Technical Committee 28.5.2026 § 51

The proposed Savilahdentie waterfront development plan was on display until May 26, 2026. No statements or objections were received regarding the proposal.

The author of the plan has submitted a notification of the initiation of the plan to the municipality of Kihniö on 18 December 2023. The municipal board decided on 19 September 2043, Section 149, that the plan project will be initiated and the preparation of the plan can be started. The Savilahdentie waterfront plan proposal has been put on display by decision of the municipal board. No feedback was received on the plan proposal during the period of display, so it is submitted for approval.

The plan area borders Lake Nerkoonjärvi. The coastal plan consists of one part. The area subject to the planning project covers an area of ​​1,4879 hectares. The total length of the shoreline in the plan is approximately 300 m.

There is one built holiday home property in the area to be zoned. There are currently no buildings on the other two properties. The proposed plan includes two planning plots. Both will be used for holiday homes. The southern and northern parts of the planning area will remain agricultural and forestry areas according to the plan.

A nature and archaeological survey has been conducted for the area in accordance with the official statements received from the draft plan.

According to the impact assessment, the coastal zone plan will not have a significant impact on the built environment, landscape and preservation of natural values. The coastal ravine located at the southern end of the area has been identified as a valuable natural site, which will be preserved by designating the area as an agricultural and forestry area, meaning that the area will not be subject to coastal construction.

Proposed decision:

The technical committee decides to approve the plan in the presented form and further submits the plan to the municipal government and council for approval.

Decision: The motion for a resolution was adopted unanimously.

The technical director will present the matter.

Appendices 1-7

Technical Committee 28.5.2026 § 52

The proposal for the amendment and expansion of the Nerkoonjärvi waterfront site plans is open for viewing until 25 May 2026. So far, only the statement of the Licensing and Supervision Authority has been received, which arrived on the morning of 25 May. This statement has been taken into account in the plan material. Updates to Appendix 10 will be made before the board meeting and the updates will be added to the appendix. Appendix 1 will also be supplemented later. If statements or reminders are received during the last moments of the viewing, they will be submitted immediately to the board and the actions required will be presented at the meeting.

The initiation of the Nerkoonjärvi waterfront development plan was announced on December 10, 2024.

The areas of the coastal master plan are located on different sides of Lake Nerkoonjärvi in ​​Kihniö. There are existing road connections to the areas.

The aim of the coastal zone plan being prepared is to update the land use of the area's holiday construction sites to meet current needs and current use. The construction sites in the plan area will be assigned permitted building rights in accordance with the municipal building regulations. Some of the planning areas have coastal zone plans that came into force at different times. Some of the planning areas are areas without coastal zone planning.

The plan designates a total of 10 construction sites, eight of which are designated as holiday home construction sites and two as detached single-family homes. Of the eight designated leisure construction sites, seven are already built. One zoned but unbuilt leisure construction site will be moved south from the east bank in the same property area.

The planning areas are mainly forested courtyards of built holiday homes. There are no known natural or landscape values ​​in the planning area. A nature study has been prepared for the area during the spring and summer of 2024.

An archaeological inventory has been prepared for the area in connection with the planning work. The inventory discovered a fence-like stone mound on top of a rock outcrop on the southeastern edge of Kivelänniemi. The mound is likely related to a field/meadow area located in the area on the 1804 division map and the 1960 basic map. The stone mound is proposed as another cultural heritage site.

The building sites in the plan area are mainly already built, and the plan mainly only allocates a small amount of additional building rights to already completed building sites. New buildings or extensions may be visible in the landscape to some extent when completed, but the general provisions of the plan have sought to guide construction in such a way that the buildings adapt to the landscape in terms of colour, facade materials and proportions, and that sufficient trees are preserved on the construction site. The plan is therefore not expected to have a significant impact on the landscape structure or natural conditions of the area.

Proposed decision:

The technical committee decides to approve the plan in the presented form and further submits the plan to the municipal government and council for approval.

Decision: The motion for a resolution was adopted unanimously.

The technical director will present the matter.

Appendices 8-19

Technical Committee 28.5.2026 § 53

Due to the amendment to the Building Act, all municipalities must update their building regulations to reflect the changed legislation. The building regulations in accordance with the law must be in force by 1 January 2027 at the latest (Building Act, Section 28).

The new building regulations replace the Kihniö Municipality Building Regulations, which came into effect on 1 July 2014.

The Technical Committee has approved the participation and evaluation plan for the building regulations on November 13, 2024.

A draft of the building regulations has been prepared, as attached. The draft contains various changes based on both changed legislation and the needs for change identified by the municipality. The most important change concerns waterfront construction, for which a new determination of the construction site based on the watershed-specific waterfront construction situation and a report by a nature and landscape expert is proposed. In this context, the current baseline review for waterfront construction is also being abandoned. In addition, it is proposed that the shoreline length requirement be reduced from 50 meters to 40 meters.

Proposed decision:

The technical committee approves the draft building regulations for display and proposes to the municipal board for approval to display them.

Decision: The motion for a resolution was adopted unanimously.

The technical director will present the matter.

Appendix 20 construction schedule draft, Appendix 21 OAS

Construction site and its location:

The construction site is a property called Kultaranta, measuring approximately 4670 m2. The property ID is 250-401-3-142. The construction site borders Kankarinjärvi by approximately 65 meters.

Proposed measure and justification for the application:

A derogation is being applied for to convert an 82 m2 recreational building into a permanent residential building.

Prohibitions, restrictions and the planned situation

The Hurtinlahti-Kuttiniemi waterfront development plan is in force in the area. According to the provisions of the waterfront development plan RA-1, a two-apartment, one-story holiday home and a separate sauna building may be built on the plot, with a combined floor area of ​​no more than 145 m2, as well as an outbuilding and a separate toilet. The floor area of ​​the separate sauna building may not exceed 25 m2.

The undeveloped part of the construction site must be managed in a natural way. Existing trees and other vegetation, especially in the area between the buildings and the shoreline, should be preserved.

Construction status:

There is an existing leisure building on the construction site with a floor area of ​​82 m2. In addition, there is a separate sauna building of approximately 27 m2 and a carport of 46 m2.

Consulting neighbors:

Neighborhood consultation has been completed. No comments.

Building restriction from which an exemption is sought:

Building restriction for which an exception is sought: The area is a zoned coastal area plan area. The building restriction for which an exception is sought in the application is a deviation from the coastal area plan regulation RA-1. According to the coastal area plan regulations RA-1, a two-apartment, single-storey holiday home and a separate sauna building may be built on the plot, the total floor area of ​​which may not exceed 145 m2, as well as an outbuilding and a separate toilet. The floor area of ​​the separate sauna building may not exceed 25 m2.

Conditions for derogation and justification for the proposed decision:

Section 57 of the Building Act; the decision-making power in granting an exemption lies with the municipality;

For a special reason, a municipality may grant a permit to deviate from a provision, order, prohibition or other restriction provided for in the Land Use Act or issued pursuant to it and from a provision, order, prohibition or other restriction provided for in this Act or issued pursuant to it. However, the above provisions do not apply to eligibility requirements, plot division, the need for and conditions for a landscape work permit, or the conditions for the preparation of a local plan provided for in section 46, subsection 1, paragraph 2, for placement in a planning area. A permit to deviate from other conditions for placement in a planning area may be granted.

However, the permit referred to in subsection 1 above may not be granted if it:

1) causes harm to zoning, the implementation of the plan or other organisation of the use of areas;

2) makes it difficult to achieve nature conservation objectives;

3) makes it difficult to achieve the objectives of protecting the built environment;

4) leads to construction with significant impacts or otherwise causes significant adverse environmental or other impacts.

Reasons for the decision

The building in question meets the requirements of a permanent residential building. The property is accessible by a road that is passable all year round. The building is located approximately 5,8 kilometers from the central settlement of Kihniö, so it relies on the services of the settlement. The neighbors have no objections to the project. The building is equipped with pressurized water and the wastewater drainage has been implemented in accordance with the provisions of the current Wastewater Decree.

Kihniö's municipal strategy also aims to promote construction in coastal areas and the conversion of suitable sites into permanent residential buildings.

Applied legal guidelines:

Construction Act, Section 57

Section 72 of the Land Use Act

The accompanying material includes excerpts from the location map and site plan.

Prepared by: building inspector Raisa Karinsalo

Proposed decision:

The Technical Committee decides to propose to the Municipal Board that the deviation be granted on the grounds presented above. A construction permit corresponding to the deviation permit must be applied for from the building control authority within one year of the Municipal Board's decision becoming legally binding. The Municipal Board's deviation decision and other necessary annexes (plans, energy report, report on wastewater treatment) must be attached to the construction permit application. The technical requirements of the building are reviewed in connection with the construction permit. The condition for changing the purpose of use of the building is that the technical requirements for a residential building are met.

Decision: The motion for a resolution was adopted unanimously.

The technical director will present the matter.

Attached is a plan map and site plan.

Description

According to Section 7 of the Local Government Act, a municipality is responsible for the tasks it has undertaken under self-government and which are separately provided for in the law. According to Section 8 of the Local Government Act, a municipality may organize the tasks itself or agree to transfer the responsibility for organizing them to another municipality. The employment area cooperation agreement determines the method of amending the agreement.

Report from the Sastamala City Employment Board

According to Section 12 of the Act on the Organisation of Employment Services (380/2023, Organisation Act), a municipality may organise the employment services that fall under its responsibility for organising in the said Act itself, if the municipality's workforce is at least 20,000 people. If the municipality's workforce is less than 20,000 people, it must form a cooperation area (employment area) together with one or more other municipalities to organise the services, so that the combined workforce of the municipalities in the employment area is at least 20,000 people. The employment area must also form a geographically coherent area that is functional in terms of the labour market and employment.

The Läntinen Pirkanmaa employment area consists of the municipality of Hämeenkyrö, the city of Ikaalinen, the municipality of Kihniö, the city of Parkano, the municipality of Punkalaitumen and the city of Sastamala. The municipalities have approved and signed a cooperation agreement, by which the contracting municipalities commit to jointly implement public employment services and related tasks as the Läntinen Pirkanmaa employment area from 1 January 2025 in accordance with the Organisation Act. The city of Sastamala acts as the responsible municipality for the employment area and its employment board as the employment authority required by law.

A cooperation agreement is an agreement on a joint institution of municipalities pursuant to Section 52 of the Local Government Act and concerns the responsibility for organizing employment services as laid down in the Organization Act. In accordance with Section 8, subsection 2 of the Local Government Act, the responsible municipality is responsible for equal access to services and other measures, for determining the need, quantity and quality, for the method of production, for supervising production and for exercising the authority vested in the authority.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8, Subsection 2, Paragraph 5 of the Local Government Act, the municipality responsible for organizing may agree on the exercise of the competence of the employment authority referred to in the Act, in accordance with the provisions of Section 54 of the Local Government Act on an agreement for the performance of an official duty (Organization Act, Section 13).

The actual operations of the Western Pirkanmaa employment area have started since the beginning of 2025. At the end of 2025, the municipality of Urjala announced its desire to move from the Tampere employment area to the Western Pirkanmaa employment area. Preparations for the move have been underway since the beginning of the year.

According to Section 15 of the Organisation Act, if there is a change in the member municipalities or parties of an employment area, the change must be notified to the Ministry of Employment and the Economy. The notification must be made by submitting an agreement on a joint institution (or the articles of association of a joint municipal authority). The agreement must be submitted within two weeks of the approval of the cooperation agreement (or articles of association). In addition, a plan for organizing employment services must be submitted. According to the Organisation Act, municipalities are free to change employment areas. However, after the changes, the areas must meet the requirements laid down in Section 12 of the Organisation Act. The change must be notified to the Ministry of Employment and the Economy. If the requirements of the Organisation Act are not met, the matter is transferred to the decision-making power of the Government. In this case, Urjala, the requirements of the Organisation Act are met.

In addition to joining the Urjala municipality's employment area, the need to make some additions and clarifications to the cooperation agreement between the municipalities has arisen. According to Chapter 17 of the cooperation agreement, the agreement can be amended by unanimous decisions of the municipal councils of the cooperation area.

The accompanying material includes a revised draft of the collaboration agreement, in which proposed additions are marked in red font and sections to be deleted are crossed out.

Presentation by the Sastamala City Employment Board

The Employment Board proposes to the current contracting municipalities of the Western Pirkanmaa employment region and the municipality of Urjala to revise the Western Pirkanmaa employment region cooperation agreement in accordance with the draft. The agreement will enter into force on 1 January 2027.

Attached are the changes and the new draft agreement.

Sastamala, Punkalaidun, Ikaalinen, Kihniö and Parkano have preliminary investigated the establishment of a new in-house company to provide financial and human resources management services. The investigation was carried out by Heidi Tanhua Oy during April. Other shareholders could potentially participate in the arrangement.

In terms of workload, establishing a new company is comparable to taking on a business as your own. The costs of starting a new company would naturally be divided among the shareholders. In software and other purchases, a volume significantly larger than that of an individual municipality has a positive effect on costs.

The quality of service production produced by the new company can be influenced. The price is roughly predictable, but it includes uncertainties. The most significant uncertainty is in software costs.

The establishment of the company and the transfer project for the company should begin in early autumn 2026. The schedule is tight.

If the project to establish a joint financial and payroll administration does not materialize, a secondary option is to continue the investigation and preparatory work on providing financial and payroll administration services with other service providers, such as the City of Ikaalinen, investigating the financial and operational possibilities of the operation during the summer and autumn of 2026.

According to the municipal administrative regulations, the municipal government is responsible for organizing internal control and risk management. In accordance with the budget implementation guidelines, the auditors/recipients of invoices are checked annually.

The municipality uses an electronic invoice approval procedure. To ensure internal control, the recipient and approver of invoices must not be the same person. One's own invoices cannot be approved, and as a rule, a subordinate cannot approve a supervisor's invoices. Invoice recipients/auditors check the accuracy of the invoice. The recipient must check the information with the person ordering the goods or services. The approver of invoices must ensure that the invoice contains appropriate account entries and other invoicing information. The person ordering the goods or services is responsible for complaints. Invoices must be submitted for payment immediately after approval to avoid late payment interest.

Appendix 22 invoice recipients and approvers.

According to the municipal administrative regulations, meetings of the institution are held at a time and place decided by the institution. A meeting is also held when the chairman deems a meeting necessary or when a majority of the members of the institution submit a proposal to the chairman to hold one.

Proposal for a decision

The municipal government decides to hold its meetings mainly in the municipal office meeting room or in Puumila, and the following times are confirmed for the second half of the year:

On May 19, 2026, the Audit Board issued an assessment report and an audit report on the 2025 financial statements.

The Audit Committee has assessed the objectives of the administrative units and their achievement. According to the Audit Committee's understanding, the operations of the administrative units have generally been in line with the objectives decided by the council. However, the evaluation report has posed questions to the administrative units, to which the committees must provide answers so that they can be processed by the municipal government by the end of August. The Audit Committee requests that the municipal government issue a statement in accordance with Section 121 of the Municipalities Act by the end of August.

The municipal council will discuss the financial statements at its meeting on May 26, 2025.

Attached is the audit report, evaluation report

In several municipalities, including Kihniö, changes are likely to be made to financial and payroll administration, due to, among other things, the upcoming reform of the Procurement Act. The municipality of Kihniö is currently exploring options for providing services in the future. Whatever the future service production model (a joint company of municipalities, cooperation with Ikaalinen or outsourcing of services), the municipality needs a person who acts as a contact and responsible person in financial administration. In order to secure future services, the municipality also needs an expert in personnel and general administration services.

Therefore, permission to fill the position of finance and administration expert will be sought from the municipal board. If the municipal board grants permission to fill the position, the position will be put out to applications in June, with the aim of having a proposal for selection at the August meeting.

Supporting material:

Job description of an economic and administrative expert

The temporary position of early childhood education teacher will be filled internally and an 80% temporary position of child care worker will be made available.

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:

5 property transfer notices

Official decisions:

Municipal Mayor Section 20

Financial Manager §

Minutes of committees and divisions:

Youth Council 19.5.2026

Technical Committee 28.5.2026

Tonin Tuote Tmi is applying for an area of ​​approximately 250 square meters (estimated) to rent from the municipality of Kihniö at property 250-403-51-3. The site is located between Kivistöntie and the wastewater pumping station (former composting field).

The purpose of the use is a temporary storage place for branches and logs before they are chopped. The area is used as a storage place for timber that is generated as a result of customers' yard trees being felled. There will be no significant additional traffic/noise nuisance in the area. The annual chopping time is estimated to be 2-3 hours/year. The tenant will apply for any permits necessary for his activities. There are no buildings in the area to be rented.

The tenant is responsible for the maintenance, cleanliness and safety of the rental area and to comply with the regulations issued therefor.

The rent is 50,00 euros (VAT 0) per month. The rent is increased annually in January by 2%. The rent is invoiced in advance in 3 monthly installments by the municipality.

Either party may terminate this lease agreement at any time with three months' notice. The termination must be notified to the other party in writing.

Attached is a draft lease agreement.

The mayor presents the financial situation at the meeting. Attached is the actual results.