Board of B&W
College of B&W. From left to right: alderman Willeke van Zeeland, alderman Wilmie Steeghs, town clerk Pieter Sennema, mayor Michiel van Veen, alderman Martien Bankers and alderman Hanneke Coppens.
Gehighlighte text: The College of Mayor and Aldermen (B&W) is the day-to-day management of the municipality and implements the policies (in outline) adopted by the municipal council. For this, the college is accountable to the municipal council.
The college of Gemert-Bakel consists of the mayor, four aldermen and the municipal secretary. The secretary supports the college in its work. The mayor chairs both the college and the municipal council.
Would you like to see a decision list? Or learn more about the portfolios of the mayor and aldermen?
On this page you will find more information about this. As well as the budget, declarations B&W and consultation hours of the college. Each week, a current decision list is published in which the decisions of the college B&W are .
Budget 2025 | 2028
Alderman Willeke van Zeeland: We will continue the chosen course of the College of B and W in the coming years. We are financially healthy and arm ourselves for the financial challenges ahead. We continue to invest in more housing, education, sustainability, the outlying area and mobility. We do this for our residents and entrepreneurs, so that they can enjoy living and working here.
Income and expenses
What do we spend the money on?
| Governance and support | €17.294.672 |
| Safety | €3.231.879 |
| Traffic and transportation | €8.187.955 |
| Economics | €4.312.199 |
| Education | €4.552.661 |
| Sports, culture and recreation | €9.392.502 |
| Social Domain | €40.466.747 |
| Public health and environment | €10.582.995 |
| Public housing and living environment | €7.781.676 |
Where does the money come from?
| Central government | €73.919.000 |
| Local levies and taxes | €18.607.000 |
| Land exploitation | €10.615.000 |
| Other income | €2.662.286 |
Municipal charges
OZB
Municipal charges in the form of OZB increase by the inflation adjustment of 2.2%
Sewer charge
The sewer charge will increase by 7.4%. In 2018, it was agreed to increase the sewer charge by 5.2% annually on top of inflation. This is now 2.2%
Waste tax
Municipal charges in the form of waste levy decrease by 4.7%
Scale jump
The municipality is making a scale jump to 35,000 residents in the coming years. The number of jobs and inhabitants in the Brainport region will continue to rise in the coming years. Therefore, investments will be made in the coming years to keep the facilities in the municipality up to standard. Consider, for example, more housing for the right target groups and in the right price range.
Future-proof education
We are investing in future-proof education in the coming years. Think of new schools for the Commanderij College and residential area Doonheide. In addition, Kindcentrum Berglaren will be provided with more modern educational housing.
Sustainability
Sustainability will remain important in the coming years. Therefore, we are committed to partial mobility and stimulating the generation of renewable energy. In 2025 we will also work on biodiversity for the construction of ecological connecting zones.
The outdoor area
As a rural community, the rural area remains an important place. There is a desire to keep the rural area vibrant and livable. The discussion there is dynamic and has many different abandonments. Therefore, new policies are coming to address the amount of various tasks.
Better accessibility
We are committed to improving the accessibility of our municipality. Both regionally and locally. These include preparations for express bicycle routes to Helmond and Eindhoven, a future-proof N279 and an approach to the N272.