The debate on the new municipal code began on Monday in the Winterthur municipal council. Actually, the local council should discuss the business at its meeting last night. However, the debate was so violent that it lasted longer and was finally interrupted after 10 p.m., writes “landbote.ch”.
It has already been decided to rename the Grand Municipal Council to “City Parliament”. This should provide clarification, especially with outsiders. Because in smaller municipalities, the “municipal council” is not parliament, but the executive, i.e. the government. The function of the 60-member body is immediately clear with the name “city parliament”. In Zurich, too, the city parliament is still called the “municipal council”. However, no renaming is planned there.
However, the creation of an eighth urban district «Hegi» failed.
The most controversial was the school reform: The local council has agreed that the district school maintenance will be abolished, much to the displeasure of SVP parliamentary group president Thomas Wolf. Left and center politicians, on the other hand, spoke out in favor of the school reform and the associated shift of competence from district school maintenance to the city council.
The new Winterthur municipal code should be ready for discussion at the end of March. Probably in June the people will have to decide about it.
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