News, Sandefjord municipality | Some of the city’s most important issues are to be decided – Follow the meeting live here!

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Some of the issues:

• Annual accounts and annual report.
• Future ownership in Sandefjord Bredbånd.
• Area regulation Håsken.
• Tivoli plot – final report for the feasibility study.
• Open kindergarten in Sandefjord.
• Age-friendly Sandefjord second-hand shop.

■ See the entire agenda for the municipal council here.

This is what Sandefjords Blad has written about the topics in advance:

Questions from citizens and elected officials

The municipal council was opened in the usual way, with questions from the elected representatives. Before Thursday’s proceedings, there were several interpellations from the local politicians, in addition to a citizen’s question from Mette Lundby.

Lundby asked questions regarding the public health coordinator’s involvement during the treatment process of the new “big school” on Vesterøya.

Mayor Bjørn Ole Gleditsch (H) received questions from the politicians in the municipal council about boat ramps, activity offers in the city centre, land boundaries, guidelines for cultural events, the city’s historic buildings and case processing time in the municipality.

After the question round, there was a break before the evening’s matters will come up for consideration.

Will increase the price of Sandefjord Broadband

The first case out was area regulation by Håsken. The case was recommended to be postponed by the municipal director. The local politicians unanimously agreed to the recommendation and the case is postponed as it will be sent back to the administration.

With them, the matter will be assessed again, then with input from the local politicians who sit on various committees in the municipality.

Soon after, one of the evening’s biggest matters is up for consideration, namely the sale of Sandefjord Bredbånd.

The mayor himself took the floor first. He submitted a joint proposal from the Høyre, Sp and Frp; which states that the municipality’s minimum price for the company will be increased from NOK 1 billion to NOK 1.1 billion. The price has been set NOK 200 million higher than the municipal director’s recommended minimum price.

The municipal director will also be able to seek help to optimize the price.

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Shortly afterwards, Aps Bjørn Orerød took the floor. He put forward another proposal.

The proposal states that the municipality shall consider a sale. The proposal will not bind the municipality to a sale, but will allow the director of the municipality and the administration to use the funds necessary to find the best buyer, price and time to sell.

The municipality will then be able to make a choice whether they want to sell or not.

SV and Rødt put forward a joint proposal to keep companies in municipal ownership.

The parties believe that as important an infrastructure as the internet is, it is an advantage that it is owned by the municipality. In addition, they emphasized the financial security of keeping the company, rather than putting a sale sum into a fund.

The case is updated.