Nobody expected such great interest: 83 Weilheimers applied to become lay judges at the district court.
That should not remain unused, it was now said in the city council.
Weilheim – The city of Weilheim must propose at least 13 people to the local district court for the election of the honorary lay judges.
An above-average number of citizens have applied for this in the district town, as stated in the most recent city council meeting: namely a proud 83.
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Because, according to the ministerial announcement, the city should not name significantly more than the required 13 names, the city administration had submitted a resolution proposal to the responsible main committee that included 28 applicants.
To this end, one was guided by the guidelines "that all groups of the population should be adequately taken into account according to gender, age, profession and social position".
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In a non-public meeting, the main committee – which was not bound by this proposal – selected a total of 21 applicants.
The city council unanimously approved this list of proposals in a public meeting.
This list then goes to the Weilheim district court, which uses it and the proposals from the other municipalities in the court district to determine the lay judges for the next five years.
Who is on the Weilheim list was not named in the city council.
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At the meeting, AfD representative Rüdiger Imgart described it as "regrettable" that there were "hardly any or no people with a migration background, at least by name," on the list.
Because that would be "a significant contribution to integration," as he said.
Petra Arneth-Mangano (SPD), the city council officer for refugees, asylum and integration, emphasized that this topic was "very well incorporated into the decision-making process": Care was taken "that these people were properly taken into account".
Should the city now write letters to applicants?
Roland Bosch (ÖDP) was pleased with the high number of applicants.
This suggests "a high level of willingness to volunteer".
Therefore, the city should point out the applicants to alternative ways of doing volunteer work - for example with the Weilheim Agenda 21. He had to clarify whether that was possible, Mayor Markus Loth (BfW) replied;
actually it is not planned to write letters to the applicants.
However, that would be appropriate, said Karl-Heinz Grehl (Greens): "Since Weilheim has a unique number of applicants, you should at least reward it in the form of a letter of thanks and not just let it fizzle out."