VonChristina Riedmann-Pooch
The money goes to important projects. However, the district office recommends that the municipality levy higher taxes and fees.
There was quick feedback from the Aichach-Friedberg district office. The municipality approved this Merching the financially impressive budget for the years to come. This includes loans of EUR 16.8 million. Accordingly, there were warning words from the approval authority and a clear reference to the problems in financial planning from 2025 at the latest.
In the letter that the Merching municipal council dealt with at its most recent meeting, the district office recommended improving income in the administrative budget. Specifically, the proposal was to increase the assessment rates for property and trade taxes and to set grave fees with higher cost coverage. Water and canal fees are already largely cost-covering.
Other commercial areas, for which higher sums are budgeted for, could also have a positive effect on the income situation. From the point of view of the administration, a lasting reduction in expenditure can only be achieved if voluntary payments – above all to external institutions and associations – are reduced. Once again it was emphasized that the investments should be prioritized and critically reviewed for absolute necessity.
Merching grants subsidies for village helpers and outpatients
- village helpers The application for a subsidy for the Catholic village helpers and company helpers was unanimous in the municipal council Aichach-Friedberg granted. If the helpers are deployed in private households, which accounted for around 30 percent of the deployments in 2022, there is a cost undercoverage because the health insurance companies only partially cover the costs. Therefore, the association is dependent on grants from the municipalities of 10 cents – for Merching this makes an amount of 318.70 euros for the year 2023.
- street vendor Likewise, outpatient nursing and geriatric care meringue supports. Already in the previous year in Household 1.20 euros per inhabitant are planned – this results in a subsidy of around 3825 euros for 2023.
