Council Memberrs of the Brod Municipality Adopted the Decision to Establish the „Free Zone Brod“
At the 4th regular session of the Brod Municipal Assembly held today, there were 40 agenda items, and the councilors, among other things, unanimously adopted the Decision to establish the “Free Zone Brod”.
The area of the “Free Zone Brod” is defined by the scope of the Spatial Plan of the Municipality of Brod for the period 2017-2037, covering a total area of 14.16 hectares, namely 9.85 hectares at the location in Kralja Petra Prvog Oslobodioca Street and 4.31 hectares at the location in Brodskog bataljona Street.
Commenting on the decision of the councilors to support this agenda item, the President of the Brod Municipal Assembly Miloš Stanišić said that this is a significant step in the process of obtaining a duty-free zone in the territory of the municipality of Brod.
“Given that we have clarified the property and legal relations in the Business Zone towards the swimming pools and that another interested company “Adapteri” has expressed interest in their circle entering that category, the first step has been taken – the Proposal on the establishment of the “Free Zone”, Stanišić emphasized and added that the Assembly will have the opportunity to discuss this issue several more times.
The final effects of adopting the aforementioned Decision should be reflected in an increase in the number of business entities operating in the municipality, an increase in the number of employees with an increase in personal income paid in the area of our local community, with a simultaneous increase in direct taxes and secondary tax payments, and non-tax revenues paid into the budget of the Municipality of Brod.
In addition to this, the councilors also adopted several points that are important for the functioning of the Municipal Administration, public enterprises, advisory bodies and the Municipal Assembly.
At the proposal of the Mayor, and by decision of the Municipal Assembly of Brod, Dijana Tomazović was appointed Head of the Department for General Administration. The Head of the Department for Economy and Social Affairs will be Draženka Duronja, and the Head of the Department for Finance will be Radojka Popadić. The Head of the Department for Spatial Planning and Property-Legal Affairs in the next four-year term will be Sanela Latinović, and the Head of the Department for Housing, Utilities and Ecology will be Gordana Žarić.
The President of the Brod Municipal Assembly wished the appointed mayors success in their work, and expressed hope for good cooperation in the coming period.
Today, the members of the Brod Municipal Assembly voted Goran Garačić as the Acting Director of the Tourist Organization of the Municipality of Brod, and Milijana Knežić as the Acting Director of the Public Institution “Center for Social Work”.
Vesna Bojić was appointed Secretary of the Municipal Assembly and Editor-in-Chief of the Official Gazette of the Municipality of Brod.
A new convocation of the Economic Council was also appointed, and this advisory body will have 17 members over the next four years. At today’s session of the Brod Municipal Assembly, members of the Traffic Safety Council (Željko Šainović, Milan Šljuka, Bojan Popović, Tanja Vasilić, Petar Rakić and Biljana Reljić), as well as 25 members of the Plan Council for monitoring the development of the Urban Plan of the Brod urban settlement, were also appointed.
Members of the Assembly Commission for Religious Affairs, the Commission for Ecology, the Commission for Population Policy, and the Committee for Local Communities, Regional and International Cooperation, the Committee for Gender Equality, the Committee for the Code of Conduct, and the Council for the Development of Agriculture, Rural Areas, Water Management and Forestry were also appointed today.
Several regular items from the Assembly’s work program were also adopted, including the Program for the Maintenance of Local and Uncategorized Roads and Streets in Settlements in the Municipality of Brod for 2025, the Program for the Use of Funds from the Fee for Converting Agricultural Land to Non-Agricultural Purposes and from Rent for 2025, and the Plan for the Purposeful Spending of Funds Generated from the Fee for Performing Activities of General Interest in privately owned forests in 2025.
By decision of 24 councilors, the Draft Integrated Capital Investment Program of the Municipality of Brod for the period 2025-2027 was adopted in accordance with the previously adopted Development Strategy of the Municipality of Brod.
The Report on the Expenditure of Financial Resources from the Budget of the Municipality of Brod for the Work of the Association of Prisoners of War – Camp Inmates in 2024 was adopted.
The Report on the Implementation of the Plan for the Expenditure of Funds Generated from the Sale of Forest and Timber Products for the Development of Undeveloped Areas of the Municipality of Brod in 2024 was unanimously adopted, the Report on the Implementation of the Plan for the Expenditure of Funds Generated from Compensation for Performing Activities of General Interest in Privately Owned Forests in 2024, and the Report on the Implementation of the Program for the Use of Funds from Fees for Converting Agricultural Land to Non-Agricultural Purposes and from Leases for 2024, and the Report on the Implementation of the Program for the Expenditure of Funds from Special Water Fees in 2024 were unanimously adopted.
The proposal for a Conclusion on the acceptance of the Information on the state of public order, security of citizens and property in the territory of the municipality of Brod was also adopted, as well as the Information on the state of health care in the territory of the municipality of Brod was adopted by the votes of 20 councilors.
The Report on the Work of the Mayor of Brod Municipality and the Municipal Administration for 2024, the Report on the Work of the Brod Municipality Assembly and Assembly Bodies, and the Report on the Spending of Financial Resources Allocated from the Brod Municipality Budget for the Work of the Veterans’ Organization in 2024 did not receive the support of the majority of councilors.