Amstetten proves: Balanced budget 2025 despite challenges!

Amstetten proves: Balanced budget 2025 despite challenges!

In a remarkable announcement, Amstettens may have announced Mayor Christian Haberhauer and Vice Mayor Dominic Hörlezeder that the city has managed to create a balanced budget for 2025. At a time when many other cities and municipalities are fighting with financial challenges, Amstetten stands out through a responsible housekeeping.

This positive message was spread during a video conference that also included the managing director of the KDZ (Center for Administrative Research), Peter Biwald. Biwald reported on the current challenges and trends in the finance management that affect many communities. He emphasized that stagnating income shares and increasing expenditure through inflation and social assistance are considerable stress.

important projects and social support

Mayor Haberhauer said that Amstetten had managed to find a balance between investments and budget discipline. "We worked hard to drive projects forward and at the same time deal responsibly with the finances," said the mayor. This shows that both responsibility and vision are required in challenging times.

Hörlezeder added that despite the need to save, the focus is not lost to sustainability and climate protection. In 2025 there will still be measures to promote photovoltaics, and a renaturation project is already being implemented, which should make an important contribution to improving the environment.

Another important point is social support that maintains Amstetten. The heating allowance is increased to 140 euros in order to help people in the city financially in the cold season. "It is our duty as a politician to take a look at the needs of all citizens," said Hörlezeder.

Optimistic views of the municipal finances

, however, will be a difficult time for many Lower Austrian communities, with forecast 40 to 50 percent departure communities. This prediction connected is the fact that Amstettens sends a positive signal to the service and investment approach. "A balanced budget in Amstetten is a very good message and a sign of the efforts of the city," praised Biwald.

The challenges are great, especially when it comes to the future financial stability of the municipalities. Biwald found that the efficiency increases and the control of the expenses alone will not be sufficient to make the municipal finances sustainable. New framework conditions that have to be created by the federal and state governments are also necessary.

These developments in Amstetten are not only important for the local population, but also for other communities in the region, an important example of how one can also be successful under difficult conditions. More detailed information about the financial challenges and the strategies of the city are in a detailed report by www.meinbezirk.at read.