The Mönchweiler community will be free of debt next year. Despite expected subsidies and income of 4.1 million euros, planned investments of 8.7 million euros exceed the scope of what the municipality can manage from its own resources. The draft budget therefore provides for a loan authorization of 2.6 million euros.
It has already become apparent in recent years that the Mönchweiler community would not be able to cover all of its investments from its reserves. Another problem is the new budget law, in which depreciation must also be taken into account in the budget. The open spaces become smaller as a result.
The general conditions are particularly important in the draft of the earnings budget for the coming year. The estimate for the district levy is around 773,000 euros higher than the actual payments this year. In addition, although the income from the key allocations has improved somewhat again (plus 211,600 euros), with the cost increases for personnel (due to wage increases) and maintenance expenses, a positive planned result cannot be achieved. Income from trade tax will also probably decrease. The municipality therefore initially expects a deficit of 721,000 euros in the budget. However, this can be fully covered from the earnings reserve.
The investments planned in the financial budget of 8.7 million euros, however, are solely at the discretion of the municipality and the municipal council. The largest single measure is the completion of the children’s house. Payouts of 2.4 million euros are expected here next year. To finance the measure, grants of around 895,400 euros are expected to flow next year. Higher expenditure is also planned for the cold local heating network (1.3 million euros), further broadband expansion (1.4 million euros) and for the development of the Kälberwaid residential area and the Egert industrial area (2.2 million euros). The extent to which subsidies will flow, particularly for cold local heating, is currently still open. This will depend primarily on federal political decisions.
The local council and administration are pulling together on these issues. None of the measures mentioned were fundamentally questioned. Only smaller items with a total amount of 112,000 euros are to be removed from the investment program.
According to treasurer Nicole Dold, 187,500 euros must be kept in reserve to cover the loan repayment. The cash surplus from the profit budget is not sufficient for this. A further approximately 126,000 euros will be freed up by slightly reducing current expenses in a total of 22 approaches.
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The local council will approve the budget on Wednesday, January 17th. Further borrowing is already planned for the following years. Fee increases will also be unavoidable. The cemetery fees and the water price were mentioned as examples to cover costs. However, the property tax should remain untouched before the reform.
2023-12-15 20:21:48
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