Schwangau will probably manage without new loans for its investments this year. Nevertheless, savings are also being made in the “village of royal palaces”.
Schwangau – The municipal council has now adopted the budget statute and the budget for the current year. Tobias Rösler, head of the financial administration, had previously presented the most important figures to the local politicians.
The administrative budget therefore includes around 13.8 million euros in income and expenditure. In the asset budget, on the other hand, he closes with around five million euros in both income and expenditure, so that the total volume is almost 19 million euros and thus 9.7 percent more than in 2022.
After the figures were announced, the municipal administration headed by Mayor Stefan Rinke (CSU) received recognition from the municipal councilors Johann Stöger (Freie Dorfgemeinschaft) and Michael Weisenbach (CSU). “We have a forward-looking and stable budget,” emphasized Weisenbach.
The committee then unanimously approved the budget statute, which does not provide for borrowing for investments and investment promotion measures, and the budget. At the same time, it approved the financing and the investment program from 2022 to 2026.
This year, for the first time since 2017, the municipality will again receive key allocations amounting to 109,000 euros. Compared to the other municipalities in Bavaria, the tax capacity has so far been too high.
High personnel costs
However, taxes make up the majority of the revenue of the administrative budget with a share of 24 percent, whereas the district levy of two million euros represents the largest single expenditure item in the administrative budget. Personnel costs increase from four to 4.4 million euros. In addition, an allocation to the asset budget of around 1.3 million euros is “assumed” this year, explained Rösler.
With 31 percent, withdrawals from reserves make up the largest chunk of revenue for the wealth budget. On the other hand, the largest expenses go to building and civil engineering measures, which together amount to 69 percent.
According to Rösler, the new investment volume is 4.8 million euros, which corresponds to an investment rate of 25 percent – lower than it has been for four years. One focus here is the local kindergarten, for which investments of around 2.1 million euros are planned.
Due to the planned expenses, the previous reserve will be reduced by 1.5 million to 3.2 million euros. The level of debt in the budget should nevertheless fall to 1.1 million euros, which means a per capita debt of 328 euros. In Bavaria, it averages 653 euros.
In his outlook, Mayor Rinke underlined that the municipality “already successfully implemented comprehensive consolidation measures last year” and that “new debt in 2023 will therefore be avoided”. Taking into account the debt sustainability, Schwangau is concentrating “consistently on the mandatory tasks”, which include, for example, the expansion of childcare.
In addition, “investments are necessary to maintain the municipal infrastructure”, with the water supply, sewage disposal and road construction being the focal points.
2023-05-16 16:27:59
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