Culture and Leisure

Welfare and Vitality Committee 10 items 19. maaliskuuta 2026

Welfare and Vitality Committee March 19, 2026

Social and health servicesCulture and LeisureBusiness and Economic Affairs

Lempäälä's welfare and vitality committee will address in its meeting on March 19 an extensive welfare program for 2026-2029, which defines the municipality's measures to combat inequality, loneliness and insecurity. Additionally, a proposal is presented to convert the Halkola property into a youth facility, where various youth activities would be centralized from motor workshop to youth council meetings.

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Welfare and Vitality Committee 10 items 19. helmikuuta 2026

Health and Vitality Committee February 19, 2026

Social and health servicesCulture and LeisureEconomy and Taxation

The Health and Vitality Committee will address several significant proposals at its meeting on February 19, 2026. A 500,000 euro annual service purchase agreement for five years is proposed for Lempäälä swimming hall. Expanding early youth work for 10-13-year-olds would require additional funding of 95,000 euros and two new employees. Additionally, consideration is being given to relocating the community space to Lempäälä-talo instead of the current Hakkarin kartano.

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Education Committee 11 items 17. helmikuuta 2026

Education and Training Committee February 17, 2026

EducationCulture and LeisureEconomy and Taxation

Lempäälä's education and training committee will discuss several proposals concerning families' daily lives in February. Morning and afternoon activity fees are proposed to be increased by up to 37 euros per month starting from August. At the same time, a 500,000 euro annual service procurement contract for five years is proposed for the swimming hall. Additionally, the teaching hour framework is proposed to be reduced by 112 annual weekly hours, which would save 336,000 euros.

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Welfare and Vitality Committee 10 items 22. tammikuuta 2026

Welfare and Vitality Committee January 22, 2026

Culture and LeisurePersonnel mattersBusiness and Economic Affairs

Lempäälä's Aleksanteri Aava statue gets a new home - the municipality's cultural symbol will be moved to the corner of Aavankatu and Puistokatu at the end of a residential apartment building. Meanwhile, the well-being of welfare and vitality services staff is flourishing - the response rate to the workplace well-being survey was as high as 85.2 percent. Rural services paid over 60 million euros in various subsidies to its customers last year.

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Welfare and Vitality Committee 11 items 9. joulukuuta 2025

Welfare and Vitality Committee December 9, 2025

EducationCulture and LeisureEconomy and Taxation

Lempäälä's welfare and vitality committee decided to increase the municipal payment for employment services by as much as 600,000 euros for 2025. At the same time, the 2026 service plan was approved, which includes the implementation of landscape flower fields in honor of Lempäälä's 160th anniversary year with 7,000 euros support from the A.R. Winter Foundation. The share cooperation agreement for educational development continues indefinitely.

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Welfare and Vitality Committee 15 items 20. marraskuuta 2025

Welfare and Vitality Committee November 20, 2025

Culture and LeisureEconomy and Taxation

Lempäälä committee unanimously stopped the gym price increase by a vote of 0-11 - With Hakkarinki gym also out of service, it is not wise to raise prices. The committee allocated 250,000 euros from inheritance funds to promote swimming services and defined water safety and swimming skills as the theme for Lempäälä's 160th anniversary year. Competition was fierce for association subsidies: 88,250 euros was approved out of 177,000 euros requested by sports clubs.

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