The Feldkirchen municipal councils have again debated the purchase of an electric car.
The central question: Are the costs and benefits in proportion?
Feldkirchen
- Two years ago the UWV parliamentary group applied for the community to purchase an electric car that the people of Feldkirchen can use.
Although a majority voted for a loan concept at the time, nothing happened.
Now there was another 10: 8 vote for the idea.
Five years after the community was planning to install an electric charging station, it should actually come in May.
“Now is the right time to remind you of our application from March 2019,” said Alexander Zimmermann (UWV).
His parliamentary group wants the municipality to make one available to citizens who cannot buy an e-car or have no car at all.
For errands, short trips or doctor's appointments.
Such a vehicle is environmentally friendly, is well received in other communities "and we set a good example".
"Whereby the community should not buy the car or take care of renting it, but only make the parking space available and negotiate with the landlord," said Zimmermann.
"Better put the money into building lots of new charging stations."
Christian Wilhelm (SPD) made it clear that he thought little of the idea. He referred to the neighbors in Kirchheim. There the car costs 950 euros a month, the community has "buttered in 10,000 euros a year without using the electric car, that scares me," said Wilhelm. Stefan Seiffert (CSU) also cited the Kirchheim example: “That is simply far too expensive, they only have one citizen trip per week. This is the field test on our doorstep - and it simply failed. I don't see the need. ”His suggestion. "We'd better put the money into building lots of new charging stations."
Herbert Vanvolsem (CSU) also feared that 10,000 euros a year would be thrown out the window. Thomas Zimmermann (UWV) could not understand why all parliamentary groups were talking about environmental protection but did not want to invest. "We spend 4.8 million euros a year for our children, and in view of a nice surplus in 2020, we will have 10,000 euros left over for an electric car."
Mayor Andreas Janson (UWV) made it clear that the municipality never intended to buy an electric car.
He said there were numerous offers from car dealerships and leasing companies that would make an e-car available to the community free of charge and would also take care of all billing and rental.
Janson: "We just have to finally say yes, that we want that." Ultimately, the local council decided with a narrow majority that the community should take care of the purchase of an electric car and providers of vehicle rentals.
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