Budget and investment program adopted after intensive consultations
The Griesheim City Council, in its meeting on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, approved the budget and investment program for 2026. The meeting comprised a total of 22 agenda items, including numerous decisions regarding the annual financial statements.
Since November 2025, the city council had been intensively reviewing the proposed budget in several meetings. In the final meeting, 15 amendments to the budget were put to a vote.
After more than two hours of budget deliberations, the 2026 budget, including the adopted amendments, as well as the business plan for Haus Waldeck, with the votes of the CDU and SPD parliamentary groups .
All information regarding the meeting is available to interested citizens in the city politics information system : Griesheim
What happens next?
The draft budget will now be recalculated based on the motions passed on December 17 , finalized, and subsequently submitted to the local government supervisory authority . Only after its approval can the 2026 budget come into effect through publication. Until then, the city of Griesheim will operate under a provisional budget .
(GRIESHEIM – RED/PSG)
