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2022 Annual Accounts: Positive result but concerns remain
The challenges were not mild in 2022. The board put its shoulders to the wheel together and did what was necessary. And that was to continue working on making Zoetermeer more beautiful, despite the new problems that came our way.
We are closing 2022 with a 'positive' account result of €30.3 million. That sounds good, but this is temporary and not structural in nature. The government offers more financial scope in the short term through additional incidental contributions, but the challenge of delivering a balanced budget every year is still undiminished.
2021 Annual Accounts: Pressure on finances remains high
We are closing 2021 with a 'positive' account result of € 15.3 million. But that is positive in quotation marks, because this result gives a distorted picture. Due to Covid-19, we were unable to implement all plans. This means that they will be postponed to 2022. For example, fewer calls were made on loan assistance, less use was made of the ZoetermeerPas and some events could not go ahead. Moreover, at the end of the year it turned out that the government's contribution for Covid-19, among other things, was much higher than expected. However, that compensation is only a one-off, which means that the challenge of delivering a balanced budget every year has not become any smaller. And the pressure on finances remains high.