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District council plans drastic cuts: bus routes and jobs threatened!
The Ostalbkreis has approved a draft budget for 2025 that includes cuts to bus routes and administrative offices in order to save 6.5 million euros.
District council plans drastic cuts: bus routes and jobs threatened!
In the Ostalbkreis, massive cuts are imminent in the 2025 budget schwaebische.de reported. The district council's committee for finance, education and digitalization largely approved the improved draft budget, which had to be revised primarily due to concerns from the regional council. In order to reduce administrative costs by 6.5 million euros, numerous services are to be canceled, which will also have a significant impact on local public transport. A total of 2.5 million euros should be saved in the transport sector, which will lead to the cancellation of various bus routes. Direct buses to vocational schools are being optimized or completely canceled. In addition, the traffic concept is not being implemented in various regions of the district, which results in savings of around 400,000 euros.
Cuts in social services and administration
The financial cuts also affect the social sector, where, among other things, women's and child protection services as well as debt counseling are at risk. Although some proposals to protect administrative positions in tourism have been implemented, a total of eleven positions are to be eliminated. These savings are intended to help cover the exorbitant costs in the area of social services, which amount to around 200 million euros. Final decisions are planned to be made in the district council on December 17th.
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