Budget crisis in the Germersheim district: District Administrator warns of serious consequences!
Budget crisis in the Germersheim district: District Administrator warns of serious consequences!
In the district of Germersheim, the conflict for the district budget for 2025 is coming to a head. As the Wochenblatt Reporter has reported supervisory and service. (Add) rejected the draft household and stopped. The reason for this drastic decision lies in the country's demand to increase the circular levy to over 50 percent, a measure that is considered unique in Rhineland-Palatinate.
An approved household is essential to continue projects, investments and personnel staffing. Central areas such as education, digitization and citizen service are particularly affected. District Administrator Martin Brandl criticized the decision of the add. He describes the rejection as indecent and warns of far -reaching negative consequences for communities and citizens.
financial effects and proposals for solution
Brandl warned that this situation could possibly lead to tax increases in the municipalities. In order to alleviate the pressure of the financial situation, a special meeting of the district committee for May 19, in which savings potential and the possibility of raising the district levy are to be discussed. The proposal should come to vote in the subsequent week in the district council.
The concern for financial bottlenecks is reinforced by drastic examples. The delay in the construction of the high school in Rheinzabern leads to additional costs of 150,000 euros per month. The district administration has announced that they are looking for further savings by the end of the month. This happens against the background of a financial difficulty between the country and the municipalities. While the state of Rhineland-Palatinate has generated an average of EUR 1 billion in the past eight years, the municipalities recorded a health deficit of 600 million euros in 2024.
Similar problems are also emerging in other Rhineland-Palatinate municipalities. According to Tagesschau were eleven households, including those of cities such as Koblenz, Mainz and Zweibrücken, rejected by the add. This situation forces the municipalities to re -calculate their expenses and income to reduce deficits.
press echo and political reactions
The CDU parliamentary group has criticized the financial shortage of the counties because they are slowly assuming the financial resources. In fact, ten district households are already unauthorized, which focuses on the state government's anti -local politics. Local top associations have sharply criticized the insufficient financial support from the state and the increasing requirements, such as in social care and day care.
Furthermore, different cities are in front of the dilemma to increase the property tax. Mainz, for example, could bring up to 12 million euros from 480 % to 600 % by increasing the rate of property tax. Many municipalities, including Koblenz and Kaiserslautern, have already adapted their statutes to generate income.
With regard to the long-term perspective, the Rhineland-Palatinate municipalities are faced with the challenge of dealing with the catalog of tasks that are transferred to them. The expenses vary depending on the type of services, and stable income is often secured by fees and contributions. The country's allocations, as the most important source of income, show that effective financial equalization is required.In this context, the Rhineland-Palatinate Constitutional Court pointed out the need to regulate the municipal financial equalization (KFA), which was implemented in 2023. The new KFA granted a transparent, needs -based minimum financial equipment for comprehensive and voluntary tasks. This is of central importance for the municipalities to secure their solvency in the long term, such as the state government emphasized
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