{"id":5700,"date":"2026-04-16T11:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/gemeenteraad\/contactpagina\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T13:47:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:47:55","slug":"contactpagina","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.apeldoorn.nl\/en\/gemeenteraad\/contactpagina\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact with the municipal council"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-acfblock=\"Tekst-Zijblok\" class=\"section a section--green-lighter e-tekst-zijblok\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center elementOnTop\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"editor\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>The municipal council<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tekstblok_kolom1 col-12 col-md-8 editor\">\r\n<p>The municipal council takes decisions on main lines and checks whether the municipal executive executes them properly.<\/p>\n<p>Send your message to the city council as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You want the municipal council to participate or influence you<\/li>\n<li>You want to draw attention to an issue that affects the whole municipality<\/li>\n<li>You want to respond to policy or decision-making<\/li>\n<li>You wish to exercise your right to speak<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What we do with your message or letter<\/h3>\n<p>You can send a message or letter to the city council and councillors. All incoming messages and letters are considered and shared with all councillors. Your message or letter will always appear on the public list of items received in <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/apeldoorn.parlaeus.nl\/app\/\">the RIS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The municipal council can do a number of things with your message or letter:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>To be notified.<\/strong><br \/>\nThis usually happens. Individual councillors or political groups may respond to your message.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Add the message or letter to an agenda item at a committee or council meeting (publicly, without privacy-sensitive data).<\/strong><br \/>\nYou will be notified of this. That way, councillors can take your message or opinion into their decision-making process.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Asking the municipal executive to give you a substantive response directly from the municipal organisation.<br \/>\n<\/strong>They may also be asked to assist the municipal council with a response.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a class=\"button button--arrow-right\" href=\"\/brief-sturen-aan-de-gemeenteraad-formulier\">Send a message or letter to the municipal council<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Send letter<\/h4>\n<p>You can also send a letter by post. In that case, send your letter to the City Council, PO Box 9033, 7300 ES Apeldoorn.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tekstblok_kolom_zijblok col-12 col-md-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-side-block text-side-block text-side-block-lime\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"cta-side-block__title pb-3 text-break\">Follow the municipal council<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Facebook:\u00a0<\/strong><a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gemeenteraadapeldoorn\">\/gemeenteraadapeldoorn<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>LinkedIn:<\/strong>\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/nl.linkedin.com\/company\/gemeenteraad-apeldoorn\">Apeldoorn city council<\/a><\/p>\n\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div data-acfblock=\"Tekst\" class=\"section a section--green-lighter e-tekst\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center elementOnTop\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col article-content__content-custom-1220 editor elementOnTop\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<h2>The Council Registry<\/h2>\r\n<p>If you have general questions about the council and council work, please contact the council registry.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>E-mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:gemeenteraad@apeldoorn.nl\">gemeenteraad@apeldoorn.nl<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Postal address:<br \/>\nMunicipality of Apeldoorn<br \/>\nCouncil registry<br \/>\nPO Box 9033<br \/>\n7300 ES Apeldoorn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Council groups<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>View\u00a0<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/apeldoorn.parlaeus.nl\/app\/public\/council-period\/\">the contact details of the council groups<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to bring something to the attention of the city council, you can send a message or letter to the...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":5679,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"verdiepend","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"folder":[],"class_list":["post-5700","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.1 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Contact gemeenteraad Apeldoorn | Gemeente Apeldoorn<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Contact opnemen met de gemeenteraad van Apeldoorn. 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