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Herford district demands more money: communities in acute financial distress!
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Herford district demands more money: communities in acute financial distress!
The financial situation in the Herford district has worsened drastically and those responsible are alarmed. District Administrator Jürgen Müller and the mayors of the nine municipalities have sent a strong position paper to Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst in Düsseldorf, in which they urgently request more financial support. The call comes because the tasks facing municipalities are becoming more and more numerous and extensive, while donations from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia are stagnating. “All of this will not be possible without sufficient financing,” criticizes Müller and appeals to the state’s constitutional obligation to provide municipalities with appropriate resources kreis-herford.de reported.
In the last eight years, the district levy has increased from 129.3 million euros in 2016 to 178.4 million euros in 2024, which is putting a heavy burden on municipal budgets. In addition to the urgent demand for an adjustment of financial resources, the position paper from the federal and state governments calls for adequate financing of tasks such as integration assistance and nursing assistance. The youth welfare office levy has almost doubled, while the state's key allocations have not grown accordingly during this period. As a result, the municipalities find themselves in an emergency situation from which there is no way out without support de.wikipedia.org determines.
The challenges affect various areas, including municipal heat planning, the transport transition towards environmentally friendly buses and securing the infrastructure. Müller emphasizes that the expansion of legal standards is no longer tenable due to a shortage of skilled workers. The Herford district, known for its densely populated structure, faces the danger of not even being able to maintain the “status quo”. The responsibility for the financial burdens pushes those responsible to take immediate action to ensure the municipality's ability to act.