Organization municipality Heerlen

The municipality is run on a day-to-day basis by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. They implement the policies of the City Council. The council makes the decisions about those policies and checks that the college is implementing them properly. 

The organization of the municipality consists of:

  • Domain City, which deals with Space & Economy
  • Domain Society, which deals with Society & Residents
  • Domain Operations, the deals with Organization & Resources
  • Administrative Service

The administrative department works in the service of the town clerk on overarching (political) themes from the college. For each domain there is a director. Together with the town clerk, the three directors form the Executive Board.

Each domain consists of several teams, each with its own manager. These managers and the director make up the domain management.

Domain City

Economics

The economy section is responsible for the themes around economy, culture, cultural heritage, education, labor market and sports. They work together with colleagues inside and outside the domain, as well as with partners in the city on the economic development of Heerlen.

Space

This section works on the themes: mobility, urban planning, sustainability, waste, greenery, real estate, public space, sewerage and water. Spatial plans such as zoning plans and structural visions are also made here.

Teams at domain City

  • Economics policy team
  • Team historical gold
  • Team reintegration
  • Team ESL
  • Permits team
  • Team city engineers
  • City management team
  • Team real estate
  • Construction, environmental monitoring and soil team
  • Team policy space

Domain Society

Society

In the Society section we work on public order and safety, supervision, enforcement and social safety. Within the municipality Heerlen, we believe that safety has an important social component. Therefore, colleagues here also work on social themes such as the WMO, youth (care), elderly policy, integration policy, and public health.

Residents

This section includes all tasks where residents of the municipality have direct contact with the municipality. Here we work to provide unambiguous and clear services for the residents of the municipality Heerlen. 

Teams at domain Society

  • Team access south
  • Team access north
  • Team policy society
  • Civil Affairs Team
  • Team administration
  • Team WMO
  • Debt relief team
  • Supervision and enforcement team
  • Social safety and neighborhood direction team
  • Team income

Domain Operations

Domain operations is responsible for supporting the organization. 

Resources

The Resources section is responsible for the topics: finance, information management, facility services and IT.

Organization

This section includes the other support functions such as communications, human resources, support and legal affairs.

Teams at domain Operations

  • Team P&O
  • Legal Affairs Team
  • Team finance E&M
  • Team service
  • Team projects
  • Communications & KCC team
  • Team functional management
  • Information management team
  • Team finance MIRO
  • Team parkstad-IT

Administrative Service

The administrative department is responsible for providing strategic advice at the political-administrative level. In addition, they are responsible for program management. Some of the tasks of the municipality are so large and complex that they are incorporated into a program. A program manager from the administrative department directs these programs.