Budget 2025 in Hausham: Debts are rising, projects are wobbling!

Budget 2025 in Hausham: Debts are rising, projects are wobbling!

In Hausham, the financial situation for 2025 is being viewed critically. Treasurer Gabriele Zimmer presented the budget statutes and the financial plan until 2028, and the numbers are at least challenging. After Mercury Despite planned new borrowing, debts and expenses continue to rise. The administrative budget has a volume of 29.88 million euros, but the income does not cover the expenses. A compensation from the asset budget of 865,000 euros will be necessary. Personnel costs also amount to an impressive 7.34 million euros - that is 27% of the administrative budget and 720,000 euros more than in the previous year.

Another burden is the declining key allocation, which falls by 162,000 euros to around 2.52 million euros. The district levy to Miesbach also increased by 90,000 euros to 5.84 million euros. There are no signs of new debt for the 2025 budget, but the municipality's long-term performance is in jeopardy. Important projects, such as the construction of a new school cafeteria for 2.5 million euros or the expansion of the kindergarten for 3 million euros, have to be postponed for the time being.

Planned investments and discussion about the future

The situation is further complicated by the planned total debt, which is expected to rise to around 36 million euros by 2028. This means a per capita debt of 2,473 euros. To support the asset budget, the sale of two building plots in Abwinkl is planned, with an expected income of 949,000 euros. The SPD rejects this budget and argues that there is hidden new debt through property sales.

Mayor Jens Zangenfeind defends the property sale and assures that these properties were given exclusively to locals. CSU parliamentary group spokesman Georg Eham praises Chamberlain Zimmer's performance, but has concerns about the approval of the budget. The planned investments amount to a total of 1.12 million euros, which includes the renovation of Moosrainer Weg (50,000 euros) and the construction yard vehicles (90,000 euros).

• Geplante Investitionen im Haushaltsplan:
  • Sanierung Moosrainer Weg: 50.000 Euro
  • Bauhof Fahrzeuge: 90.000 Euro
  • Abwasserentsorgung Pumpenwerk: 53.000 Euro
  • Freizeitanlage an der Schlierach: 50.000 Euro
  • Lizenzen: 28.500 Euro
  • Feuerwehren Agatharied und Hausham: 108.000 Euro
  • Gebäudesanierung Grund- und Mittelschule: 50.000 Euro
  • Wasserwerk: 249.000 Euro

Outlook and necessary measures

The discussion within the local council focuses not only on the necessity of these expenses, but also on the feasibility of important projects, such as the pump track at the leisure facility in Haidmühl. Zangenfeind expressed the hope that positive economic development is imminent through government investments. Despite the tense financial situation, the desired projects should continue to be pursued.

Similar financial challenges are also underestimated in other federal states such as Lower Saxony. Lower Saxony is also faced with uncertainties arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the climate crisis. The medium-term planning there sets priorities in education, medical care and digitalization, which shows that other regions also have to look for creative solutions to meet the challenges.