The emergency operation in the town halls has settled surprisingly well. In most cases, citizens are understanding.
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen - For two weeks, the party traffic in the town halls between Isar and Loisach has been limited to the essentials. The order of the day is: no contact. This also applies to citizens on the one hand and city hall employees on the other, including the mayor. What initially seemed unthinkable has now settled surprisingly well.
Günter Eidenschink, Managing Director of the Eurasburg municipality, is almost surprised at how smoothly everything goes: "It's relatively quiet, hardly anyone complains." The fact that the clerks no longer speak in person, but are contacted by phone or email, have contacted each other the citizens without complaint, with very few exceptions.
Internal efforts are also being made to reduce contact. This works well because some of the 13 employees work part-time. "This way, two can easily share an office," says Eidenschink. "Some people work in the mornings, others in the afternoons." Lunch breaks are made alone in the office, and you hardly meet in the tea kitchen either. And if you do, keep your distance. "We take the topic very seriously."
The construction yard teams are divided into groups
Measures have also been taken at the building yard. So the four employees (one of them the water attendant) were divided into two groups, which alternate in service. This is to prevent everyone from falling out in one fell swoop. And at the moment a few overtime hours are being cut and vacations are being taken.
The location in Eglingen town hall is also relatively quiet. "We are not facing any major problems," said Mayor Hubert Oberhauser. Citizens use the means of modern communication like e-mail more than ever, but also the offer of the Eglingen homepage, where you can do a lot without having to go to the town hall.
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The employees always find a solution for individual cases. For example, if something has to be handed over, you can just put it outside the door. Mayor Hubert Oberhauser avoids the handshake during meetings. "Then I look my opponent in the eye a little more intensely," he says.
With regard to the division of labor, the 13 employees work in a similar way to that in the Eurasburger Rathaus: only one employee per office, social distance is very important, the building yard works in two groups. Home office is only possible in exceptional cases, namely where data security is guaranteed.
Home office only if data security is guaranteed
The Königsdorfer are relatively relaxed about the closure of the town hall for party traffic. "There are far fewer citizens than usual", explains Mayor Anton Demmel. If there is an emergency, such as the handover of a construction plan or pension documents, the person is admitted and the handover takes place at the appropriate distance. But: It is kept exactly who went in and out when. Many of the employees work overtime or take vacation. The Königsdorfer Kämmerin, who actually wanted to fly to the USA, is now sitting at home, almost as a backup.
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Demmel himself also reduces personal contacts to the bare minimum. "I am consistent there and I ask others to do the same," he explains. In the current situation, the outgoing mayor is not thinking of reducing his own vacation. There are still 60 days from the past two terms. "I still don't know what to do with them," he says.