Decisions of the Education and Wellbeing Committee, October 20, 2026
The agenda for the Education and Wellbeing Committee meeting can be found in the administrative publication service. The Committee made the following decisions at its meeting:
§ 104 Meeting information
At the start of the meeting, information was provided regarding current affairs at the Hämeenlinna Theatre.
§ 105 Financial performance and forecast
The Education and Wellbeing Committee noted the financial performance and
forecast for 2026.
§ 106 Budget amendment 2026 for the Education and Wellbeing Committee
The Education and Wellbeing Committee decided
- to propose to the City Board and further to the City Council that the Committee’s budget be amended so that:
- €845,000 is added to operating expenses and operating income due to project activities
- the unused €18,195 from the appropriations reserved for organizational grants is transferred to mini-pilots
- the €20,000 appropriation reserved for art acquisitions for the art museum is removed from the 2026 budget, and a corresponding appropriation is reserved for 2027
2. to approve the aforementioned amendments to the Committee’s budget, provided that the City Council approves the proposed changes.
§ 107 Renewing Cultural City Hämeenlinna Programme and Public Art Programme
The Education and Wellbeing Committee decided
- to approve the city’s public art programme for its part and forward it to the City Board for approval.
- to note the Culture Roadmap report 2022–2026,
- to approve the Renewing Cultural City Hämeenlinna Programme for 2026–2030.
During the proceedings, the following changes were made to the attached Renewing Cultural City Hämeenlinna Programme:
It was unanimously decided to amend the last sentence of the first paragraph of chapter four to read as follows:
“According to research, art can be a solution to complex health challenges.”
It was decided by 8 votes (Lehkonen, Ruuskanen, Honkanen, Kylliäinen, Munter, Olsen, Rantakari, Virtanen) to 2 (Heinonen, Näri) to add the qualifier “conversational” before the word “airspace” in the sentence “identity building is also the taking over of airspace” in chapter 10.2.
§ 108 Supplement to the procurement plan 2026, transport related to the organization of physical education at Lyseo Comprehensive School
The Education and Wellbeing Committee decided to supplement the procurement plan regarding transport related to the organization of physical education at Lyseo Comprehensive School.
§ 109 Amendment order to the national core curriculum for basic education
The Education and Wellbeing Committee noted the amendment order issued by the Finnish National Agency for Education regarding the national core curriculum for basic education.
§ 110 Organization of substitute services for early childhood education
The Education and Wellbeing Committee decided that substitute services for early childhood education will be organized as an in-house operation starting July 1, 2027.
§ 111 Report on the pilot for distributing free menstrual products
The Education and Wellbeing Committee decided to note the report received.
§ 112 Official decisions 2026, education and wellbeing
The Education and Wellbeing Committee decided to note the decisions and not to exercise its right of review regarding them.
§ 113 Matters for information for the Education and Wellbeing Committee 2026
The Education and Wellbeing Committee noted the letters received and other current affairs.