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IMPORTANT ISSUES
A sustainable economic growth Recruitment Commun
ications Balanced budget Development of core
municipal activities Appealing
municipality Civil dialogue
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VISION

• Quality of Life Karlstad 100.000
• THREE TARGET GROUPS FOR GROWTH
• Students
• People with competitive
• competence
• Visitors
• FOUR GUIDING STARS
• An attractive city that grows
• A city for everybody
• The good green city
• A city in good order

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VÄRMLAND
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ELECTION RESULTS 2006
S The social democratic party M The Moderate
party Fp The Liberal party C The Centre
party Kd The Christian Democrats V The Left
party Mp The Green party Spi Swedish
pensioners party SD The Sweden Democrats Övr
Other
Voter turnout 81,5 (0,96)
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ELECTION RESULTS 2006
Majority 31 seatss v mp
Alliance 28 seatsm fp c kd
mp
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fp
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kd
S The social democratic party M The Moderate
party Fp The Liberal party C The Centre
Party Kd The Christian Democrats V The Left
party Mp The Green party Sd The Sweden
Democrats (2 seats)
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POLITICAL DIVISION ON CITY COUNCIL
S 23 seats M 15 seats C 5 seats Fp 4
seats Kd 4 seats V 4 seats Mp 4 seats
Sd 1 seat
No party belonging 1 seat
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CITY COMMISSIONERS 2006-2010
Lena Melesjö Windahl (s) Håkan Holm (s) Claes
Wallenius (v) Åke Pettersson Frykberg (mp)
Per-Samuel Nisser (m)
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KARLSTAD CITY ORGANISATION
Professional not political
City Management Office
Political appointments
City employees
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CITY COUNCIL

• The city council is the highest decision-making
  organ locally
• 61 members elected by the people of Karlstad
• It appoints a City Board that leads and
  co-ordinates the work of the city.
• There are also several committees that
• deal with matters discussed by the council
• implement the decisions of the council
• can make decisions in certain issues
• has responsibility for its own activities, staff
  and finance

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COMMITTEES AND UNITS 1 From 070101

• City Board
• - City management office
• Children and young peoples committee
• - Children and young peoples administration
• Culture and recreation committee
• Culture and recreation administration
• Karlstad-Hammarö upper secondary school committee
• - Karlstad-Hammarö upper secondary school
  administration
• Labour market and social services committee
• - Labour market and social services
  administration

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COMMITTEES AND UNITS 2 from 070101

• Care of the elderly and the disabled committee
• - Care of the elderly and the disabled
  administration
• City planning committee
• City planning administration
• Technical services and property management
  committee
• Technical services and property management
  administration
• Environment committee
• Environment administration

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OTHER COMMITTEES From 070101

• General affairs committee
• City management office
• Chief guardian committee
• - City management office
• Elections committee
• - City management office
• Emergency services association board
• - Karlstad region emergency services association

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CITY BOARD COMMITTEE
City management committee Economic growth
committee
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KONCERNEN KARLSTADS KOMMUN
KARLSTAD CITY CORPORATE GROUP
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SALES TURNOVER FOR KARLSTAD CITY CORPORATE GROUP
2006
ProfitSEK million 57.8 36.2 88.9 2.1 4.0 - 13.7
Sales turnover SEK million 407.4 134.0 597.7 50.0
10.2 3.6
Karlstads Bostads AB Karlstads Elnät AB
Karlstads Energi AB AB Karlstads
Studentbostäder Karlstads Parkerings
AB Mariebergsskogen
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CITY OF KARLSTAD IN FIGURES
84 000 inhabitants 6 300 full-time employees 6
800 people on the payroll 530 professional
appointments 350 workplaces 4 000 million in
turnover
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FINANCIAL RESULTS 2006
Taxation rate 21.75 Profit for the year
SEK 164 million Net expenses SEK 2,950
million Tax revenues SEK 3,095 million
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PROFIT TARGET The profit for 2006 corresponds
to 5 of tax income (target 2) FINANCING
TARGETS Due to the high investment level, net
borrowing increased by SEK 96 million (target
no increase)
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COSTS OF CITY ACTIVITIES
Costs of City activities, financed by taxpayers,
2006
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HOW ARE CITY TAXES USED?
Tax paid by a person earning SEK 20,000 per month
is used as follows
Footnote A person earning SEK 20 000 per month
in 2006 paid average SEK 4 350 in City taxes,
i.e. 21,75.
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COSTS OF CITY SERVICES
A selection of operational costs in 2006
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A DEVELOPING MUNICIPALITY
VIDE VARIETY OF ENTERAINMENT Löfbergs Lila
Arena Värmlandsoperan Nöjesfabriken Värmlandsteate
rn ATTRACTIVE EVENTS Uddeholm Swedish
Rally Karlstad är musik
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A DEVELOPING MUNICIPALITY
SHOPPING IKEA Bergvik Mitt i City A GROWING
UNIVERSITY House 21 with Ljungbergssalen A
GROWING CITY South Råtorp Inre hamn Viken The
West Coast area
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MUNICIPALITY LAW

• A body of law that guides City activities
• The City cannot support private companies
• But it can cooperate with businesses,
  universities, etc both locally and regionally
• Municipalities decide themselves how much tax
  residents shall pay
• Municipalities and county councils manage more
  than twice as much money as the central State

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MUNICIPAL RESPONSIBILITY

• According to the law, a municipality has
  responsibility for
• Social services
• Child care and pre-school
• Care for the elderly
• Schools
• City planning and buildning
• Health and the environment
• Garbage collection and waste management
• Emergency services
• Water supply and drainage

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MUNICIPAL RESPONSIBILITY

• Other activities are voluntary, e.g.
• Recreation
• Culture (except for the library)
• Housing
• Energy
• Trade and industry

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The good green city Sustainable growth in the
environment area Climate Star Fair Trade
City The fourth best climate work in Sweden in
2008
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SWEDISH DEMOCRACY

• Democracy means power comes from the people
• Sweden has representative democracy
• Decisions are made by elected representatives in
  decision-making forums, e.g. the City council
• Pluralistic democracy
• Freedom to build parties
• Free press
• Many organisations
• Freedom of expression

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DIALOGUE BETWEEN ELECTIONS
Citizen propostions Youth council Management of
viewpoints, 2009 Meetings between citizens and
politicians A development of the web site,
e-services, 24-hour authorities
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THE POLITICAL PROCESS
Citizen
Politician
Motion
Application
Recording in diary
Press monitors and reports (?)
Civil servant
Civil servant
Official papers
Press monitors and reports (?)
Committee, Board, Council
Political decision
Political decision Or delegation to civil servant
Press monitors and reports (?)
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PRINCIPLE OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO OFFICIAL RECORDS

• Part of basic law that gives citizens the right
  to have access to official activity.
• Gives the right to look at general public
  documents held by authorities without needing to
  provide identification or a purpose
• This principle applies for everyone, not just
  Swedish citizens

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WHAT IS A GENERAL PUBLIC DOCUMENT?

• A letter, email or minutes from a meeting.
• It is public if it arrives at, is stored in, or
  written in a municipal or state building.
• A document can be public or confidential.
• All public documents not classified as
  confidential are open to the public and must be
  made available for the general public.