A customer satisfaction survey was conducted at Kettukallio Daycare Center in October. The survey aimed to map the daycare center's functionality and development targets as widely as possible. In addition, the questions were used to investigate the implementation of equality and non-discrimination for the purpose of the functional equality and non-discrimination plan.

The survey was answered anonymously and the responses were summarized by Welfare Director Vilja Lankinen.

The results will be presented at the meeting.

The Kihniö inspection board's 2023 evaluation report highlighted that the leisure instructor had started his/her position in autumn 2022 and had not been given a job description by the meeting date. The inspection board stated that the appropriate performance of the job requires that the content of the job be specified in writing for the employee.

During the autumn, job descriptions have been defined for the leisure instructor, school/outreach youth worker, and educational services office secretary.

The contents of the job descriptions will be presented at the meeting.

The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare collects information on municipal measures to promote physical activity among residents and create conditions for physical activity every two years. The data collection is carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Culture's Department of Physical Activity, the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities and the State Sports Council. The data is collected in the spring, every two years in even-numbered years.

Data is collected on the activities of municipalities to develop health-promoting physical activity and create the conditions for it. In addition, the possibilities for participation of municipal residents and associations are examined. The data collection also assesses the measures and resources of municipalities to promote physical activity among municipal residents.

The results of the Kihniö municipality's sports TEA guide can be found at: TEAvisar results

Early childhood education client fees are index-linked based on Section 16 of the Early Childhood Education Client Fees Act (1503/2016). Index adjustments are made every two years. The previous index adjustment was made on 1 August 2024. Income limits also changed due to the amendment to the Early Childhood Education Client Fees Act made on 1 March 2023.

The customer fees charged in early childhood education have been adjusted using the price index for educational activities, and the income limits used in determining the fee have been adjusted using the general earnings level index.

The municipality must decide how the customer fees and income limits changed due to the index adjustment will affect the customer fees collected in the municipality.

Regarding customer fees, the highest fee charged will increase to 311 euros. The lowest fee charged will increase to 30 euros. The fee charged for the second child will be a maximum of 40% of the youngest child's fee, i.e. a maximum of 124 euros per month. The fee for subsequent children will be 20% of the youngest child's fee.

The income limit for a family of more than six people has been increased by 275 euros for each additional child as of August 1, 2024.

Kihniö has had a trial of free early childhood education in 2023-2024. By the decision of the council on 17 June 2024, free early childhood education will no longer be continued in 2025.

The PIKI libraries steering group has decided to make changes to fees for uncollected reservations.

No-show fee increase

The fee for uncollected reservations will be increased from €1 to €2 in PIKI libraries from 1 January 2025. Uncollected reservations have caused a lot of unnecessary work and transportation between libraries. The increase in the fee will likely help clear reservation queues, motivate customers to collect reservations, and prevent unnecessary reservations. From a customer perspective, the increase in the fee aims to make the material more accessible and available to customers. The increases do not apply to children's material.

The Education and Wellbeing Committee approved the reform of the Kihniö Municipality's sports reward regulations at its meeting on 13 November 2024 (84 §). The new awards are for sports enthusiasm of the year, active young person of the year, and cultural act of the year or long-term impact on local cultural activities and cultural heritage.

Proposals for the award have been requested from organizations and individuals by Sunday, November 24, 2024.

The leisure instructor will review the well-founded proposals and make proposals to the Education and Welfare Board for those to be awarded. Those selected will be awarded at the Independence Day celebration.

The Education and Welfare Board's revenue realization percentage is 82,0 and its expenditure realization percentage is 80,2. The operating margin percentage according to net budgeting is 79,9.

Decisions of the Director of Welfare for the period 14.11.-27.11.2024.

• The next meeting will be held on Friday, November 29th at 11:30 AM in Teams.
• The first meeting of 2025 will be held on January 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM.