Municipal board
Municipal government 2021-2025
Minutes, 18.6.20248/2024
18.06.2024 17.00 - 17.50
Municipal office meeting room
Yes, checked and found to be in accordance with the meeting's procedure.
18.06.2024
Municipal office meeting room
19.06.2024
Anna Kiviholma
Office secretary
The legality and quorum of the meeting are established. The participants in the meeting are noted.
The motion for a resolution was adopted unanimously.
Two minutes reviewers will be elected. In accordance with the agreed practice, the reviewers will be Nina Niemenmaa and Marjo Niemi. The minutes will be reviewed on 18.6. and will be available for viewing on 19.6.2024 - on the municipal information network.
The motion for a resolution was adopted unanimously.
Tiina Jokioja was elected to replace Nina Niemenmaa as the minutes inspector.
The municipality of Kihniö has received a municipal initiative:
A legally effective partial master plan must be prepared for the northern part of the central area of Kihniö to organize leisure and seasonal settlements and nature hikes. The area to be planned is bordered by the municipal border in the north, Jokikylä in the east, Kihniö municipal center and Naarminkylä in the south, and Ratikylä in the west, according to the attached map.
There is no valid master plan in Kihniö. Several separate waterfront plans have been drawn up for the shores of the largest lakes in Kihniö. There would be a desire to build leisure and seasonal homes, but fragmented land ownership prevents individual construction projects for the remaining lake and river shores that are suitable for construction, because a waterfront plan must be drawn up for the areas. This is an unreasonable requirement for an individual landowner.
The municipality of Kihniö must prepare a so-called strategic legal master plan for the coastal areas so that it can be used as a basis for a building permit. The municipality has the right to charge property owners half of the planning costs.
During the zoning period, the area must be placed under a building ban.
Response to the initiative:
Planning initiatives come to the municipality due to the needs of landowners, in which case the planning initiative is discussed in the municipal government and a planning agreement is drawn up on the planning initiative, which includes agreements on, among other things, the allocation of costs to the beneficiaries, i.e. landowners. The municipality generally plans sites/areas at its own expense for which the benefits are for a broader target group than individual landowners and have more than a minor impact. The initiative does not give rise to further measures.
The municipal government accepts the response to the initiative and the initiative does not require any further measures.
The motion for a resolution was adopted unanimously.
Mover
The Court of Appeal finds that there has been a procedural error in the district court regarding the hearing and that the position of all shareholders on the lawsuit filed by Kihniö with the municipal authorities must be clarified in order to assess the status of each shareholder as a party in the lawsuit and who is on the plaintiff's opposing side in the lawsuit. Koillis-Satakunnan Sähkö Oy must also be heard in the matter.
The principle of legal order is that the Court of Appeal, as a general rule, cannot decide a matter that has not been properly examined in the first instance. In such a case, it must return the matter to the district court for retrial.
Court of Appeal decision:
The judgment of the District Court is quashed and the Municipality of Kihniö is released from the obligation to compensate the legal costs of the City of Virtai and Koillis-Satakunnan Sähkö Oy in the District Court, including interest on late payment. The case is returned to the Pirkanmaa District Court, which, after the return decision has become final, must take the case into consideration on its own initiative and proceed legally. When deciding on the matter, the District Court must also rule on the legal costs in the District Court and the Court of Appeal.
The municipal government decides to accept the Court of Appeal's decision and not file an appeal, and submits a letter to the Pirkanmaa District Court stating that preparations for organizing a new hearing can begin.
The motion for a resolution was adopted unanimously.
The mayor presents and provides information on current issues and events that are pending and in preparation.
The municipal government will hold the necessary discussion on the matter and take note of it.
The motion for a resolution was adopted unanimously.
According to Section 1 of the Pre-emption Act (5.8.1977/608), a municipality has a right of pre-emption in the sale of real estate located in the municipality in order to acquire land for community development and for recreational and conservation purposes. The right of pre-emption means the municipality's right to redeem the sold real estate for the purchase price agreed upon by the seller and the buyer. When using the pre-emption, the municipality takes the place of the buyer and acquires ownership of the area that is the subject of the sale under the terms of the deed of sale.
The municipality must also compensate the buyer for direct costs related to the transaction and pay interest on the costs in accordance with Section 3, Paragraph 2 of the Interest Act (633/1982). According to Section 21 of the Pre-emption Act, the municipal government decides on the exercise of the pre-emption right. The decision must be made and the registration authority, i.e. the Land Survey, notified of it within three months of the certification of the transfer deed.
The decision must be given without delay as a demonstrable notification to the buyer and seller.
Attached material: property transfer list
Real estate transfer notices:
2 property transfer notices
The municipal government will take note of the property transfers and decide not to exercise its right of pre-emption.
The motion for a resolution was adopted unanimously.
Official decisions:
Municipal Mayor §
Director of Finance and Administration § 23, 24
Financial Manager § -
Proceedings:
Education and Welfare Board 5.6.2024
§ 51 Legality and quorum of the meeting
§ 52 Selection of the minutes inspectors
§ 53 Granting school transport to residents of other localities
§ 54 Basic Education TEA Guide 2023
§ 55 Information on the learning level of 6th grade according to the assessment plan
§ 56 Information on the learning level of 9th grade according to the assessment plan
§ 57 Morning and afternoon activity plan for the autumn semester 2024
§ 58 Granting resignation to Riitta Kalliokoski and declaring the position vacant
Central Election Commission 7.6.2024
Memorandum of the working group on premises, 10 June 2024
The municipal government takes note of the decisions and minutes received and decides not to exercise its right of withdrawal.
The motion for a resolution was adopted unanimously.
Pirkanmaa Regional Development Authority: Employment Outlook April 2024 Kihniö unemployment rate 7,6%
The municipal government will take note of the notification matters.
The Pirkanmaa welfare region is strengthening cooperation with municipalities in planning the service network by establishing a service network, land use and planning interface working group. The working group is a joint working group of the Pirkanmaa welfare region and municipalities, whose task is to coordinate the plans for the Pirkanmaa welfare region's service network and the municipalities' land use and planning, and to promote cooperation between the municipalities and the welfare region in service network matters.
The collaboration group convenes twice a year for a service network collaboration meeting, where the aim is to review not only current issues but also common issues related to the service network, land use and housing policy that will arise in the coming six-month period.
The Pirkanmaa Welfare Region requests that 1–2 members responsible for planning from their municipality be nominated to the joint surface working group to be established. The first meeting will be held in August 2024.
The meeting will review the municipalities' zoning plans and the status of the welfare area's investment plan, as well as a referral discussion on a concrete operating model.
Information about future participants and their alternates, along with contact information, must be submitted to the Pirkanmaa Wellbeing Area Registry Office at kirjaamo@pirha.fi by June 15, 2024.
For more information, please contact Strategy Director Arto Ranta, tel. +358 50 512 1546, or email arto.ranta@pirha.fi.
The municipal government appoints a full member and a deputy member to the joint surface working group.
The motion for a resolution was adopted unanimously.
Henna Ala-Kurki was elected to the joint surface working group and Johanna Kujansuu was elected as the reserve.
kirjaamo@pirha.fi, selected
According to Section 39 of the Local Government Act, the municipal government is responsible for, among other things, the preparation, implementation and supervision of the legality of the council's decisions. If the municipal government considers that the council's decision has been made in an incorrect order or that the council has exceeded its authority or that the decision is otherwise unlawful, the municipal government must not implement the decision. In such a case, the matter must be brought before the municipal council again without delay. (Section 96 of the Local Government Act).
The following matters were discussed at the Municipal Council meeting on December 8, 2025:
§ 1 Legality and quorum of the meeting
§ 2 Selection of the minutes inspectors
§ 3 Financial statements for 2023 and discharge of liability for those liable for accounting
§ 4 2023 evaluation report
§ 5 Well-being report 2023 and well-being plan 2024
§ 6 Children and Youth Welfare Plan 2024-2026
§ 7 Appropriation changes for investments in 2024
§ 8 Kihniö Municipality Economic Adjustment Program
§ 9 Notification of declarations of affiliation to the municipal council
§ 10 Council initiative regarding a carpet cleaning location
§ 11 Municipal initiative Free gym time for pensioners
§ 12 Municipal initiative / Charging point and cooling station for the grillinmäki resting place in Kihniö
§ 13 Municipal initiative "Kihniö municipality must begin preparations for municipal merger during 2024"
§ 14 Report on council and municipal initiatives for 2023 and unfinished initiatives
§ 15 Request for resignation from positions of trust and filling vacant positions of trust
§ 16 Other matters
The municipal government states, in accordance with Section 96 of the Local Government Act, that the council's decisions have not been made in an incorrect order, that the council has not exceeded its authority in making them, and that they are not otherwise unlawful. The municipal government decides to implement the decisions.
The motion for a resolution was adopted unanimously.