‘Incomplete proposal’
It’s December 12, 2023. That night, the municipal council decides that the council proposal to maneuver the Kesselse mill will likely be faraway from the agenda. There may be nonetheless an excessive amount of uncertainty and the VVD speaks of an ‘incomplete proposal’. Lower than a month later, accountable councilor Machteld Beukema submitted her resignation. Councilor Rob Wanten will partly take over her portfolio, together with the proposal to maneuver the mill.
Open Authorities Act
The proposal was due to this fact mentioned once more on March 5 this 12 months. The municipal council then requested to examine the communication between members of the council, from council to group and vice versa. A solution was not forthcoming for 2 months, till Could 7. “In its response, the council refuses to launch the requested paperwork and depends on the Open Authorities Act (Woo),” the VVD faction wrote in a letter to the council on Friday.
Impediment
The social gathering members don’t agree with that studying. The Woo doesn’t apply to council members, which implies that the requested paperwork may very well be made accessible to them confidentially. Council members are topic to the Municipal Act. “Sadly, we conclude that the council is obstructing the legally established supervisory process of the municipal council and is appearing opposite to the municipal legislation,” the VVD stated in its letter.
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Within the letter, the social gathering as soon as once more requests the council to examine the communications surrounding the credit score proposal. “The requested info is related for the municipal council as a result of the decision-making relating to the zoning plan for the ultimate location of the Antoniusmolen has but to happen.”
Direct trigger
Moreover, the VVD in Peel en Maas desires to know whether or not the file on the Kesselse mill was a direct motive for Machteld Beukema to resign. It additionally desires to seek out out whether or not the council adopted official recommendation throughout this course of.
