At the Taufkirchen citizens' meeting, applause and boos brought an abusive speech to an end. The security service does not have to intervene.
Taufkirchen
- For the first time, the municipality of Taufkirchen hired a security service for the citizens' meeting. The two security guards just sat in the background and had nothing to do. The audience in the Citizens' Hall on Tuesday evening ensured that an increasingly abusive speech was ended.
Erwin Behrendt spoke up. He became very personal in his comments about the level of debt, the increase in water fees and the dog tax or sick leave in the town hall. Mayor Stefan Haberl asked him several times for a factual contribution. Behrendt reacted rudely to citizens' objections. This drew laughter and angry cries of “boos” and “get out.” Haberl asked those present whether the speech should be ended, which was answered with prolonged clapping.
The other requests to speak remained factual. Karl-Heinz Barthel had four suggestions. He wanted a barrier-free building yard, especially for women. Instead of stairs, the containers could be sunk into the ground, as is the case in Grüntegernbach or Wartenberg. He was also bothered by the fact that water had not been running at the Aufbruch fountain in front of the town hall for years. Something has to happen.
Barthel also wanted more information events on green topics, such as PV systems or storage media. There have certainly already been such dates, such as “Energy Day,” replied the mayor.
Manfred Lutz was concerned with the energy transition. He was interested in why no photovoltaic system was installed during the renovation of the Waldbad entrance building. “It's a huge area, facing south.” Haberl replied that it was not possible to install a PV system on the roof due to static problems. This would have meant a six-figure investment. This was found out because all municipal properties were examined for this purpose.
Stefan Fürmetz brought the topic of “noise protection in the area of the state settlement” onto the agenda with a written question. According to the letter, the property owner would be willing to release the necessary land for a wall in exchange for replacement. The road construction department is also willing to act to distribute masses of earth. However, the authority needs a mandate from the municipality to determine feasibility and costs. Fürmetz asked for this to be granted.
Resident Hermann Bauer was also concerned, among other things, with noise protection for the 100 households in the state settlement. However, he criticized the fact that neither the road construction authority nor the municipality saw themselves as responsible for this. Although the community has money for the castle or a triple gymnasium with a “premium version” school, the children's house on the Gutswiese also receives a noise barrier. There is nothing for him and his neighbors. But “noise makes you sick and reduces property values in the state settlement,” he argued.
Marile Götz complained about the lack of noise protection and the high volume of traffic on Kellerstrasse. Especially in the summer months it is dangerous on the very narrow road that leads to the forest pool, the folk festival and the soccer fields. “Convoys of motorcyclists” and young boys on their tractors would race through here.
Two trucks couldn't pass each other there and would sometimes swerve onto the sidewalk: "They hit us every cat." That's why she asked for a speed limit of 30 km/h. Haberl promised to take this suggestion with him.
Bernhard Drechsler asked for the pick-up times for the yellow bags to be regulated more flexibly on public holidays so that they are not left out on the main shopping street days in advance and flying around, as was the case recently at Easter. Here Haberl referred to the district office.
Dietrich Berk spoke about the future security of Taufkirchen's district heating. He has been a customer for a year and really appreciates this offer because the prices have remained stable since the Ukraine war. “But what protects us from the municipal utilities and district heating not even being sold to an investor?” he asks and wanted to know whether the shareholders’ agreement offers a binding legal option to rule this out. “Why should the local council do that?” asked Christopher Ruthner, managing director of Taufkirchener Gemeindewerke. That would make the citizens worse off. “51 percent of the municipal utilities and the majority on the supervisory board belong to the municipality.” No decision can be made against this majority.