Poinger household 2022 – with a new record into the new year – Ebersberg

Last year Poings Mayor Thomas Stark (independent) described the planned budget for the current year 2021 as a “record budget” – and this year he used the same expression again as the budget for the coming year in the most recent meeting of the Finance and Main Committee Was advised in 2022. Quite rightly, because at 97.4 million euros, the total volume is 14.9 million euros above that of the current year. In view of the enormously high district levy that Poing will have to pay due to a high tax back payment from 2020, such a high volume is quite remarkable.

The district levy will amount to 24.5 million euros. In terms of expenditure, this is “the biggest chunk”, according to Chamberlain Holger Schmidt, who presented the financial plan at the meeting. For comparison: the second largest expenditure item and the largest in the municipality in recent years, personnel costs, amount to 8.9 million euros and thus almost a third of the district levy. The item is so high because Poing achieved an additional payment of trade tax of 26.4 million euros at the beginning of 2020. For the years after 2022, the municipality is again calculating significantly less, namely between 11.4 and 13.2 million euros.

In general, Kämmerer Schmidt was quite positive about the financial situation of the community, although the corona pandemic is also causing certain uncertainties in this year’s planning. But: It looks better than it did a year ago. The municipality is planning income from trade tax at eleven million euros; at the end of 2020, a high single-digit million amount was calculated here.

In terms of current income and expenditure, the administrative budget, the municipality is planning with almost 71.8 million euros. That is 14.1 million euros more compared to the estimate for the year 2021. There is also an increase, albeit not that large, in the asset budget, i.e. the non-current income and expenses that are used in particular to build up assets. 7 million euros calculated, at least one million euros more than in 2021.

In the case of income tax, there was one of the greatest uncertainty factors last year: Nobody could foresee exactly how many Poingers will be affected by short-time work due to Corona – and given the current infection situation, it could look very similar this winter. This could then also affect the planned numbers for 2022. Sometimes the municipality now estimates the item at 15.6 million euros. Still a growth compared to the approach for this year of almost 15 million, albeit a rather small one.

The largest investment in the coming years is the planned swimming pool, the total costs will probably amount to 12.5 million euros. One million euros is set for the year 2022. At the beginning of 2022, the town hall administration will present a current cost calculation to the local council. Then it will be decided how exactly the project will proceed, said Mayor Stark. The completion of the new Karl Sittler primary school will be the largest investment in the coming year with 1.2 million euros – but this is the last time this project will appear in the Poingen household.

The municipality does not take on any further debts – on the contrary: As in this year, some will be reduced, namely almost 861,000 euros in both 2021 and 2022. The trend towards deleveraging will continue in the years to come.

Wolfgang Spieth (FDP) saw a problem despite his general praise: “We are balancing our budget with the sale of land.” He was referring to four properties in the Lerchenwinkel development area that the municipality recently sold. “They were always intended for resale,” replied Mayor Stark. The proceeds would now be able to cover the increased district levy, and no further property sales are planned in the coming years. Matthias Andres (FWG) finally pointed out not to forget digitization in the town hall. He lacked focus on it. The committee members unanimously approved the budget presented.