According to Section 111 of the Local Government Act, the council must decide on the municipal income tax rate, property tax rates and the bases for other taxes no later than when the budget is approved. The municipality must notify the Tax Board of the income tax rate, with an accuracy of a quarter of a percentage point, no later than 17 November of the year preceding the tax year.

The average income tax rate for municipalities in 2024 is 7,46% and in Pirkanmaa it is 8,25%.

The Kihniö income tax rate for 2006 was increased from 18,75% to 19,25%, which it remained at in 2007. For 2008, it was increased again by 0,50 percentage points, and for 2014, the income tax rate was set at 20,50. For 2015, the income tax rate was increased to 21,50%.

The responsibility for organizing social and health services and rescue services, and thus their costs, were transferred from municipalities to welfare areas. For this reason, the revenues of municipalities were transferred to the state, which finances the operations of welfare areas. For 2023, the municipal income tax rate was calculated by subtracting 12,64 percentage points from the 2022 tax rate. Unlike previous years, the income tax rate was reported with an accuracy of one hundredth of a percentage point. Kihniö's tax rate changed to 8,86 for 2023 and that figure was rounded to the nearest tenth, to 8,90 for 2024, according to the Tax Administration's instructions.

Next year's income tax rates must be determined and announced with an accuracy of 0,10% units.

According to the tax revenue forecast received from the Association of Local and Regional Authorities, the municipal tax collected in Kihniö this year will amount to €2.471. According to the forecast for 2025, the municipal tax collected will amount to €2.533.000.

As the economic situation has deteriorated, an increase in the income tax rate should also be considered in connection with economic balancing measures. The impact of a half-percent increase is approximately 130.000 euros and a one-percent increase is 260.000 euros.

According to Section 11 of the Real Estate Tax Act, the council determines the amount of the real estate tax rate annually in advance at the same time as it confirms the income tax rate for the financial year. Real estate tax is a tax paid based on the value of the property, which the municipality in which the property is located receives in full.

The ranges for the lower and upper limits of property tax percentages are as follows:

1.General property tax percentage 0,93 – 2,00

2. The general land property tax rate should be set between 1,30–2,00%

3. Tax percentage for permanent residential buildings 0,41 – 1,00

4. Tax percentage for other residential buildings 0,93 – 2,00

5. The property tax rate for power plants can be set between 0,93% and 3,10%.

6. Public benefit organizations 0,00 – 2,00%

The municipality has the option to levy an increased tax on undeveloped plots of land, ranging from 2,00% to 6,00%. The levy of this tax requires that the undeveloped building site meet certain basic requirements in order to be eligible for the tax.

The property tax rates for 2024 were as follows (the figures for the whole country and Pirkanmaa are averages):

The Regional State Administrative Agency for Western and Central Finland, in cooperation with the Defence Forces, will organise three regional national defence courses in 2025. One of these courses is aimed at actors in Central Finland, actors in Pirkanmaa and one for actors in South Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia and Ostrobothnia (hereinafter referred to as Ostrobothnia regions). The Central Finland course will be organised in Laukaa, the Pirkanmaa course in Teiskö in Tampere and the Ostrobothnia course in Ylihärmä in Kauhava.

Course I (week 7) 10. -14.2.2025, Central Finland, Spa Hotel Peurunka, Laukaa

II course, (week 12) 17.-21.3.2025, Pirkanmaa, Teisko, Tampere, conference hotel Murikanranta

III course, (week 19) 5.-9.5.2025, Ostrobothnia counties, Kauhava, Härmän Spa

The objectives of the regional national defense course are:

The course is free of charge, as are meals during the course. The course organizers do not pay participants any fees, daily allowances, travel expenses, accommodation or other compensation.

An organization has the right to nominate students (max. 4/organization) only for the course(s) in its own course area.

We ask the parties mentioned in the distribution to submit student presentations by November 15, 2024.

In accordance with Section 9 of the Act on the Multi-Sectoral Promotion of Employment (381/2023), each welfare area must have at least one, but no more than a number of, multi-sectoral support management groups for the organisation of the multi-sectoral support cooperation model as of 1 January 2025. The employment authority shall appoint the management group and appoint the persons who will lead the organisation of the multi-sectoral support cooperation model within the framework set by the management group. The management group must approve the leading persons before their appointment.

The management team is appointed for a period of five years at a time. The members of the management team of the multidisciplinary support cooperation model are persons appointed by the welfare region and employment authority within the area of ​​operation of each management team, as well as the Social Insurance Institution. The welfare region, employment authority and Social Insurance Institution must appoint members and their personal deputies to each management team to whose area of ​​operation they belong. The employment authority appoints the chairman of the management team and the welfare region the vice-chairman.

The city of Sastamala, as the responsible municipality for the Läntinen Pirkanmaa employment area, and its employment board as the employment authority, have asked the municipalities in the cooperation area to appoint their representatives and deputy representatives to the steering group of the Läntinen Pirkanmaa employment area's multidisciplinary support cooperation model. The employment board will appoint and appoint the steering group at its meeting on 11 November 2024.

Attached is the nomination request.

The mayor presents and provides information on current issues and events that are pending and in preparation.

The terms of office of the Foundation's Board of Directors and Supervisory Board will end this autumn, and new two-year terms will begin after the autumn meeting of the Supervisory Board (2025-2026).

According to the foundation's rules: "The foundation's supervisory board shall consist of a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 60 members. Each founder may appoint one member to the supervisory board. The term of office of the members of the supervisory board is two years. The composition of the supervisory board shall be determined at the autumn meeting of the supervisory board. If the founders have not appointed their members by November 1, the supervisory board may, if necessary, supplement these members itself." Deputy members are not appointed to the supervisory board.

Janne Ojala has been appointed as the municipality's representative for the current election period.

The autumn meeting of the Supervisory Board will be held on November 20.11.

We ask that you nominate your representative to the Supervisory Board by October 30, 2024.

The mayor presents the financial situation at the meeting.

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, Subsection 2 of the Interest Act (633/1982). According to Section 21 of the Pre-emption Act, the city 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:

4 property transfer notices

Official decisions:

Municipal Mayor §

Director of Finance and Administration Section 41

Financial Manager § -

Arrivals:

1. National Institute for Health and Welfare: Tea Viisari Physical Education: Kihniö 2024 (link to electronic service)

2. Sastamala Employment Board SME extract 21.10.24 Section 23 Supporting the studies of an employee supported by unemployment benefit

3. Sastamala Employment Board for SMEs excerpt 21.10.24 Section 22 Guidelines for granting wage subsidies 2025

4. Ely Pirkanmaa: Pirkanmaa employment review September. Kihniö unemployment rate 6,4