Politics

The municipality is responsible for a lot of local services such as schools, elederly and disabled care, city planning and housing, waste, sewage and roads. And is goverend by a city council who, in a international perspective, has a strong independece. The city council, called kommunfullmäktige, is elected every four years and decides on goals and guidelines for municipal activities, sets local rates and taxes, and elects representatives for committees and boards.

 

Contact your politicians!

Address, telephone number and e-mail addresses can be found under each respective committee in the navigation list to the left. There are two full-time remunerated Municipal Councillors in Lerum: Anna-Lena Holberg (Mod.) and Dennis Jerryd (Soc.Dem.). Their offices are in the Town Hall at Bagges Torg. The other elected representatives are amateur politicians. They have their regular work or studies and devote their spare time to politics. They are most often easiest to reach in the evening.

 

Politicians appointed by the Municipal Council sit on committees.

 

The Vision and Development committees both deal with the future development of services, and that activities preformed by the Municipal executive board and departments are fullfilling the goals of the Municipal Council.

 

The Municipal Counsil have open meetings, which you are welcome to attend.

 

The basic principle is that all citizens should have the opportunity to involve themselves in political assignments without loss of income. Elected representatives therefore receive remuneration for the time they spend on their political assignment. The Chairman and Vice Chairman also receive a fixed fee for a part of the time they spend on planning and conducting the work of the committee.