The council is the people's representation of the municipality. It is elected for a period of 5 years - its current term lasts until autumn 2025. The council of the city of Beckum currently consists of 38 council members and the mayor as chairman.
According to the Municipal Code of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Council is responsible for all matters of the city administration and takes the necessary decisions. It gives orders to the administration, specifies guidelines and principles according to which the administration should work, and at the same time controls the administration. In order to ensure that all matters of importance to the city are dealt with as quickly as possible, the council can form committees on various key topics and also delegate the decision on certain matters to these committees or the mayor.
The Council and its committees generally meet in public, but for certain matters the public may be excluded, for example, the awarding of contracts or personnel matters.
In the public council information system of the city of Beckum you will find detailed information about the municipal political bodies as well as their meetings and members.
The differentiated assessment rates for residential and non-residential properties from 2025 are not intended to place an additional burden on the residents of Beckum.
Dr Rudolf Grothues, Rudolf Goriss and Peter Tripmaker have been members of Beckum town council for 25 years. Mayor Michael Gerdhenrich thanked them for their personal commitment before the council meeting.
At the last council meeting before the summer break, City Treasurer Thomas Wulf presented the provisional annual financial statements for 2023. This was just one of many topics discussed.
Uniform contributions for early and after-lunch care - pre-sale rights statutes for part of the "An der Steinbruchallee" residential development area: This and more was decided at the council meeting on 23 May.
A daycare centre with 6 groups and 4 apartment buildings are to be built on the site of the former Overberg School on the street "Auf dem Jakob". The urban development contract and the development plan were approved at the council meeting on 18 March.
On Ringing Tuesday, the Council traditionally becomes a madhouse when the Prince and his entourage lead through the Fool's Council meeting. The celebrations were exuberant.
As an owner-operated company, Städtische Abwasserbetrieb Beckum takes over the municipal wastewater disposal obligation. At its meeting yesterday, the operating committee agreed to examine the transfer of this duty to the Lippeverband with an open mind.
Due to the change of Sigrid Himmel from the SPD parliamentary group to the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen parliamentary group, 6 committees were newly appointed.
New rules apply to urban development funding. The City of Beckum has therefore identified the projects from the Integrated Urban Development Concept for Neubeckum City Centre (ISEK Neubeckum) that are to be transferred to an initial application under the NRW Urban Development Guideline 2023.
Picnics, art projects or sports: 14 projects from the town's community for next year's 800th anniversary celebrations receive funding from the town of Beckum.
Green light for the 2022 annual accounts and an open Sunday on 15 October: among other things, the council cleared the way for this on Thursday evening.
At this year's Kaisertage in Beckum's partnership Heringsdorf, a delegation from the Püttstadt with Mayor Michael Gerdhenrich and council members could not be missing.
In the last council meeting before the summer break, City Treasurer Thomas Wulf presented the draft of the 2022 annual financial statement and was able to paint a much more positive picture compared to the planning.
