Meeting of the City Council on December 12, 2023



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Meeting of the City Council on December 12, 2023

1. Discussion on the results from PISA 2022 (at the request of city councilors from the Social Democratic Alliance, Progressive Party, Pirate Party, Reform Party, and the Left-Green Movement)

The following spoke: Árelía Eydís Guðmundsdóttir, Kolbrún Áslaugar Baldursdóttir (rebuttal), Árelía Eydís Guðmundsdóttir (responds to rebuttal), Kolbrún Áslaugar Baldursdóttir (rebuttal), Árelía Eydís Guðmundsdóttir (responds to rebuttal), Líf Magneudóttir, Hildur Björnsdóttir, Einar Þorsteinsson (rebuttal), Hildur Björnsdóttir (responds to rebuttal), Einar Þorsteinsson (rebuttal), Hildur Björnsdóttir (responds to rebuttal), Dagur B. Eggertsson, Hildur Björnsdóttir (rebuttal), Dagur B. Eggertsson (responds to rebuttal), Hildur Björnsdóttir (rebuttal), Dagur B. Eggertsson (responds to rebuttal), Kolbrún Áslaugar Baldursdóttir (rebuttal), Dagur B. Eggertsson (responds to rebuttal), Kolbrún Áslaugar Baldursdóttir (rebuttal), Dagur B. Eggertsson (responds to rebuttal),Kjartan Magnússon, Kolbrún Áslaugar Baldursdóttir, Sabine Leskopf, Skúli Helgason, Einar Þorsteinsson, Alexandra Briem, Friðjón R. Friðjónsson (rebuttal), Alexandra Briem (responds to rebuttal), Friðjón R. Friðjónsson (rebuttal), Alexandra Briem (responds to rebuttal), Líf Magneudóttir, Björn Gíslason, Ragnhildur Alda María Vilhjálmsdóttir, Árelía Eydís Guðmundsdóttir (rebuttal), Ragnhildur Alda María Vilhjálmsdóttir (responds to rebuttal), Árelía Eydís Guðmundsdóttir (rebuttal), Ragnhildur Alda María Vilhjálmsdóttir (responds to rebuttal), Alexandra Briem (rebuttal), Ragnhildur Alda María Vilhjálmsdóttir (responds to rebuttal), Alexandra Briem (rebuttal), Ragnhildur Alda María Vilhjálmsdóttir (responds to rebuttal), Dóra Björt Guðjónsdóttir, Helgi Áss Grétarsson, Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir, Friðjón R. Friðjónsson (rebuttal), Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir (responds to rebuttal), Friðjón R. Friðjónsson (rebuttal), Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir (responds to rebuttal), Kolbrún Áslaugar Baldursdóttir, Andrea Jóhanna Helgadóttir, Dóra Björt Guðjónsdóttir, Kjartan Magnússon, Líf Magneudóttir (rebuttal), Kjartan Magnússon (responds to rebuttal), Líf Magneudóttir (rebuttal), Kjartan Magnússon (responds to rebuttal), Þórdís Lóa Þórhallsdóttir, Líf Magneudóttir (rebuttal), Þórdís Lóa Þórhallsdóttir (responds to rebuttal), Árelía Eydís Guðmundsdóttir

2. Proposal by the Independence Party's City Councilor for the City to request detailed results from PISA 2022

3. Discussion on disability matters (at the request of city councilors from the Social Democratic Alliance, Progressive Party, Pirate Party, and Reform Party)

4. Proposal by the Socialist Party of Iceland's City Councilor regarding restrictions on short-term apartment rentals

The following spoke: Sanna Magdalena Mörtudóttir, Dóra Björt Guðjónsdóttir, Sanna Magdalena Mörtudóttir (rebuttal), Dóra Björt Guðjónsdóttir (responds to rebuttal), Kolbrún Áslaugar Baldursdóttir, Dagur B. Eggertsson, Sanna Magdalena Mörtudóttir, Dagur B. Eggertsson (rebuttal), Sanna Magdalena Mörtudóttir (responds to rebuttal), Dagur B. Eggertsson (rebuttal), voting.

5. Proposal by the People's Party City Councilor for a children's visitation day

The following spoke: Kolbrún Áslaugar Baldursdóttir, Þórdís Lóa Þórhallsdóttir, Kolbrún Áslaugar Baldursdóttir (rebuttal), Þórdís Lóa Þórhallsdóttir (responds to rebuttal), Kolbrún Áslaugar Baldursdóttir, Alexandra Briem (rebuttal), voting.

6. Minutes of the City Executive Council meeting from December 7

- Item 4: Amendment to the 2023 budget

- Item 5: Amendment to the 2023 investment plan

7. Minutes of the Welfare Council meeting from December 1

Minutes of the Welfare Council meeting from December 6