Schongauer Eisstadion: For the time being, no municipal subsidy upper limit

Created: 06/10/2022, 16:00

By: Elena Siegl

Energy is also to be saved in the Schongau ice rink.

However, the city council has not yet made a decision on a possible subsidy upper limit.

© HANS-HELMUT HEROLD

The city of Schongau assumes that there will be significant cost increases in the ice rink.

The administration had proposed setting an upper limit for the subsidy.

Schongau – The city's electricity contract runs until the end of the year.

You don't have to be a prophet to know that it will be considerably more expensive afterwards, Mayor Falk Sluyterman explained at the city council meeting last Tuesday.

Since a decision was made in April 2011, the city has granted TSV an annual operating cost subsidy of 65,000 euros for the operation of the ice rink.

Of this, 40,000 euros are intended for the electricity costs, 25,000 euros as a flat rate for the trainer, manager Bettina Schade continued.

In fact, the ice stadium has been supported in excess of this amount in recent years.

From 2014 to the present there have been an additional 310,000 euros.

However, this should not be understood as a blank check for TSV or the ice skating department (EAS), Sluyterman warned.

In the ice rink, too, one is called upon to save electricity.

For the sake of fairness, the city council must now decide on an upper limit for the city subsidy to the TSV, as proposed by the administration, so that the club is able to "shape the season a bit further", according to the mayor.

“We save where we can.

More is not possible."

The problem: "The season has started, the ice is done," said Schade.

This means that the most energy-intensive phase is already over.

This was also confirmed by EAS board member Franz Andergassen.

60 to 65 percent of electricity consumption would be incurred by December.

According to Andergassen, the ice could not be held with less electricity.

Nevertheless, everything at EAS is done to save as much energy as possible, he emphasized.

For example, the lighting has been significantly reduced.

“We save where we can.

More is not possible."

Other clubs and the association are also discussing how to proceed.

For example, there is talk of forming several groups and thus shortening the playing time.

However, that cannot be done this season.

One should also not forget that the ice rink is run on a voluntary basis as a public institution.

According to Andergassen, schools actually make up a large part of the ice occupancy.

It is currently not possible to say to what extent the energy price brake will take effect at the ice stadium, said city architect Sebastian Dietrich when asked by Alexander Majaru (SPD).

There is also “no result for our area” on how much electricity will cost in the future.

In other areas it is even tenfold, so you have to reckon with it.

According to Andergassen, the artificial ice technology that Gregor Schuppe (ALS) asked about is not yet mature.

A surface that would probably have to be replaced every three to four years costs up to 100,000 euros.

It is unclear to what extent they can withstand the daily stress.

If you withdraw from the game, Schuppe had also asked about it, a penalty of 6,000 euros would be due.

also read

A bank building becomes a daycare center: the opening ceremony at the “Kinderhaus am Schächen” in Hohenpeissenberg

"Best Retired Postman": Customers surprise delivery staff with an unusual farewell

Ilona Böse (SPD) stated that she did not want to belittle the commitment of the skating department.

Sooner or later you have to think about which facilities the city can afford in the future.

According to Andergassen, operating the ice rink in Peiting costs around 350,000 euros a year (in Schongau around 100,000 euros), and three ice cream masters have now even been hired there - but in Schongau there is also a public swimming pool, not just an outdoor pool, gave evil to consider.

She regretted the lack of inter-municipal cooperation.

(By the way: everything from the region is now also available in our regular Schongau newsletter.)

Too many unanswered questions - decision at a later date

Kornelia Funke had already explained at the beginning of the discussion that the CSU had given it a lot of thought, but that there were still too many unanswered questions to make a decision about a subsidy ceiling now: "What is politics doing?

An energy price cap was promised – what will that look like?” Finally, Winfried Schaur (UWV) took the same line.

He advocated driving "on sight" at first, after all, the electricity price is still secured until the end of the year.

By the end of November/December, issues such as security of supply and costs will be more tangible.

Decisions for the coming season could also be made by March.

At the latest then the decision is also necessary, according to TSV boss Ralf Konstantin.

TSV and EAS need planning security.

The club cannot operate an ice rink alone.

"If we close the ice rink, it stays closed." The base would collapse and the volunteers would leave.

The city council agreed not to make a decision yet, but to meet again at a later date to discuss the issue.

You can find more current news from the region around Schongau at Merkur.de/Schongau.