As of: March 9, 2024, 6:00 p.m
By: Henry Dinger
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Local leader Ferdinand Geisberger (r.) gave an overview of current issues in the town at the citizens' meeting in the Buch am Buchrain community center.
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The municipality of Buch am Buchrain has to save money.
The fire station and well construction are still making progress.
Buch am Buchrain - The new fire station and the new fountain, but also municipal finances and possible locations for wind turbines: The topics at the citizens' meeting, to which Buch's local boss Ferdinand Geisberger welcomed a good 40 visitors to the community center, were diverse.
As reported, the planning association for wind turbines has found potentially suitable areas around Buch.
“As a municipality, we can express our position on this as far as planning law is concerned, including objections under nature conservation law,” said Geisberger.
The planning committee will then comment on this.
But: “Whether he takes our concerns into account is a completely different matter.” “Have you already considered whether you will exclude areas from the participation process?” a guest wanted to know.
The local council will discuss this and then make a decision, said the local boss.
He also provided information about the construction and connection of the new well.
After an agreement was reached with the owners, the application for water law permission was submitted.
Then comes the application for funding for drinking water.
As soon as all approvals have been received, tenders will be issued.
“The schedule is sporty, but we try to stick to it,” said Geisberger.
When asked, he announced that work could start this year.
The roughly estimated 1.1 million euros in construction costs are to be borne by the citizens through improvement contributions, split over several years.
The upcoming tasks include installing a phosphate precipitation system in the wastewater system, renovating the water pipe on Hausmehringer Straße and continuing the broadband expansion.
According to Geisberger, funding has been promised for a further 183 households.
His deputy Josef Auer provided information about the status at the fire station: After delays due to problems with windows and cleaning work, things should now move on quickly.
The doors are scheduled to be installed in mid-March.
The large gates will be installed once plastering has been completed and the electrical work has been completed.
The community development concept, which has been running since 2021, is also making progress.
With the help of a planning office, working groups made up of local councils and citizens looked at how infrastructure, supplies and coexistence in the town could be improved.
“Very committed contributions came together,” said Auer.
The second version of the report is currently being revised and it is being examined what funding there could be.
“Even if not everything can be implemented like this, there were still valuable impulses,” said Auer.
A look at the 2023 budget was sobering. “Book is not a bed of roses financially,” said Geisberger.
The financial flexibility of 500,000 euros has been eaten up over the past four years due to levies that the municipality cannot control or can only control indirectly.
“We will have to make extreme savings in the next two or three years.” The biggest chunks in the 2023 financial budget included 1.3 million euros for municipal housing and 850,000 euros for the fire station.
This year, one million euros have been earmarked for the equipment shed.
The community currently has five million euros in debt.
“That is extremely high,” says Geisberger.
However, there are 3.4 million euros in loans for municipal housing, which run over 30 years with a fixed interest rate.
“If you subtract that, we have a debt of 1.5 million,” calculated the mayor.
Before honoring members of the fire department for their long-standing membership (report follows), District Administrator Martin Bayerstorfer spoke about current issues in the district.
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