New City Council Is Ready to Continue Building on Voorne aan Zee

Mayor Arno Scheepers emphasizes the importance of collaboration:Voorne aan Zee major challenges, but also major opportunities. Opportunities that call for decisiveness, energy, and above all, the will to move forward together. The new municipal executive will tackle this task with enthusiasm. Collaboration is the key word for the coming period—not only within the executive and between the executive and the council, but also between the municipality and its residents.”

Portfolio Allocation Determined

During the first faculty meeting, which took place on June 30, the portfolio assignments were finalized. 

Arno Scheepers, mayor

Public order and safety, policy coordination, administrative development, integrity, regional cooperation, other governments and international relations, cabinet affairs, civil affairs and elections, communications

Aart Jan Spoon (VVD),^1st Deputy Mayor

Housing (including Woonbedrijf), Real Estate, Tourism and Recreation, Internal Services (Procurement, IT, HR), Coastal Sand Replenishment

Astrid Oosenbrug (PRO),^2nd Deputy Mayor

Sustainability, Energy and the Environment, Services, Neighborhoods and Villages, Inclusion, Outdoor Space Management, Animal Welfare, Waste, Poverty Policy, Older Adults

Wilbert Borgonjen (CDA),^3rd Deputy Mayor

Young People, Youth (Health), Education (including school facilities), Wmo, Arts and Culture

Els Priester (EVV),^4th Deputy Mayor

Sports, Well-being and (Public) Health, Grant Policy, Employment and Income, Events, Supported Housing and Social Services

Erik Mulder (D66),^5th Deputy Mayor

Finance, Shareholder Relations, Land Policy

Anneke Witte (ONS Voorne),^6th Deputy Mayor

Asylum and Migration, Economy, Participation (including community engagement), Horse Policy

Igor Bal (VVD),^7th Deputy Mayor

Spatial Development (including landscape, Novex, and Offshore Networks), Mobility and Traffic, Permitting, Oversight, and Enforcement.