As of: January 27, 2024, 5:40 p.m
By: Roland Lory
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It was a difficult birth.
But after intensive consultations that began in mid-November, the Murnau market town council approved the budget for 2024 on Thursday evening.
The majority of the committee decided to increase taxes.
Murnau
- After the meeting on January 16th, the Murnau market town councils had another look.
The More Move faction in particular still needed internal discussion.
At the same time, it became known that the district levy that the municipality has to pay to the Garmisch-Partenkirchen district will probably increase massively.
District Administrator Anton Speer (Free Voters) spoke of 55 to 56 points (previously 50).
Background: The Garmisch-Partenkirchen Clinic made a loss of twelve million euros in 2023.
And because the district is a 100 percent shareholder in the hospital, it has to absorb this alone.
The Murnau local councilors were faced with the question of whether and how they should react to this.
Tax increases yes or no?
And if so, by how many points?
“We cannot avoid tax increases,” said Mayor Rolf Beuting (ÖDP/Citizens' Forum).
The increase in the district levy is pushing the budget “into the red”.
The budget is “not balanced”.
According to him, 285,000 euros were missing.
Beuting recommended getting things done.
CSU: Facts too thin
The CSU parliamentary group has a different view of things.
“The facts are too thin for us to continue talking about painful austerity measures and tax increases,” emphasized co-group spokesman Lorenz Brey.
The Christian Socialists thought it made more sense to plan and decide on the budget with a district levy of 52 points and, if necessary, to adopt a supplementary budget later - “with valid numbers”.
The CSU strictly rejected tax increases.
The More Move group, however, agreed.
“Because it is unavoidable, no matter what the district levy turns out to be in the end,” said parliamentary group spokesman Phillip Zoepf.
However, he considered it important to start the consolidation discussion early with a view to the 2025 budget and also look at the staffing plan.
Welf Probst (Free Voters), however, shares the CSU's stance.
He criticized the fact that the word budget discipline seemed “like a foreign word” to him during the discussions.
He renewed his concerns about the amount of the association's subsidies and the expenses for the local bus.
His conclusion: “We lived on too big a footing and that is now falling on our feet.” And: “We shouldn’t get into the citizens’ wallets.”
A different view is taken by the ÖDP/Citizens' Forum).
“It’s about the community of solidarity and about everyone making a contribution,” said Anna Schlegel-Herz.
The deputy chamberlain Nils Knopf referred to legal supervision.
He doesn’t know how they “react if we plan with 52 points”.
Short break
The meeting was then briefly interrupted.
The groups wanted to discuss briefly again.
Ultimately, the committee agreed with 17 votes in favor of calculating 55 points for the district levy.
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And the taxes?
Are increased.
Property tax B (developed and buildable land) increases from 430 to 490 points.
The trade tax will be increased from 380 to 400 points.
Property tax A (agricultural and forestry properties) remains stable (400 points).
The assessment rates had not been touched for a long time.
The tax increase will result in an addition to the capital budget of around one million euros.
The so-called free margin, which is intended to provide scope for additional investments, is 436,100 euros.
The 2024 budget was passed with 17 yes votes.
In terms of income and expenses, the figures include around 51.4 million euros.
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