Aerzen fights for financial stability: Household 2025 with millions of investments!

Aerzen fights for financial stability: Household 2025 with millions of investments!

In Aerzen, the household was recently decided for 2024, which goes hand in hand with a deficit of 12 million euros. This financial situation is particularly tense for the municipality, since it is also planning considerable investments in infrastructure projects. Among the large projects are the construction of a new school and a new town hall, which together will cost over 29 million euros. Mayor Andreas Wittrock confirmed that the building application for the new town hall has already been submitted and that progress in these projects is crucial for the long -term development of the community, such as Dewezet

Tax debate and infrastructure projects

The ongoing discussions about the increased tax burden dominated the meeting of the council, in which the SPD, the Greens and Left formed an overwhelming majority to enforce the household, while the CDU reaffirmed its demand for the tax rates. Despite the harsh criticism of the high lifting rates for basic and trade tax, the majority pointed out that stable tax revenue was essential for necessary investments. Additional costs due to the financial weight levy and increasing circular levies also required that the municipality maintain the tax burden. The CDU parliamentary group leader Andreas Breitkopf made it clear that Aerzen would be disadvantaged by its high tax power, since lower municipalities would be all the more funded, reported Active .

The heated debates came to a head when the CDU called for a reduction in real taxes by ten percent, while the majority referred to the necessary preservation of financial stability. The new SPD parliamentary group leader Jürgen Schwitzer emphasized that a decline in tax revenue would endanger the important investment projects. The cuts in service areas and the lack of unity between the parties are evident in the tense financial situation, while those responsible insist on a forward -looking housekeeping. To what extent this strategy will bear fruit in the long run remains to be seen.