As of: February 2, 2024, 6:00 p.m
By: Andrea Beschorner
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Money is still tight in Freising.
But: You have a budget that will most likely be approved by the legal supervisory authority.
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Happy ending in Freising's financial crime: The city council passed the budget on Thursday - unanimously, to applause.
Freising
– It still seemed unthinkable in the fall that Freising would launch a budget plan that could be approved.
And it is not a given that in the end the city council committee stood united behind the figures that the finance committee had already approved on Monday.
And so Mayor Tobias Eschenbacher was speechless for a moment after the vote that finally gave the city of Freising a budget.
The long road to the financial plan
The path there wasn't easy.
The city councilors met and discussed for four months - and across the board they demonstrated an iron will to save money, which despite all their efforts was not enough.
In the end, Eschenbacher's initiative to put the figures into the hands of the treasurer Johannes Hutter and his team, with the requirement to cut down all possible items as much as possible and to present a budget "for everyone" was just as saving as it was trend-setting hurts equally.”
That's how it happened.
Freising's treasurer Johannes Hutter received a lot of praise for his work.
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With regard to the budget, finance officer Monika Schwind (FSM)
found that the effort of “the discussions and consultations that lasted almost four months” was worth it.
Their special thanks went to Johannes Hutter, who “didn’t have the easiest job as the bearer of bad news to the individual departments.”
And she spoke of two central questions that would accompany the city in the coming years: “Do we need it?” And if the answer was yes: “Do we need it immediately?”
Susanne Günther (Greens)
hoped “that the democrats will vote democratically here and now” after the enemies of democracy are also igniting at the local level and stirring up sentiment against projects.
“Greens should be hanged because we supported the bicycle lane,” she quoted from social media.
Günther described the budget deliberations as exemplary and very transparent; the budget itself did not encourage people to jump for joy, but it did enable those responsible to “work with it properly.
What she and her group miss are priorities, “a look at the challenges of our time.
The question of where we want to develop as a city remains somewhat unanswered in the budget.”
Reinhard Fiedler (FSM)
praised the constructive cooperation in the committee and said, “It is important not just to let the future come to us, but to actively shape it.” In order for Freising to remain worth living in, “we have to develop further”.
Other municipalities no longer have an ice rink, would have to close their swimming pools, there are no VHS or music schools.
“We decided on all of this – and that’s what makes Freising so worth living in – because we are developing as a city according to the needs of the people here.”
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Ulrich Vogl (ÖDP)
praised the professional way in which the budget was drawn up.
Buffers “that are otherwise often just left over” were deleted.
Vogl found the good cooperation and constructive suggestions to be very surprising and effective.
Nicolas-Pano Graßy (Left):
“I don’t agree with everything, such as the fee increases.” But: “I recognize the joint effort we have made here.” And he recognizes that social benefits still play a role play in the household - example: social pass.
Peter Warlimont (SPD)
, who last year described the financial plan as a “budget in trouble,” said: “This year it is a budget under massive pressure.” The city councils would have to continue to practice spending discipline while maintaining social responsibility preserve.
“I'm pleased that there is a consensus on this in the committee.” Warlimont's thanks also went to Eschenbacher's decision to take over the budget “and to ensure in good time that we don't get bogged down.”
Jens Barschdorf (FDP)
wished that the serious desire to save was not something unique.
He criticized the fact that taxes are being increased (we reported).
What he also didn't like: "The largest block of expenditure, namely personnel costs, was not addressed." For the future, he would like the city of Freising to take a close look at which positions in the administration are really needed - with the exception of the social sector.
Richard Grimm (FW)
thanked Eschenbacher for taking the scepter in his hand at the end: “Otherwise we would have discussed for another six months and never come to an end.”
And he praised the eunuch that he had brought it to a good end.
Rudi Schwaiger (CSU)
spoke of a “budget draft of happiness” – thanks to what has happened in the last few weeks: higher tax revenue, higher key allocations.
Without this unforeseen income, there would still be a deficit in the administrative budget.
The CSU will agree this time “because for the first time the desire to save has really become apparent.”
Big but: According to Schwaiger, the financial plan for the coming years still shows too little scope to address the debt level - which is why the CSU, as well as Jens Barschdorf (FDP) and Richard Paukner (AfD), did not agree to the financial plan for 2025 to 2027.
The AfD did not give a statement on the budget, but in the end it voted for it.