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The budget debate takes place in the Axa-Arena. The public is admitted – with limited space.
Photo : Marc Dahinden
On Monday and one week from now, the city council will discuss the budget for 2021. It provides for a profit of 1.1 million francs, with expenses of 1.649 million francs and a tax rate of 125 percent.
The budget in Winterthur has never been discussed as late as this time. In any case, even retired urban policy reporters don’t remember a debate until late January. As long as no budget has been decided, the city administration has to drive with an emergency budget.
In its first budget proposal, the city council had provided a tax rate of 129 percent. At the request of the supervisory commission A center-right bloc rejected the 7 percentage point tax hike in October, as early as never before. The rejection combined EVP, GLP, CVP / EDU, FDP and SVP / PP with four demands, which the city council all considered in its second proposal.
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