Who makes decisions about Herzele?
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
- New rules for sustainability reporting by companies
- Protection of geographical indications for craft and industrial products
- Proposal for a national pact to improve disease prevention
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 16 September 2026
- Aanpassing prijssubsidiereglement 2026 voor het AGB
- Make-up of the municipal council or the board of aldermen (oath, resignation, replacement)
- BP1. Oprichtingsakte en statuten Projectvereniging Welzijn Vlaamse Ardennen, financiële bijdrage en nominatieve aanduiding vertegenwoordigers (voorzitter Kristof Callebaut - Anders Herzele)
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Permit or land subdivision
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Purchase, sale or rental of land or a building
- Question or interpellation from a councillor
- Plaatsen van een veranda als onthaalruimte voor de BKO - goedkeuring voorwaarden van de opdracht en van de plaatsingsprocedure
- Voorlopige vaststelling RUP Zavelstraat
- Question or interpellation from a councillor
- Question or interpellation from a councillor
- Goedkeuring van een nieuw GAS-reglement als gevolg van de invoering van het nieuwe Strafwetboek
- Make-up of the municipal council or the board of aldermen (oath, resignation, replacement)
- Purchase, sale or rental of land or a building
- Make-up of the municipal council or the board of aldermen (oath, resignation, replacement)
- Other item (see the details at the municipality)
- Jaarverslag van het forensisch team Centrum Geestelijke Gezondheidszorg Zuid-Oost-Vlaanderen - overzicht 2025
- Question or interpellation from a councillor
- Ruimtelijke planning - Voorstel voorbereidend traject beleidsplan
- Question or interpellation from a councillor
- Make-up of the municipal council or the board of aldermen (oath, resignation, replacement)
Source: Lokaal Beslist (Flemish government), published by the municipality.
How does Herzele 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
€ 2,255 per inhabitant
taxes, money from higher authorities, charges…
21% less than the Flemish average
Spending
€ 2,374 per inhabitant
day-to-day running and investments
18% less than the Flemish average
Debt
€ 1,834 per inhabitant
what the municipality still has to repay on its loans
45% more than the Flemish average
Does the municipality have money left over? No: day-to-day running costs and repaying loans cost € 117 per inhabitant more than came in.
What did Herzele 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 35%
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Governance and administration the town hall, staff, service desks and buildings 17%
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Culture, sport and leisure library, sports hall, cultural centre and youth work 11%
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Schools and education municipal schools, school buildings and academies 9%
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Waste, nature and environment waste collection, sewers, parks and green spaces 7%
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Police and fire service the contribution to the police zone and the emergency services zone 7%
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Roads and mobility streets, pavements, cycle paths and parking 5%
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Business and employment markets, local economy and employment 5%
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Loans and finances interest on loans and collecting taxes 2%
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Housing and building building permits, social housing and neighbourhoods 2%
In 2014 the municipality spent € 1,909 per inhabitant; in 2024, € 2,374 (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 Herzele
In 2025, 88 organisations from Herzele received a total of € 17.3 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 HERZELE € 10,235,708
- OPENBAAR CENTRUM VOOR MAATSCHAPPELIJK WELZIJN VAN HERZELE € 3,554,126
- HUNNEGEM € 1,653,957
- TERNOSVIT € 1,208,658
- CLIMAXI € 205,173
Work contracted out by public bodies in Herzele
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.
Companies from Herzele that won government work
In 2026, companies and organisations from Herzele won 1 public contracts across Belgium.
- BEMEDICO 1 contract
What is not here yet?
- The decisions of your municipal council.
- Smaller public contracts, below the European thresholds.