chapter 22e, Ugchelseweg 219, Ugchelen

Proposal from the Environmental Law and Planning Permits Department:

1. To request the Presidium to propose to the council, by means of the attached council proposal and council resolution, that:
2. To adopt the amended TAM Environmental Plan, Chapter 22e ‘Ugchelseweg 219, Ugchelen’, by changing part of the decision area to the ‘Residential’ land use category and adding Article 8.5.3 to the regulations, as shown on the amended plan map accompanying this proposal and contained in the file set NL.IMRO.0200.tam0005-vas2.

Decision: The council decides in accordance with the proposal.

6. First budget amendment to the MPB 2026–2029, 2026 instalment

Proposal from the Finance and Control Department:

1. To make broader use of the €496,000 allocated in the 2026 budget under the ‘Duty of Care for Libraries’ provision in the field of culture;
2. We request that the Presidium submit the first 2026 budget amendment to the municipal council for approval.

Decision: The proposal is withdrawn.

7. Letter of comments from Apeldoorn Municipal Council on the GR Lucrato JR 2025 & MJB 2027–2030

Proposal from the Social Development Policy Department:

1. To take note of the 2025 Annual Accounts of the GR Werkleerbedrijf Lucrato;
2. To take note of the auditor’s report on the 2025 Annual Accounts;
3. To take note of the 2027–2030 Multi-Year Budget of the Lucrato Work-Training Organisation;
4. To agree to submit to the council the draft statement of views on the 2025 Annual Accounts and the 2026–2029 Multi-year Budget of the Lucrato Work-based Learning Organisation;
5. To approve the dashboard drawn up on the basis of GR Lucrato’s 2025 Annual Accounts and the 2027–2030 Multi-Year Budget;
6. The Presidium is requested to submit the letter setting out the views prepared by the Executive Committee to the Council for adoption.

Decision: The council decides in accordance with the proposal.

8. Mandate, power of attorney and authorisation for a Bibob investigation into regional procurement under the Social Support Act (Wmo) and the Youth Act

Proposal from the Security Department:

1. The council agrees to:
   1. Please find attached the mandate, power of attorney and authorisation decision to grant the persons named therein to grant a mandate and authorisation to carry out a Bibob investigation for the purposes of the procurement of youth care and support under the Social Support Act (Wmo), with retroactive effect from 1 December 2025 up to and including 31 December 2026. Also, to revoke the mandate and authorisation granted on 7 October 2025 to the persons named in the resolution for that purpose;
   2. I would ask the Presidium to forward this decision to the Council for information.
2. The mayor is requested to approve:
   1. Attached are the mandate, power of attorney and authorisation decision to grant the persons named therein with power of attorney and authorisation to carry out a Bibob investigation for the purposes of the procurement of youth care and support under the Social Support Act (Wmo), with retroactive effect from 1 December 2025 up to and including 31 December 2026. Also, to revoke the mandate and authorisation granted on 7 October 2025 for the persons named in the resolution for that purpose;
   2. I would ask the Presidium to forward this decision to the Council for information.

Decision: The council decides in accordance with the proposal.

Decision: The mayor decides in accordance with the proposal.

WRITTEN QUESTIONS

9. Response to written questions from the VVD and Lokaal Apeldoorn regarding the discontinuation of CCTV surveillance of waste containers

Proposal from the Projects, Programmes and Interim Management Department:

1. To adopt the answers to the written questions;
2. Notify the municipal council of this decision.

Decision: The council decides in accordance with the proposal.

10. Response to written questions from the CDA regarding one-to-one support in youth care following the Zembla programme broadcast on 26 March 2026

Proposal from the Social Development Policy Department:

1. To adopt the answers to the written questions;
2. Notify the municipal council of this decision.

Decision: The council decides in accordance with the proposal.

11. Response to written questions from the Party for the Animals (PvdD) regarding electricity huts

Proposal from the Spatial Design and Implementation Department:

1. To adopt the answers to the written questions;
2. Notify the municipal council of this decision.

The mayor has decided in accordance with the proposal.

MAYOR’S DECISIONS TKN

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FROM PUBLIC TO PUBLIC

12. Agenda notes for the General Board of the Stedendriehoek region

Proposal from the Corporate Affairs Department:

1. To approve the Annotated Agenda for the General Board of the Stedendriehoek region dated 22 April 2026.

Decision: The Executive Committee decides in accordance with the proposal, subject to the inclusion of editorial amendments.

This decision will be made public on 22 April 2026.

13. Orpheus Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, 22 April 2026

Proposal from the Finance and Control Department:

1. Pursuant to Article 5.1(4), the Woo, the publication of this board proposal (Orpheus Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, 22 April 2026) is deferred until 23 April 2026, after the parties concerned have been informed;
2. Pursuant to Article 87 of the Local Government Act, in conjunction with Article 5.1 of the Housing Act, to impose a duty of confidentiality on the annex entitled ‘Confidential; nomination to the Supervisory Board of N. W. and W. V.’;
3. To take note of the agenda and supporting documents for the Orpheus Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 22 April 2026;
4. To approve the 2025 annual accounts of the Orpheus Theatre and Conference Centre, which show a profit of €600,000, of which €150,000 will be allocated to the General Reserve and €450,000 to the Stadscoulissen special-purpose reserve, and to grant discharge to the managing director and the supervisory board;
5. To approve the nomination of N. W. and W. V. as supervisory directors;
6. To inform the council of the decisions taken.

Decision: The council decides in accordance with the proposal.

This decision shall be made public from 23 April 2026, with the exception of the annex ‘Nomination for Appointment’, which is confidential pursuant to Article 5.1(1)(b) of the Open Government Act.

Items not on the agenda / Any other business

• The Executive Committee takes note of the Key Figures for the first quarter of 2026.

Adopted on 12 May 2026.

the secretary,
S. de Bruin

the mayor,
A.J.M. Heerts