Neustadt in Saxony: Budget 2025 under pressure - CDU brings innovations into play!

In the city of Neustadt in Saxony, the budget negotiations for the years 2025 and 2026 are pending. The city's financial situation is tense, which caused the CDU parliamentary group to submit an application to redesign the budget. The aim of the application is to use the non -accessed household remains for the coming year. In addition, the CDU demands that these non -bound budget is no longer regarded as a remains of budget after the end of the budget year, but as a return flow of liquidity.

Matthias Mews, the CDU parliamentary group leader, expressed that a non -visible side budget made it difficult to work the city councils. According to the Saxon municipal code, the budget statute ends according to the respective budget year, and thus also the authorizations, expenses and payments set in the budget, unless there are legally defined exceptions. Currently, the city administration must examine the application and formulate a corresponding decision that is presented to the city councils.

further developments in the household

The CDU council faction is aiming for a balanced budget by 2024. Nevertheless, the structural budget deficit was 7.425 million euros in 2021, which indicates that the ongoing expenses exceeded the income. As part of the budget planning, the CDU develops austerity measures and investment proposals that place a special focus on regenerative energies.

The Council is expected to decide on the budget and accompanying measures in February 2023. Frank Hahn from the CDU emphasized the need to consolidate urban finances. The running costs were 15.3 million euros in 2020 and rose to 17.9 million euros in 2021. The CDU plans to cover the running costs to 18.5 million euros.

maintenance work on public buildings as well as schools and daycare centers are affected by the measures. In addition, an application was made to convert the lighting of urban buildings to LED until the middle of the year. The expansion of photovoltaic and solar thermal systems on urban real estate is also planned

The interactive result budget has an expected deficit of 11.76 million euros for 2023, and the per capita debt in Neustadt was 2,525 euros in 2022, which is above the regional average of 1,700 euros. The majority of the council decided to pay off the debts over 30 years in installments, while the SPD proposed to pay debts from reserves of around 19.2 million euros.

The goal is to avoid a budgetary security concept through the local authority. The first city council and treasurer, Maic Schillack, who has been in office since 2016, will be newly elected in 2023. Schillack had applied for the mayor's office in Baden-Württemberg. Furthermore, the CDU of Mayor Dominic Herbst (Greens) calls for a binding agenda for digitization and has made an application for a digitization concept in the next budget.

Finally, the CDU wants to brake investments in construction projects, strive for a special focus on high school and the KGS, as well as the establishment of a school social fund to support needy parents. Two budget applications from the CDU regional faction were rejected in the regional assembly, which increases the criticism of the CDU of the lack of willingness of the red-green majority group for cooperation.