Culture and welfare board

The board is responsible for the operation of the area of ​​responsibility for the city's cultural and welfare services. The special task of the board is to organize the following educational and welfare services:   
 

• early childhood education  
• preschool education  
• morning and afternoon activities in accordance with the Basic Education Act  
• basic education  
• high school education  
• student care to the extent that it is not a social and health care service
• youth services  
• general cultural services  
• library services  
• museum services  
• theater services  
• free educational work and basic art education offered by the city (formerly music college and labor college)  
• general and health and special sports services.

Until December 31.12.2024, XNUMX, the board operated as the welfare board.

Board members 2025-2029 (personal deputy member in brackets)

• Chairwoman Kaisa Pohjola, Social Democratic Party (SDP) (Rinja Kuikka, Social Democratic Party)
• Vice-Chairwoman Irma Hujanen, general secretary (Kaisa Kontiainen, general secretary)
• Mervi Hasu, sd. (Niinimäki-Sipolainen Sari, sd.)
• Ville Savolainen, sd. (Jukka Rautiainen, sd.)
• Jouko Rossi, sd. (Veikko Hämäläinen, sd.)
• Jari Tiippana, ps. (Tanja Hartikainen, ps.)
• Jussi Viljakainen, editor (Kalle Porkka, editor)
• Henri Ruokolainen, Green Party (Kirsi Keskitalo, Green Party)
• Ella Petäjäsuo, left (Maxim Dubrovin, green)
• Petri Wikström, Green Party (Kaisa Hammaren, Green Party)
• Tiina Hämäläinen, book (Antti Paavola, center)