Municipal Clerk’s Office

What is the Municipal Clerk’s Office?

The Municipal Council has its own (small) civil service organization: the Municipal Clerk's Office. In fact, unlike the rest of the civil service organization, the Municipal Clerk’s Office s Office falls directly under the City Council and not the City Clerk as head of the organization. The employees of the Municipal Clerk’s Office s Office are also appointed by the City Council.

The purpose of the Municipal Clerk’s Office s Office is to support the council in all of its duties and promote the council's dualism. The Municipal Clerk’s Office s Office was established by the City Council in 2002 under dualism to provide independent support to all council members and to the mayor in his role as president of the council. A clerk was appointed to lead the clerk's office.

What does the Municipal Clerk’s Office do?

The primary function of the Municipal Clerk’s Office is to provide advice and logistical support to the City Council and its council committees in the broadest sense.

The Municipal Clerk’s Office Office primarily ensures that the council's decision-making process runs as smoothly as possible. On the one hand, this means that she is responsible for the logistical support of council and committee meetings, the seniors' convention and the presidium. The draft agendas are prepared by the Municipal Clerk’s Office and the submitted documents are checked for completeness and quality. From the other side, the Municipal Clerk’s Office s Office is responsible for ensuring that the decision-making process is clearly Map out in advance and the council is involved in it as early as possible. In this regard, the Municipal Clerk’s Office s Office acts as an advisor to the civil service organization.
The Municipal Clerk’s Office s Office supports council members in drafting initiative proposals, amendments, motions and written council questions. She monitors that these are actually taken up by the college. 

The Registrar

The registrar is Mr. Didier Franssen. He is the primary advisor to Kerkrade City Council. He advises the mayor, council members and the presidium (= group chairpersons of the municipal council) both substantively and procedurally. The clerk sits in the council chamber next to the chairman (= the mayor) and supports him in his duties as chairman of the meeting. In addition, the clerk manages the Municipal Clerk’s Office and thus also fulfills the role of manager of the clerk's staff.

Registry staff

The employees of the Municipal Clerk’s Office are appointed by the City Council. They also work for the City Council, but each with their own duties and areas of focus.

The Municipal Clerk’s Office Office consists of a clerk, a council clerk, a committee clerk and a clerk's assistant. The clerk and committee clerk support council committee meetings. The council counsel serves as deputy (committee) clerk and further as secretary of the audit committee. The clerk provides logistical and secretarial support.

Contact with the Municipal Clerk’s Office

Do you have questions about council or committee meetings or speaking rights? Please contact the Municipal Clerk’s Office at 14045 or by mail at Municipal Clerk’s Office

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