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The director of Caritas Offenbach, Michael Klein, saw the planned expansion of the center with an investment volume of around 50 million euros in danger and thus ultimately the existing around 150 jobs and inevitably the around 80 new jobs planned with the expansion. The compromise that has now been found not only affects the Caritas center; according to the city, the post office and the VDE Institute, as well as the Leibniz School, are also located near the center.
Eight bus trips a day
According to the mayor and head of the mobility department Sabine Groß (Die Grünen), in agreement with Caritas, the facility will remain connected with around eight bus trips from July on Mondays to Sundays from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. “The employees of the post office and the VDE will then also benefit from this,” said Groß in a statement. The Offenbacher Verkehrsbetriebe and the local public transport company in Offenbach will work out the exact timetables.
“We set the times according to the wishes of Caritas, as far as we can implement this in the operational process,” explained Mayor Groß. In the message, you and City Treasurer Martin Wilhelm (SPD) thanked Caritas representative Klein for the constructive cooperation. This made it possible to develop a minimum offer from which the residents of the Caritas center, their relatives and visitors as well as the employees in the south of Offenbach benefited.
Chamberlain Wilhelm admitted that those responsible were well aware that the cutbacks imposed by the financial crisis could result in social hardship that would have to be cushioned. Therefore, from the beginning, the concept provided for a buffer in driving performance, which was also intended for Caritas. It was only unclear to what extent this would be the case.
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