Committees and advocacy bodies

The minutes of the committees can be found here.

The following operate under the municipal government:

Salary Committee

Members | Personal deputy

  • Marika Uimaluoto chairperson | Roger Holmberg
  • Jarkko Laine, deputy chairman | Pasi Koski
  • Hannu Peltomäki | Juhani Kotiranta
  • Miia Rajala | Riikka Salminen
  • Teuvo Uusimäki | Jussi Peltomäki

Merikarvia-Siikainen Water Management Committee

  • Veikko Kallio, Heikki Vanhatalo as deputy member
    The Water Management Committee operates in shifts in Siikainen and Merikarvialla – the actors in the host city elect a chairman for each meeting.
    The civil servants are municipal engineer Kari Pitkäranta and municipal mayor Juha Vasama.

Forestry Committee

Members | Personal deputy

  • Altti Vanhatalo chair, | Tarja Kujala
  • Veikko Kallio, | Raimo Lemmenranta
  • Nina Anttila, | Mikko Rinne
  • Chairman of the Municipal Council, Juhani Kotiranta
  • Rapporteur and Secretary, Juha Vasama
  • Forestry expert, Sauli Itäkylä

Cooperation group between the municipality and entrepreneurs

Municipal representatives:

  • Juhani Kotiranta, chairman.
  • Pasi Koski | Jarkko Laine
  • Marika Uimaluoto | Mari Luotonen
  • Päivi Heinonen | Markku Veijanen
  • Rapporteur and Secretary | Juha Vasama

Other representatives:

Merikarvian Council for the Elderly and Disabled

Municipal representatives:

Members | Personal alternate member

  • Pentti Ala-Luopa, chairman | Maarit Viikila
  • Riikka Salminen | Juhani Aalto
  • Pirjo Kuuskeri | Jussi Aaltonen
  • Eetu Aaltonen, secretary

Other representatives:

  • MerikarviaSeniors
  • Merikarvian congregation
  • Merikarvian pension union
  • Merikarvian pensioners
  • Disabled Association
  • Disabled Association
  • Merikarvian SPR
  • Merikarvian nursing home association
  • Disability service

Merikarvian youth council

  • Viivi Aaltonen
  • Sanni Asmala
  • Maija Kujala
  • Sarah Laine
  • Mira Malmi
  • Snow-Adele Ojamo
  • Ellen Rajamäki
  • Neea Salonen

Secretary Enni Aaltonen

Municipal government representative Tarja Kujala, deputy member Mira Salonen

Youth Council Rules of Procedure (KH 2.2.-26)

The municipal government appoints the members of the institutions and elects the chairperson and secretary of the institutions.

Electoral bodies include:

Agendas and minutes of the Central Election Commission

Central municipal election board

Membership:

  • Pirjo Koivukorpi
  • Eerika Koivutalo
  • Teppo Ahola
  • Jarmo Mikkola
  • Janet Haavisto

Alternates, who will be called in the order below:

  • Johanna Lemmenranta
  • Sari Norrgard
  • Ville Ylineva
  • Olli Kaipio
  • Kirsi Tornikoski

Vaalilautakunta

Election committees

Their activities are regulated in the Election Act.

Institutions of influence

Municipal Act and MerikarviaAccording to the municipal administrative regulations, the municipal government establishes the advocacy bodies and approves their operating rules. The advocacy bodies required by the Local Government Act include the youth council and the council for the elderly and disabled.

Advocacy bodies are channels for participation and influence of the group they represent. Their task is to convey the group's views to the municipal decision-making process. Advocacy bodies are not actual municipal institutions. They participate in decision-making through initiatives and statements. Their representatives may be granted the right to speak and be present at meetings of the institutions pursuant to a provision in the administrative regulations. An advocacy body cannot make administrative decisions that are subject to appeal, and the qualifications of its members are not regulated by law.

The advocacy body elects a chairperson, vice-chairperson and secretary from among its members. The advocacy bodies may make initiatives and proposals to various parties. A member of the body does not have to be a resident of the municipality. The composition aims for equal representation of women and men, but the requirements of the Equality Act are not directly applicable. The working methods of the advocacy body may be more free-form than those of the actual bodies and can be decided by the body itself.

The municipality must give the council for the elderly and disabled the opportunity to influence the planning, preparation, production and monitoring of the activities of the municipality's various sectors in matters that are important for the well-being, health, participation, living environment, housing, mobility, performance of daily activities or the services they need. These include matters related to the ordinary everyday life of the elderly, i.e. for example, everyday living, housing, health services and other transactions, such as the availability of shopping and the location of shops. Issues related to transport and culture are also on the agenda of the councils for the elderly.