Appendix 1: zoning map, Appendix 2: site plan

The municipal council has granted the municipal government a borrowing authorization of 500.000 euros for 2025.

The rental prices for the municipality-owned cottage and sauna located in Pyhäniemi have been updated in 2018. It is appropriate to review the prices due to the general increase in prices and the change in VAT.

All prices will be increased by 5 euros. Except for Midsummer, which will be increased by 15 euros.

Appendix 3 rental prices

Municipalities have no legal obligation to organize election advertising, but municipalities have traditionally offered parties and voter associations the opportunity to display candidate posters on racks reserved for them.

According to the Election Act, no speeches may be made, printed or written appeals may be published or distributed during voting time at a general advance voting location or a polling station on election day, or in their immediate vicinity. In practice, this means, among other things, that election advertisements must not be placed in the vicinity of advance voting locations or polling stations in a way that could be considered to influence the voter's choice. In practice, this means that election advertisements must not be visible in the polling station or at its entrance.

The Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities recommends starting outdoor election advertising in areas under the control and management of the municipality one week before the start of early voting, i.e. from 26 March 2025.

The municipality's technical action is to place election advertising stands along Prunnintie, as in previous elections. The advertising stand is double-sided, meaning that an advertising space is reserved for each party or voter association that has nominated candidates (one-sided). The advertisements are placed by party in the same order as the candidate list combination, read from left to right. The advertisements must be removed by the person placing them within a week of the election being confirmed.

It is not recommended to place election advertisements in the city center's urban plan area (except for the advertising stands on Prunnintie) (appendix).

Roadside advertising and notices are regulated in sections 52 and 52 a of the Roads Act (503/2005). The Finnish Transport Agency provides guidelines for election advertising on roads and outside local plan areas.

For questions regarding outdoor advertising, please contact Kristiina Mäkelä, Secretary of the Central Election Commission, 044-7541203, email firstname.lastname@kihnio.fi or vaalit@kihnio.fi.

In the 2025 municipal elections, the Central Election Board will be the Central Election Board elected by the council in 2021. Five full members and eight deputy members have been elected to the Central Election Board in the order in which they will be called instead of the full members, if necessary.

According to Section 14 of the Election Act, the Central Election Board has a quorum of five members. If the deputy member is deceased or incapacitated or disqualified, the municipal government may, if necessary, appoint a temporary deputy member.

Two of the five full members of the Central Election Board and almost half of the deputy members are prevented from participating in the meetings of the Central Election Board during the 2017 municipal elections.

The following cannot serve as members/deputy members of the Municipal Central Election Board:

• election agents of a party or electoral association
• candidates in municipal elections from the time the candidacy application is submitted to the Central Election Board
• people whose loved one is a candidate in the municipal elections

According to Sections 27 - 30 of the Administrative Procedure Act, a close relative of a member/deputy member

• spouse, child, grandchild, sibling, parent, grandparent or other particularly close person, as well as the above-mentioned spouses

- parents' siblings and their spouses, siblings' children and their ex-spouses

-a spouse's child, grandchild, sibling, parent and grandparent, as well as the aforementioned spouses and the children of the spouse's siblings. A corresponding half-relative is also considered close. Spouses refer to married couples and persons living in marriage-like circumstances and in a registered partnership.

The selection must take into account the provisions of the Equality Act, i.e. at least 40 percent of the elected members must be of each gender. The Central Election Board must be appointed with the necessary number of deputy members.

The accompanying material includes the composition and meeting schedule of the Central Election Commission.

Introduction

The Ministry of Employment and the Economy requests a statement on the draft government proposal to Parliament on amending the Act on Public Procurement and Concession Agreements, the Act on Procurement and Concession Agreements for Units Operating in the Fields of Water and Energy Supply, Transport and Postal Services, and Section 6 b of the Criminal Records Act.

On 20 February 2024, the Ministry of Employment and the Economy appointed a working group to prepare amendments to procurement legislation in accordance with the government programme entries related to the Procurement Act of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's government. The working group concluded its work on 30 November 2024 and submitted its proposal, prepared in the form of a government proposal, to the Ministry of Employment and the Economy in January 2025.

Background

The Government Programme of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo's government contains several entries related to the Procurement Act. Section 6.2 of the Government Programme, Fairer Competition in Finland, states that the Government aims to achieve significant cost savings from public procurement in the medium term in order to ensure high-quality services. The working group has prepared a draft government proposal to amend the Act on Public Procurement and Concession Agreements and the Act on Procurement and Concession Agreements of Units Operating in the Fields of Water and Energy Supply, Transport and Postal Services.

Objectives

The Government's proposal aims to improve the efficiency and cost savings of public procurement and to secure high-quality public services. The Procurement Act will be reformed, among other things, by promoting market mapping and careful preparation of procurement. In accordance with the Government Programme, the proposal proposes to restrict the use of affiliated entities in the implementation of procurement by setting a minimum ownership requirement (10 percent) for the ownership of the affiliated entity that takes into account the public interest. The proposal aims to increase the opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises in particular to participate in public tenders, improve the accountability of procurement and promote the implementation of security of supply and safety also during the contract period. The proposal also improves the supervision of procurement.

In addition to implementing the government programme entries, the report proposes certain other changes related to regulatory maintenance to be made to the Procurement Act, the Procurement Act in Special Sectors, and the Criminal Records Act.

The laws are intended to come into force on January 1, 2026.

Attached is the report and Appendix 4 is the draft statement.

The municipality of Kihniö concluded the collective bargaining negotiations on Thursday, February 20, 2025, when the employee representatives approved the employer's negotiation proposal. The most important information from the personnel's perspective is that no personnel will be laid off or dismissed as a result of the negotiations.

The approved negotiation proposal includes a review of work processes, discretionary unpaid official and work leaves, exchanging holiday pay for leave, reviewing job descriptions and combining tasks, and measures to support coping at work and well-being at work so that employees' sick leave would be reduced.

The estimated cost-saving effect of the measures is 100,000 euros, according to the government's decision, and the personnel reduction effect based on voluntary measures is estimated at 1–3 person-years.

The negotiations took place in a good spirit and were concluded with a common view being found.

The municipal employee organizations and the Finnish Confederation of Employers have reached a negotiation result on the new standard wage system for early childhood education in the Finnish Association of Local Government Employees (KVTES) and the Finnish Association of Local Government Employees (OVTES) Section G, which will enter into force on 1 February 2025.

The level pay system replaces the job demand assessment system. The new system applies to personnel covered by the KVTES and early childhood education teachers (OVTES G section). The new pay system will enter into force on 1 February 2025, but employers have been given a transition period, according to which the system must be implemented by 30 September 2025.

The KT circular 3/2025, published on 27.1 January, provides guidance on the level pay system. The level pay system is binding. There are three national levels of competence and responsibility per pay group (A, B, C). However, additional levels can be agreed locally per pay group, e.g. level criteria D and E.

The employer must establish a local payroll working group to monitor the progress of the implementation. The payroll working group will jointly discuss any application issues and application problems that arise, explore different solution options and strive for a unanimous solution. The payroll working group will consist of employee representatives (KVTES and OVTES section G) and employer representatives.

If necessary, superiors can be invited to the hiring team as experts. However, the employer is responsible for decisions and policies regarding the hiring system.

The lease agreement between the municipality of Kihniö and the Pirkanmaa rescue service was last approved in February 2022. From the beginning of 2023, the organization of rescue services was transferred from the municipalities to the welfare areas as part of the welfare area reform. Renovation and modification work has been carried out on the fire station building since then. The hybrid rescue unit began operating in the building in spring 2024. In addition, the fire station has facilities for the rescue unit. The municipality uses approximately 5%, school health care uses 6% and the remaining 89% is used by the fire and rescue service. The welfare area rents the school health nurse's premises under a separate agreement. The previous rent level has been too low and has not covered the costs.

The new agreement takes into account the capital and maintenance rent. The difference from the previous agreement is that cleaning is not included in the rent to be paid. According to the new agreement, the capital rent is €2.349,09 and the maintenance rent is €3.003,45 /month, VAT 0. The new rent level will cover operating and capital costs. The rent amount will be adjusted annually with the cost of living index. The lease agreement will enter into force retroactively from January 1, 2025.

Appendix 5 draft lease agreement

Appendix 6 Responsibility allocation table

Appendix 7 floor plan

The Director of Finance and Administration presents and provides information on current issues and events that are pending and in preparation.

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:

2 property transfer notices

Decisions of municipal office holders:

Municipal Mayor §

Director of Finance and Administration § 9-10

Financial Manager §

Minutes of committees and chambers:

Central Election Commission 17.2.2025

Arrivals:

1. Western Pirkanmaa employment region: Employment review January 2025, Kihniö unemployment rate 7,70%

2. Pirkanmaa Ely: Employment review January 2025

3. Pirha: Press release from the social and health services workshop 5.3.2025

4. Kihniö Entrepreneurs / Kihniö Municipality: Vitality Pledge

5. MTK-Kihniö ry: Letter to the Kihniö municipal government regarding the preservation of veterinary services