Secondary functions

Mayors, aldermen and members of the council must make their secondary functions public. This is stated in the Municipal Act.

You can also view the lists of secondary functions at the Environment Desk at the Public Square.

Expenses

It board of mayor and aldermen decided during the meeting of 3 June 2013 to publish a biannual overview of the costs incurred by the board members outside the expense allowance (or official allowance) and paid by the municipality. This concerns the costs relating to transport, functional lunches, refreshments, dinners, foreign trips and representation.

The overview concerns costs incurred by the entire board and costs incurred in the name of individual board members. In all cases, these are costs incurred functionally in the interest of the municipality.

The following cost items can be found in the document.

  • Transport:
    • Reimbursement of private transportation costs per college member.
    • Reimbursement of public transport costs per board member.
    • A complete overview of the travel expenses incurred by taxi.
  • Functional drinks, lunches and dinners (per college member and entire college):
    • On the work floor.
    • Outside the door.
    • Foreign travel per college member.
  • Representation expenses (flowers, gifts, etc. per college member and entire college).

Register gifts

Under the Code of Conduct for Political Office Holders, gifts and donations that a political office holder receives by virtue of his or her position are reported and registered, unless the estimated value is €50 or less.