Who makes decisions about Kortenaken?
Three levels of government each decide on their own topics.
Your municipality
The municipal council and the mayor and aldermen decide on matters such as streets, waste collection, sports halls, libraries and the public social welfare centre.
We do not show municipal council decisions yet: there is no open data for all municipalities yet.
Flemish Parliament
The Flemish Parliament decides on matters such as education, housing, mobility, the environment, child benefit and care.
Recently discussed
- Call for transparency on budget cuts and advertising plans at VRT
- Proposal to shift funds towards fixing dangerous Flemish cycle paths
- Proposal to postpone and review cultural budget cuts in Flanders
Federal Chamber
The Chamber decides on matters such as pensions, taxes, justice, the police, defence and health insurance.
Recently discussed
- Proposal for a national pact to improve disease prevention
- Proposal to recognize the Tibetan government-in-exile and impose sanctions
- Bill to recognise and compensate pesticide-related occupational illnesses
What did the municipal council decide?
The items the municipal council dealt with in recent months. Items about individuals (staff, permits, councillors’ questions…) are shown without details.
Meeting of 24 September 2026
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Notulen vorige vergadering.
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Rapportering burgemeestersoverleg 19.06.2026
- Make-up of the municipal council or the board of aldermen (oath, resignation, replacement)
- Jaarrekening 2025 en budgetwijziging 2026/1 politiezone Hageland
- Staff matter
- Make-up of the municipal council or the board of aldermen (oath, resignation, replacement)
- Purchase, sale or rental of land or a building
- Contantbelastingreglement inzameling en verwerking huishoudelijke afvalstoffen met Ecowerf
- Permit or land subdivision
- Retributiereglement van de filmavond georganiseerd door de jeugdraad.
- Aanpassing politiereglement (GAS)
Meeting of 27 August 2026
- Retributiereglement toeristische brochures
- Retributiereglement activiteiten Plussersweek 2026
- Make-up of the municipal council or the board of aldermen (oath, resignation, replacement)
- GKS Kersbeek - vakanties en schoolvrije dagen schooljaar 2026-2027
- Aanpassing H.H.R. en schriftelijke overeenkomst buitenschoolse opvang n.a.v. het BOA-decreet
- Uitsluiting van alle GAS-dossiers uit het retributiereglement voor administratie- en aanmaningskosten voor openstaande fiscale en niet-fiscale schuldvorderingen, en aanpassing met betrekking tot versturen tweede herinnering voor kleine openstaande bedragen.
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Aanpassing Lokaal Erkennings- en handhavingskader Buitenschoolse Opvang
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- GKS Kersbeek - goedkeuring schoolreglement 2026-2027
- Purchase, sale or rental of land or a building
- Permit or land subdivision
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Wijziging vertegenwoordiger Raad van Bestuur KANVAZ
- Notulen vorige vergadering.
- Rapportering burgemeestersoverleg 24.04.2026
- Permit or land subdivision
Source: Lokaal Beslist (Flemish government), published by the municipality.
How does Kortenaken handle money?
From the 2024 annual accounts of the municipality and the public social welfare centre combined. Amounts per inhabitant, so you can compare municipalities.
Revenue
€ 2,058 per inhabitant
taxes, money from higher authorities, charges…
28% less than the Flemish average
Spending
€ 1,924 per inhabitant
day-to-day running and investments
34% less than the Flemish average
Debt
€ 1,434 per inhabitant
what the municipality still has to repay on its loans
13% more than the Flemish average
Does the municipality have money left over? Yes: after day-to-day running costs and repaying loans, € 322 per inhabitant was left to invest.
What did Kortenaken spend the most on?
Breakdown of spending on day-to-day running (excluding investments).
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Governance and administration the town hall, staff, service desks and buildings 27%
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Care and social assistance Public social welfare centre, childcare, care for older people and help for people in poverty 18%
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Culture, sport and leisure library, sports hall, cultural centre and youth work 11%
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Roads and mobility streets, pavements, cycle paths and parking 9%
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Housing and building building permits, social housing and neighbourhoods 8%
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Police and fire service the contribution to the police zone and the emergency services zone 8%
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Schools and education municipal schools, school buildings and academies 8%
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Waste, nature and environment waste collection, sewers, parks and green spaces 6%
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Loans and finances interest on loans and collecting taxes 4%
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Business and employment markets, local economy and employment 1%
In 2014 the municipality spent € 1,520 per inhabitant; in 2024, € 1,924 (in euros of that year, not adjusted for inflation).
Source: Flemish Agency for Home Affairs, Gemeente- en Stadsmonitor (BBC-DR). Your municipality's budget and multi-year plan can be found in the BBC-beleidstool.
Subsidies for organisations from Kortenaken
In 2025, 53 organisations from Kortenaken received a total of € 9.9 million in subsidies.
The municipal administration itself often also receives subsidies from higher levels of government. Self-employed people and other individuals are not counted here.
Who received the most?
- GEMEENTE KORTENAKEN € 4,524,694
- ECO CLEANING PARTNER € 4,070,721
- OPENBAAR CENTRUM VOOR MAATSCHAPPELIJK WELZIJN VAN KORTENAKEN € 761,122
- KORTVLEES € 188,945
- RENDERS € 54,715
Work contracted out by public bodies in Kortenaken
These are the larger public contracts of public bodies with their address in this municipality: the municipality itself, but also, for example, a hospital, a school or a ministry.
We have not found any large public contracts from public bodies in this municipality yet.
What is not here yet?
- The decisions of your municipal council.
- Smaller public contracts, below the European thresholds.