31 March 2026

Public minutes of the meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen of the Municipality of Apeldoorn held on 31 March 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
S. Biharie, councillor
A.J. Prins, councillor
M. Wenzkowski, councillor
S. de Bruin, Town Clerk
M. van Loenen, board adviser, minute-taker

Absent

1. Approval of the minutes of 24 April 2026

The minutes were approved without amendment.

DOCUMENTS FOR DISCUSSION

2. Long-Term Outlook for Land Development Projects 2026

Proposal from the Property and Land Department:

  1. To approve the MPG 2026 and, in doing so, to approve:
    1. The updated budgets for the land development projects that have been brought into operation.
    2. Including a risk amount of €15.6 million for the land management division when determining the total municipal capital adequacy required to cover the net risks within the land management division.
    3. The creation of (additional) provisions for losses on the projects:
      • 08200069 De Steenbeek
      • 08200067 301 Prinses Beatrixlaan
      • 08200070 Veldhuis – Molenstraat, City Centre
      • 08200074 Zuidrand Housing Development, Phase 1
      • PPS structures
    4. Reducing the loss provisions for the complexes:
      • 08200003 Zuidbroek Housing
      • 03200001 Zuidbroek Businesses
      • 08200040 Harbour Centre
      • 03200015 North-East Gate
      • 03200023 Ecofactorij II
      • PPS structures
      • Various small and residual complexes
    5. Closing the complexes:
      • 03200021 Eglantier Shopping Centre
      • 03200007 Malkenschoten/Malkander
      • 03200014 South-West Gate Norel
      • 08200063 Kerschoten Shopping Centre
    6. The adoption of the attached budget amendment;
  2. To take note of the result of the land operations, amounting to €2.4 million;
  3. To request the Presidium to submit the MPG 2026 and the accompanying budget amendment to the municipal council for approval.

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

HAMMER PIECES

3. Apeldoorn Municipality Information Security Annual Report 2025

Proposal from the Information Department:

To the Executive Committee:

  1. The Executive Committee takes note of the ‘Apeldoorn Municipality Information Security Annual Report 2025’ and its accompanying appendices, and approves the letter to the council;
  2. The council adopts the BAG BGT BRO accountability report, including the improvement measures proposed therein;
  3. The board shall sign the BRP extract, thereby confirming that you have taken note of the results achieved;
  4. To request the Presidium to submit the annual report, including its appendices, to the municipal council.

To the Mayor:

  1. The mayor signs the ‘Travel Documents’ extract, thereby confirming that you have taken note of the results achieved.

Decision: The Executive Committee and the Mayor have decided in accordance with the proposal.

4. Recommendation by the Municipal Executive to the Minister for Education, Culture and Science/RCE regarding the designation of De Hertzberger as a national monument

Proposal from the ‘Vitaal en Ondernemend Apeldoorn’ section:

  1. To take note of the advice issued by the Environmental Quality Committee to the Municipal Executive regarding the proposed designation of Centraal Beheer as a national monument. The committee is in favour of national monument status, whilst adopting a constructive approach to striking a realistic balance between conservation and the wishes and requirements of a new use;
  2. To adopt the recommendation and communicate this to the Minister / the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands by adopting the attached draft letter, together with the recommendation of the Environmental Quality Committee;
  3. Inform the council of your decision by adopting the attached draft council letter. Approve the council letter regarding the decision and the Executive Committee’s advice to the Minister.

Decision: The council decides in accordance with the proposal.

5. Veluwse Onderwijsgroep Budget for 2026

Proposal from the Social Development Policy Department:

  1. To take note of the letter from the Veluwe Education Group in which they present their multi-year budget to the municipal council;
  2. To take note of the Veluwse Onderwijsgroep’s 2026 budget;
  3. To adopt the attached council letter, by which the above-mentioned documents are submitted to the municipal council, and to send it to the council.

Decision: The council decides in accordance with the proposal.

6. Progress on the collaboration with Leerplein055 following administrative consultations

Proposal from the Communications and Cabinet Affairs Department:

  1. The approval and adoption of the council memorandum on the progress of the collaboration with Leerplein055 following administrative consultations.

Decision: The council decides in accordance with the proposal.

7. Response to a letter received from a resident regarding the rent for the ’’t Bunkertje’ coffee shop

Proposal from the Security Department:

  1. To take note of the letter received by email from a resident regarding the rent for the ’t Bunkertje coffee shop;
  2. To adopt the response to this letter in accordance with the proposed draft reply;
  3. Letter to be sent to the author;
  4. A letter of notification is to be sent to the municipal council.

Decision: The council decides in accordance with the proposal.

8. Local Government Agreement on Debt Support

Proposal from the Social Development Policy Department:

  1. To endorse the Local Government Covenant on Debt Support, thereby enshrining the current working arrangements in this covenant.
  2. To inform the municipal council of your decision.
  3. To the Mayor: To authorise Councillor Biharie to sign the agreement together with the NVVK.

Decision: The council decides in accordance with the proposal.

Decision: The mayor grants Councillor S. Biharie the authority to sign the agreement.

9. Policy rule on the moratorium on trading pitch licences

Proposal from the ‘Vitaal en Ondernemend Apeldoorn’ section:

  1. To extend the moratorium on the granting of licences for trading pitches until the new trading pitch policy comes into force on 1 September 2026.

Decision: The council decides in accordance with the proposal.

10. Letter of Intent: Gelderland Agreement

Proposal from the Security Department:

  1. Ratification of the letter of intent from the municipality of Apeldoorn regarding the Gelderland Agreement

(Joint Gelderland-wide basic approach to countering subversion).

Decision: The council decides in accordance with the proposal.

WRITTEN QUESTIONS

11. Response to follow-up written questions from the PvdD regarding wild boars in Berg en Bos

Proposal from the Environmental Policy Department:

  1. To approve the replies to the written questions;
  2. Notify the municipal council of this decision.

Decision: The council decides in accordance with the proposal.

12. Response to written questions from the D66 parliamentary group regarding the accessibility of bus stops

Proposal from the Environmental Policy Department:

  1. To approve the replies to the written questions;
  2. Notify the municipal council of this decision.

Decision: The council decides in accordance with the proposal.

MAYOR’S DECISIONS TKN

13. Extension of temporary CCTV surveillance to tackle anti-social behaviour in Apeldoorn city centre

Proposal from the Security Department:

  1. To approve the extension of temporary CCTV surveillance in the centre of Apeldoorn (Marktplein, Marktstraat and part of Beekstraat) for the period from 1 April 2026 to 1 April 2027;
  2. Adoption of the attached designation decision ‘Extension of temporary CCTV surveillance to tackle nuisance in Apeldoorn city centre 2026’;
  1. Informing the executive committee and the municipal council by means of a council letter.

Decision: The mayor decides in accordance with the proposal.

Items not on the agenda / Any other business

  • The council takes note of:
    • The letter dated 26 March 2026 from the Minister for Asylum and Migration on ‘Working together to gain better control over migration and reception’;
    • The VNG Members’ Newsletter (No. 26/008) of 30 March 2026 regarding support for the letter from the Minister for Asylum and Migration;
    • The letter and its annex dated 24 March 2026 from the Executive Committee of the North and East Gelderland Safety Region concerning the Framework Memorandum 2027–2030;
    • The letter with enclosure dated 25 March 2026 from the Executive Committee of the North and East Gelderland Safety Region concerning the Allocation of Resilience Funds (BDur) for 2026 and subsequent years.

Adopted on 7 April 2026.

the secretary,
S. de Bruin

the mayor,
A.J.M. Heerts