The Presidium and the Registry

The Presidium

The Presidium oversees the Council’s work (for example, monitoring the agenda, ensuring the quality of meeting documents, and allocating documents to the correct meeting), is responsible for managing the council’s financial resources and, as the employer, oversees the council secretariat. The Presidium usually meets on Thursday evenings before the start of the municipal council meetings. As these meetings are of an organisational (rather than policy-related) nature, the public is not actively invited to attend them.

• Chair: Mayor A.J.M. (Ton) Heerts
• Secretary: Council Clerk: M. (Marit) Stam

Council registry

The Council Secretariat in Apeldoorn is a small department that works for the municipal council. You can contact the Council Secretariat with any questions about the municipal council. The Council Secretariat will assist you if you wish to put an issue on the political agenda, get in touch with councillors or make a public statement.

Who works at the council secretariat?

Council Clerk Marit Stam is the chief adviser to the municipal council. Her duties include ensuring that everything is carried out in accordance with legislation and regulations, but she also acts as an adviser and sounding board for the council, the Presidium and individual councillors and political groups.

The council advisers to ensure that the municipal council is well prepared for its decision-making. You can contact them (using the contact details above) if you have any questions about meetings or the decisions taken by the council.

The strategic advisers help the local council to be well prepared. They do this by providing the council with accurate information in good time on complex issues. They offer advice and organise council meetings with residents, organisations and business owners

The council has its own communications adviser and its own participation adviser who are responsible for internal and external communications. They also organise meetings, class visits, courses and training programmes, and are responsible for, amongst other things:

• the council’s Facebook page
• The council’s LinkedIn page

The support team The Council Secretariat is responsible for preparing meeting documents, such as agendas and minutes, as well as for the online Council Information System. You can also watch recordings of council meetings on the Council Information System.