Who makes decisions about Staden?
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
- Purchase, sale or rental of land or a building
- Goedkeuren lastvoorwaarden en gunningswijze - Aanstellen ontwerper voor sporthal Oostnieuwkerke
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Purchase, sale or rental of land or a building
- Permit or land subdivision
- Kennisnemen van de toezichtsbeslissing van het Agentschap Binnenlands Bestuur inzake dossier 'Klacht2026.001107'
- Goedkeuren toewijzingsreglement Thuiswest
- Item about an individual
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Purchase, sale or rental of land or a building
- Purchase, sale or rental of land or a building
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Kennisnemen eindafrekening en voorlopige oplevering - Renovatie betonwegen 2025
- Purchase, sale or rental of land or a building
- Kennisnemen van de toezichtsbeslissing van het Agentschap Binnenlands Bestuur inzake dossier 'Klacht2026.000731'
- Goedkeuren notulen vorige vergadering
- Kennisnemen semestrieel doelstellingenrapportage gemeente 2026
- Goedkeuren lastvoorwaarden en gunningswijze - Aanstellen ontwerper voor de polyvalente ruimte in Staden
- Staff matter
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Goedkeuren van een aanvullend verkeersreglement voor een gemeenteweg - Sint Elooistraat - aanpassing
- Goedkeuren van een aanvullend verkeersreglement voor een gemeenteweg - Slijperstraat - aanpassing
- Goedkeuren van een aanvullend verkeersreglement voor een gemeenteweg - Glasstraat - aanpassing
- Goedkeuren van een aanvullend verkeersreglement voor een gemeenteweg - Vergeldermolenstraat - aanpassing
- Goedkeuren van een aanvullend verkeersreglement voor een gemeenteweg - Ieperstraat - aanpassing
- Vaststellen van het bijzonder politiereglement betreffende de beperkte snelheidsovertredingen
- Goedkeuren van een aanvullend verkeersreglement voor een gemeenteweg - Guido Gezelleplein - aanpassing
- Goedkeuren van een aanvullend verkeersreglement voor een gemeenteweg - Rysseveldstraat - aanpassing
- Goedkeuren van een aanvullend verkeersreglement voor een gemeenteweg/gewestweg - zone maximum 30 km/uur - aanpassing
Source: Lokaal Beslist (Flemish government), published by the municipality.
How does Staden 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
€ 2,521 per inhabitant
taxes, money from higher authorities, charges…
11% less than the Flemish average
Spending
€ 2,509 per inhabitant
day-to-day running and investments
14% less than the Flemish average
Debt
€ 757 per inhabitant
what the municipality still has to repay on its loans
40% less than the Flemish average
Does the municipality have money left over? Yes: after day-to-day running costs and repaying loans, € 505 per inhabitant was left to invest.
What did Staden spend the most on?
Breakdown of spending on day-to-day running (excluding investments).
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Care and social assistance Public social welfare centre, childcare, care for older people and help for people in poverty 44%
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Governance and administration the town hall, staff, service desks and buildings 21%
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Culture, sport and leisure library, sports hall, cultural centre and youth work 7%
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Housing and building building permits, social housing and neighbourhoods 6%
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Roads and mobility streets, pavements, cycle paths and parking 6%
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Police and fire service the contribution to the police zone and the emergency services zone 6%
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Schools and education municipal schools, school buildings and academies 5%
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Waste, nature and environment waste collection, sewers, parks and green spaces 3%
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Loans and finances interest on loans and collecting taxes 2%
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Business and employment markets, local economy and employment 1%
In 2014 the municipality spent € 2,063 per inhabitant; in 2024, € 2,509 (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 Staden
In 2025, 140 organisations from Staden received a total of € 19.9 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 STADEN € 5,817,278
- OPENBAAR CENTRUM VOOR MAATSCHAPPELIJK WELZIJN VAN STADEN € 4,804,322
- VZW WOON-EN ZORGNETWERK OLV TER WESTROZE € 2,714,439
- ABC 02 € 2,128,204
- KERCKSTEDE € 1,690,494
Work contracted out by public bodies in Staden
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.