Can Schöngeising afford a community house?
The municipal council answered this question with yes again - despite a renewed warning from the district office that the municipality was not allowed to take over financially.
Schöngeising -
The decision to build the community center had long been made: the first part of the investment will be made available in the 2021 budget, to which the district administration has no objections.
The current cost estimate for the project is 3.8 million euros.
The community is consciously using up all of its reserves for this.
But she could shoulder almost 90 percent of the costs on her own, as Mayor Thomas Totzauer (FW) emphasized.
As things stand, only 300,000 euros have to be financed through a loan.
Too little tax revenue
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We shouldn't let the chance slip by.
Mayor Thomas Totzauer
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The local authority views these plans "with skepticism", as it says in a letter.
As before, Schöngeising has too little tax income.
The church is on the drip of key assignments.
If the major project becomes more expensive, you would face a problem.
Since the community puts all its savings into the community center, other projects would only be possible to a limited extent or would have to be prioritized, warns the district office.
Should income stagnate or decline, there would be little room for unforeseen expenses.
In the worst case, voluntary benefits would be canceled or communal taxes would be increased.
Black painting
Totzauer made it clear in the local council that he saw no reason for such black painting.
The key assignments would not break away.
The administrative budget has also been producing significantly more surpluses for years than was estimated when the budget was drawn up.
Hartmut Knobloch (FW) presented an analysis of the figures since 2008.
According to this, the surpluses actually generated were on average 250,000 euros above plan.
What remains is the concern of high material costs.
Totzauer had obtained information from the planner of the community center and local craft companies.
In fact, wood, plaster and probably insulation materials are currently more expensive than expected.
But these trades would not be advertised until the end of 2021 to mid-2022.
When it comes to insulation, alternatives are being examined.
On the finishing line
Totzauer appealed to the committee not to break into the home straight after “many years of hesitation and hesitation”: “All parameters are green for me.
We shouldn't let the chance slip by. ”If the incoming offers are well above the cost estimates, the tender could be canceled.
The majority of the council followed him - the skeptic camp, however, has grown.
In addition to the Greens trio and Gabriele Kuhnke (CSU), Jürgen Kollmer (CSU) also voted against the project.
With 8: 5 votes, the administration was finally commissioned to start the tenders.