management relief program

Created: 12/22/2022, 11:05 am

By: Hanna von Prittwitz

The municipality of Wörthsee used this sign to recruit new employees last year.

Now, among other things, she is looking for a building manager.

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Overworked employees, high fluctuation: The personnel situation is also currently tense in the administration of the municipality of Wörthsee.

The municipal council has now decided to take the pressure off.

Wörthsee

– At the closed meeting of the Wörthsee municipal council in October, the burden on the administration was a major topic.

After an insight into the diverse tasks, the local politicians decided to take a different approach.

Among other things, several development plans will be put on hold until summer 2024.

Smaller authorities in particular, such as the Wörthseer municipal administration, are under increasing pressure.

The reason for this in Wörthsee is, for example, the integrated urban development concept (ISEK), which results in a large number of plans.

In addition, there are climate protection and new energies.

"Great and good progress has been made on many tasks, but there are also some tasks that have fallen by the wayside," reported Mayor Christel Muggenthal at the last meeting before the Christmas break.

The main reason for this is the poor personnel situation since 2019, 2020. Example of the building authority: Shortly after it was taken over, manager Ute Bigale fell ill and was absent for a longer period of time.

In April 2022, Uwe Kreisselmeier, head of the building department for many years, returned to Wörthsee – only to move to Dachau a few months later.

In the meantime, up to three positions had to be filled, and the municipality advertised for support with a large sign in front of the town hall in the summer of 2021.

Now the building authority employees are to be relieved in particular.

Development plans, the preparation or change of which has been decided, but which primarily serve private interests, will be deferred.

This affects the development plans "Etterschlag-Süd", "Wörthseestrasse and surroundings", "Buchenweg-Ost" and "East of St.-Florian-Weg".

Because they are stuck in time, the development plans “Steg” and “Wohnen am Quartiersplatz” are also being pushed back.

Inquiries about reallocating building land, especially outdoors, as well as framework planning for inner densification are further down the list of priorities.

Exceptions or exemptions from development plans that have been in force for less than five years and relate to new buildings are also deferred.

This also applies to the re-establishment of development plans and changes to the land use plan.

At the exam, it was suggested that all of this should be put off until April 2026.

However, the majority found this to be too long.

Therefore, the administration proposed June 30, 2024.

If the personnel bottlenecks are solved beforehand, a new decision will be made.

The councils also stipulated that the building authority and possibly other areas should only be available at certain times.

Customer traffic should only take place with an appointment, exceptions are appointments at the residents' registration office and at the cash desk.

Incomplete applications will be rejected immediately.

The municipality also wants to make greater use of external offices for land use planning.

In addition, companies should be obliged to comply with the processing times agreed upon by the administration in advance.

The administration wants to take a back seat to community events, and individual municipal council members are to take on more preparatory work for working groups.

The municipality also wants to examine whether individual tasks can also be outsourced or whether synergies can be created through inter-municipal cooperation.

Last but not least, the municipality also wants to optimize recruitment.

"We have to support the administration in such a way that the employees don't slip into burnout," said Christel Muggenthal yesterday in an interview with Starnberger Merkur.

"If I'm not considerate as an employer, I shouldn't be surprised if they get sick or move away."