{"id":5679,"date":"2026-04-16T11:11:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/gemeenteraad\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T14:54:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T12:54:41","slug":"city-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/en\/gemeenteraad","title":{"rendered":"City Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-acfblock=\"Combo-1\" class=\"section a section--green-lighter e-combo-1\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center elementOnTop\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"tekstblok_kolom1 col-12 col-md-9\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"editor__content-block editor__white-content-block\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>The city council meets every Thursday evening<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>These are the different types of municipal council meetings. You are always welcome to attend the council\u2019s meetings.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apeldoorn.parlaeus.nl\/app\/\">Go to the Council Information System<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"tekstblok_kolom_zijblok col-12 col-md-3\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class='kaartlijst'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='articles__list-col articles__list-col--mobile-2'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='article article--list article article--list article--list--blue'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='article__title article__title--list'>Discuss<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class='article__list-items'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='\/gemeenteraad\/in-gesprek-met-de-raad\/' class='article__list-item'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='article__list-item-title'>In conversation with the council<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='\/gemeenteraad\/meepraten-op-de-politieke-markt\/' class='article__list-item'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='article__list-item-title'>Participating in the political market<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='\/gemeenteraad\/cursus-politiek-actief\/' class='article__list-item'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='article__list-item-title'>Active politics course<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='\/gemeenteraad\/hoorzitting' class='article__list-item'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='article__list-item-title'>Hearing<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='\/gemeenteraad\/e-petitie-of-referendum-starten\/' class='article__list-item'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='article__list-item-title'>E-petition or referendum<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De gemeenteraad is het hoogste bestuursorgaan van Apeldoorn en bestaat uit 39 raadsleden. 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