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Financial emergency forces austerity measures and increase in property tax
As the city of Griesheim reports, the city council assembled the draft budget for 2025 on Thursday, March 27. The decision was made after over three hours of advice and was made with the votes of the CDU and SPD fractions. Part of the decision is an increase in property tax A to 1260 percentage points and property tax B to 1290 percentage points.
Mayor Verfa Krebs-Wetzl said: "Due to the imbalance of the municipal finances in Hesse, not only Griesheim has come into extraordinary financial need. Despite a savings package with savings of around 1.8 million euros in the personnel area and around 1.2 million euros in the property and service sector, we could not avoid a tax increase."
Deficit of around 2.8 million euros can be compensated for by reserves
According to the draft budget, decent income of EUR 97.36 million is compared to expenses of EUR 100.17 million. The resulting deficit of around 2.81 million euros is to be covered by reserves. Despite the financial imbalance, the budget is considered approved. In total, investments of around 16.1 million euros are planned.
The draft budget is now recalculated and executed, taking into account the amendments. Then the local supervision is submitted. The provisional housekeeping continues to be given until approval.
(Griesheim - Red/PSG)
