The municipality of Podravske Sesvete marked Municipality Day with a solemn session of the Municipal Council, where the highest municipal awards were presented. Head of the Municipality Marko Derežić addressed the investments made and planned.
Derežić stated that the budgets of the municipalities do not allow for all wishes to be fulfilled, as the revenue side does not permit it. Nevertheless, the municipality is implementing measures for young families and children. The allowance for the birth of the first child is 535 euros, for the second child 1,060.00 euros, and for the third and each subsequent child 2,000 euros. The municipality subsidises stay in the kindergarten, finances workbooks for primary school students and boxes with art supplies for first-graders, subsidises accommodation for high school students in dormitories with 60 euros per student, and stipends for students are 150 euros per month. Assistance is also provided to young families for purchasing their first property.
In addition, the municipality provides support to farmers and support for the development of entrepreneurship, subsidises micro-chipping, vaccination and sterilisation of dogs, funds associations with over 100,000 euros, and implements social benefits such as Christmas bonuses. The project Zaželi for the elderly and disabled is also being implemented, and the Youth Council was established this year.
Numerous infrastructure projects are underway. The extension of the kindergarten Leptir is in progress, which will provide space for an additional nursery group, the construction and equipping of playgrounds with multi-purpose courts, and the construction of a pedestrian path in Ulica Eugena Tomića in Podravski Sesvete. A mower for maintaining public areas has been purchased, the project Igrotek for the youngest residents has been implemented, and the spatial plan has been revised.
By the end of the year, the renovation of the Šarje landfill, the equipping and landscaping of the playground in Podravski Sesvete, and the equipping of the kindergarten Leptir will be completed. The municipality will purchase a 5,000-litre tanker for the municipal service.
The plan includes the reconstruction and extension of the school building with a sports hall, the renovation, renovation and extension of the community centre in Meki, the renovation and equipping of the football field, the construction of housing for young families, the development of green infrastructure focused on the renovation of streets, and the design of sewage for Meki and Dragance.
Derežić stated that the most important is cooperation with the County and county authorities, but that the government needs to support the government. He thanked the government of Andrej Plenković and the relevant ministries. He stated that the municipality is on the right track to become a place where people stay to live, and that they are proud of their place, children, kindergarten and school, teachers and teachers, the school of football that gathers almost all children, as well as the association of SUMA that gathers the youth. He thanked all the associations for trying to maintain social life in the community, entrepreneurs who raise the standard and the religious community that regularly gathers.
