On Wednesday, June 26, the June session of the Bolesławiec City Council will be held, during which the aforementioned body will decide on granting the title “Meritorious for the City of Bolesławiec” to:

  • Jan Jasiukiewicz
  • Wojciech Kasprzyk
  • Jan Leon Stasiak
  • Eugeniusz Jabłoński
  • Eugeniusz Kowalski
  • Jan Kisiliczyk
  • Arkadiusz Krzemiński.

Since the Bezpartyjni and Ziemia Bolesławiecka club in power in the City has a majority on the Council, the vote appears to be merely a formality.

What do you think? A good choice? We invite you to join the discussion. Below are the justifications for the draft resolutions:

Regarding Jan Jasiukiewicz

Mr Jan Jasiukiewicz has actively participated in restoring local self-government since 1990—between 1990 and 1998 as Deputy Mayor, and subsequently as Mayor of Bolesławiec (1998).

He was a councillor of the Bolesławiec City Council during its second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh terms. He served twice as Deputy Chair of the City Council—in the fourth and sixth terms. During his years of work on the City Council, he served on the Economic Development and Finance Committee, which he chaired during the fifth term. During the seventh term, he served as Deputy Chair of the Audit Committee. He was also a member of the Statutory Committee. As a local government official, he focused on social activities, placing particular emphasis on helping people in poverty. He is an example of commitment to the affairs of his city.

Regarding Wojciech Kasprzyk

Mr Wojciech Kasprzyk was a councillor of the Bolesławiec City Council during its sixth and seventh terms. As a councillor, he actively worked on the City Council committees. He was a member of the Audit Committee, the Economic Development and Finance Committee, the Health, Family and Social Affairs Committee, and the Infrastructure, Spatial Planning and Construction Committee, which he chaired during the seventh term. He became known as a person committed to the affairs of the local community.

Regarding Jan Leon Stasiak

Mr Jan Leon Stasiak was a councillor of the Bolesławiec City Council during its third and seventh terms. During the third term, he was a member of the Economic Development and Finance Committee. During the seventh term, he served as Deputy Chair of the Bolesławiec City Council’s Education, Culture and Sport Committee. He became known as a person committed to popularising the history of the city and region, having been a member of the Bolesławiec Association of Collectors and Enthusiasts of the History of the City for many years. He is particularly valued for his open attitude toward people.

Regarding Eugeniusz Jabłoński

Mr Eugeniusz Jabłoński was a councillor of the Bolesławiec City Council during its sixth and seventh terms. During both the sixth and seventh terms, he served on the Audit Committee. He was also a member of the Health, Family and Social Affairs Committee, where he served as Deputy Chair during the seventh term. As a councillor, he actively supported numerous social initiatives. He initiated the construction of the Memorial Plaque to the Victims of the Smolensk Air Disaster, which was placed on the city’s historic walls. As a representative of the Social Committee for the Commemoration of Regaining Independence, he became involved in the ceremonies marking the centenary of Poland Regaining Independence in Bolesławiec and in the construction of the Independence Monument.

Regarding Eugeniusz Kowalski

Mr Eugeniusz Kowalski was a councillor of the Bolesławiec City Council during its second, fourth, fifth and seventh terms. He served on the Education, Culture and Sport Committee, which he chaired during the fifth term, and on the Economic Development and Finance Committee, where he served as Deputy Chair until June 2015. He was also a member of the Audit Committee and the Infrastructure, Spatial Planning and Construction Committee. From July 2015 until the end of the seventh term, he served as First Deputy Chair of the City Council. Throughout all his years as a local government official, he successfully applied his professional knowledge. He was a long-serving headteacher of Primary School No. 3 in Bolesławiec. He became known as a person committed to working for the local community

Regarding Jan Kisiliczyk

Mr Jan Kisiliczyk is the first and, to date, only resident of Bolesławiec to have been elected to the Sejm in free Poland. Between 1989 and 1993, he served as a member of the Sejm during its tenth term. As an MP, he served on the Spatial Planning, Construction and Housing Committee, the Agriculture and Food Economy Committee, and the Local Government, Spatial Planning and Municipal Affairs Committee. At the beginning of the 1990s, he became Head of the District Office in Bolesławiec, a position he held until 1999. He subsequently became Head of the Geodesy, Cadastre and Real Estate Department of the Bolesławiec District Office. In 2004, he became Head of the Property and Spatial Planning Department at Bolesławiec City Hall. In 1998, he received the Silver Cross of Merit. In 2005, he was awarded the honorary badge “For Merits to Geodesy and Cartography.” He uses his many years of experience in his work for local government.