Municipal council meeting on Friday in Türnitz. The reason: a new deputy mayor had to be appointed because Robert Nagl resigned after eight years, as did all municipal functions after 33 years on the municipal council. Even before the last local council election, Nagl announced that he would be handing over his agenda to younger people when he turned seventy.
At the beginning, the substitute member of the municipal board who had become vacant due to the resignation and renunciation of mandate was elected. The ÖVP parliamentary group that dominates the town has registered Andreas Schubert as an election proposal. The election, which was carried out secretly and with ballot papers according to the Lower Austrian Municipal Code, was unanimous. Then, from among the members of the municipal board, the new municipal board Andreas Schubert was elected vice mayor with 17 out of 18 votes. Schubert is 53 years old, a teacher at the Lilienfeld middle school and, like his predecessor Robert Nagl, lives in Lehenrotte.
The swearing-in of the new vice mayor will soon be carried out by district governor Heidelinde Grubhofer.
As early as August 14, as part of the Türnitz municipality’s summer festival (see page 77), the new municipal councilor Christian Eckel was sworn in by Mayor Christian Leeb.
Former Deputy Mayor Robert Nagl and his wife Gerti (4th and 5th from left) invited all municipal councillors, employees from the office and building yard as well as companions to the celebration at the Türnitz care and support center.
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Schubert has been on the municipal council since January 2015. Together with the managing municipal councilor Werner Eigelsreiter, he is responsible for the regular citizen information of the market community, the “Rundblick”. Schubert emphasizes on his new task: “I will not try to follow in Nagl’s footsteps, but go my own way.” Nevertheless, there is something he would like to continue. “A calm coexistence that Robert Nagl demonstrated. I believe in working together, even across party lines.” Schubert is “about everyday coexistence, accepting and tolerating other opinions,” as he emphasizes. He thinks the cooperation is going very well in the community: “We all work together and want to make a difference and advance something for the community and for the people of Türnitz.” His goal is “to involve people more and interests to wake up.” Because for him it is clear: “It’s no use just scolding. Especially in the community you can get involved and help shape it. And where you work yourself, you also identify with it.”
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In Türnitz it has always been a “custom” that the deputy comes from Lehenrotte. What does the new deputy chief think about this? “It has been a tradition for decades. As Deputy Mayor of the market town of Türnitz, I am there for all of our fellow citizens. With this in mind, I would also like to work for all of our cadastral communities – Freiland, Lehenrotte and Türnitz: openly, honestly and transparently.”
