St. Johann threatens to leave: Financial worries are forcing to check!

St. Johann threatens to leave: Financial worries are forcing to check!

St. Johann, Österreich - The municipality of St. Johann Plant to withdraw from the community association, a step that is justified by Mayor Stefan Seiwald with the high financial burdens. With a population of 8,600 inhabitants, the municipality makes almost the maximum annual membership fee of around 24,000 euros. According to Seiwald, the cost-benefit ratio is manageable for St. Johann. "We have not questioned the entire organization, but the financial difficulties of the communities play a major role," he explained. His appeal is followed by similar considerations in Hall, which is already working towards a departure scenario, which triggers concern with municipal association president Karl-Josef Schubert. He emphasized the importance of a strong community and hopes to avoid a possible domino effect.

financial difficulties on the horizon

The municipal association is struggling with the financial pressure, and Schubert found that the communities currently have great difficulties. Every budget is currently being searched to find savings. On December 17th, Schubert will be in Lienz to discuss these exit considerations and possibly counteract a withdrawal of more communities. According to Schubert, it is often not the mayors who are critical, but the freshly elected councilors who emerged from the last discussions on the joint organization, such as the Gemnova, with a feeling of skepticism.

In addition, Mayor Christian Härting made it clear that there were no excess considerations. In times of financial bottlenecks, it is important to stick together. "Of course there are questions about expenses in many places, but we also have to consider that many tax millions between the federal and state governments are distributed. A strong community is crucial for the positive developments of the communities," said Härting. He pointed out that larger cities pay more than once membership fees and that this is a great financial burden in the long run, as tirol.orf.at reported.