Neustadt in Saxony: CDU plans radical budget reform for 2025!

Neustadt in Saxony: CDU plans radical budget reform for 2025!

In the city of Neustadt in Saxony, important budget negotiations are imminent. The budget for the years 2025 and 2026 is currently being discussed intensively because the financial situation of the city is tense. The CDU parliamentary group has submitted a explosive application to redesign the budget, which deals specifically with the non-accessed household residues. These remains are to be carried for the coming year. The CDU demands that non -bound budget are not treated as a household remains after the end of the budget year, but as a return flow of liquidity. According to the CDU parliamentary group leader Matthias Mews, a non-visible sub-household makes the work of the city councils.

According to the Saxon municipal code, the budget statute only applies to the respective budget year; end up the budget years, the defined authorizations, expenses and payments end, unless there are legally defined exceptions. The city administration is now required to examine the application and to formulate a corresponding decision that is presented to the city councils. In this context, the AfD parliamentary group has also made an application to highlight the decision to membership in the "Borderland Trails" bike park project, which must also be processed by the city administration, such as Hannoversche General reported.

financial challenges and strategies of the CDU

The CDU council group has set itself the goal of reaching a balanced budget by 2024. However, there is currently a structural budget deficit that was in 2021 at 7.425 million euros. Such a deficit arises when the ongoing expenses exceed the income. To prevent this, the CDU develops austerity measures and investment proposals, the focus is also on regenerative energies.

Probably in February 2023, the Council should decide on the budget and the accompanying measures. The CDU politician Frank Hahn emphasizes the need to consolidate urban finances, since the running costs of EUR 15.3 million rose to 17.9 million euros in 2021 in 2020. The CDU plans to limit the running costs to a maximum of 18.5 million euros. In this context, maintenance work on public buildings, schools and daycare centers is also planned.

The conversion of the lighting of urban buildings to LED should take place until the middle of the year, and expansion measures for photovoltaics and solar thermal energy are planned for urban real estate. The interactive result budget shows an expected deficit of 11.76 million euros in 2023. The per capita debt is also over the regional average of 1,700 euros at 2,525 euros in 2022. It was decided to pay off the debts over 30 years in installments, while the SPD proposed to pay debts immediately from reserves of around 19.2 million euros in order to avoid a household security concept.

For 2023, the first city council and treasurer Maic Schillack will also be re -elected, and his office expires in July. Schillack has been in office since 2016 and had applied for a mayor position in Baden-Württemberg. In addition, Mayor Dominic Herbst (Greens) calls for a binding agenda for digitization, including an application for a digitization concept in the next household. While it brakes investments in construction projects, the CDU wants to focus on high school and KGS. In addition, the establishment of a school social fund is sought to support needy parents. The criticized attitude of the red-green majority group for cooperation is also highlighted by the CDU.

-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien