The majority of Mayor Véronique Déchamps (LR) is declining. Eight newly elected officers resigned. On October 14, the city council is in danger of…
2024-09-30 20:06:46
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It was only dealt with briefly. But the proposal “Ensuring the financial performance and investment capacity of the St. Georg Hospital gGmbH” also made it clear what it means when the federal and state governments shift a large part of the financing of hospitals onto the municipalities. The necessary investments in the millions are then indirectly reflected in the budget. The St. Georg Hospital is irreplaceable for the entire region, said Christian Schulze (SPD) and Katharina Krefft (Greens) on August 21.
This was also a topic at the April council meeting. The specific issue was the 36 million euros that had to be raised to cover the hospital’s annual deficit for 2023.
This time it was about the default guarantee that the city has to provide so that the hospital can even take out the necessary loans for its upcoming construction projects: “The City of Leipzig was approved by the State Directorate of Saxony to take over the modified default guarantee in favor of Klinikum St. Georg gGmbH in the amount of EUR 69.7 million, but under the suspensive condition that the legally compliant coverage of the agreed support services is confirmed with this submission,” says the city’s proposalwhich was put to a vote in the council meeting on August 21.
And further: “The approval of the guarantee is, however, necessary for obtaining a loan of EUR 69.7 million for the new hospital building – Central Building II. A delay or demolition of the new hospital building would have serious consequences for the public health care system in the city of Leipzig.
If the guarantee and thus the loan fail, the current difficult financial situation of Klinikum St. Georg gGmbH would deteriorate significantly and Klinikum St. Georg gGmbH would only be able to pay its debts in the future with the support of the City of Leipzig.”
However, the focus on the “current difficult financial situation of the Klinikum St. Georg gGmbH” is of course too narrow. Many municipal hospitals are now struggling with this, as they have to ensure municipal care in their region, but whose services are not adequately remunerated by health insurance companies. The entire German hospital system is in trouble. And basic care in particular is significantly underfunded.
It’s just that politicians would rather discuss the privatization of hospitals instead of finally getting the financing in order and putting an end to the negative developments, especially when it comes to expensive and unnecessary treatments.
In addition, the state is more than stingy in its financing of investments in hospitals. These investments are a state responsibility. But they would rather save up a billion-euro fund for future civil servants than meet the basic investment needs of the municipalities.
The difficult situation at St. Georg is therefore not caused by the hospital itself.
And the reminder that the hospital is irreplaceable if you think about major disasters in the area was also necessary. This will probably have to be said more often in the future if finance ministers continue to hoard the citizens’ tax money with the wrong mindset.
In any case, the current city council majority in Leipzig supports the municipal hospital. With 47 votes and nine abstentions, it approved the administrative proposal for a default guarantee for St. Georg.
Even after five years in the Leipzig city council, you can still experience defeats. That’s what happened to Left Party city councillor Oliver Gebhardt on August 21st, who had actually made a very sensible request: He wanted the P+R car park at the Neue Messe to finally be put into an acceptable condition. After rainfall, more than a third of the space is just a puddle and unusable. And some of the disabled parking spaces are difficult to place. The city thought that was right. But then Gebhardt made a mistake.
“The answers to the inquiry VII-F-09770 clearly showed the deficits of the P+R area and the unwillingness of the responsible department to change,” he stated in his application. “Inclusion and participation is and remains a topic for society as a whole. It is therefore completely incomprehensible why some of the designated disabled parking spaces are near the stairs to the S-Bahn. Even a 400 m detour with an additional tram ride is a long way from real participation in the sense of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
As long as barrier-free access to the S-Bahn station cannot be guaranteed, no parking spaces for people with disabilities should be designated in this area. This only leads to confusion. Once the entrance has been converted to make it barrier-free, the designated parking spaces must be moved back there accordingly.
The refusal to upgrade the P+R area during heavy rain events also seems difficult to understand. The area is intended to be used to reduce individual local public transport, particularly during events in the city center. However, the fact that large parts of the area are unavailable during heavy rain runs counter to this. The entire area should therefore be upgraded accordingly.”
The traffic and civil engineering office had responded at the time: “The P+R area at Neue Messe is essentially in a good usable condition. The lanes of the area have a bituminous surface and around two thirds of the parking spaces are paved with eco-paving. Between the paved parking lanes there are trenches to drain the surface water that accumulates.
The remaining third of the parking spaces only have an unbound surface. The surface water that accumulates in these areas is intended to seep away. During long-lasting or intense rainfall events, the existing soil conditions unfortunately sometimes lead to large-scale puddles forming, which limits the usability of these areas.
A significant and lasting improvement in the condition of this part of the square is only possible by expanding the still unpaved parking areas, including the creation of an orderly surface drainage system. However, since the currently paved parking spaces are essentially sufficient for the parking volume, no further expansion of the P+R area is currently planned.”
The park-and-ride area at the Neue Messe. Photo: Ralf Julke
And this despite the fact that the city council has been discussing time and again that the capacity of the P+R parking spaces is not sufficient for football matches and major events. The largest available P+R space should be in a decent condition, especially considering that a large photovoltaic system is to be built on it.
The problem, however, is that, according to the Transport and Civil Engineering Office (VTA) in its statement on Gebhardt’s application, there are no plans for expansion work at the Neue Messe P+R site in the next two years, nor in the mobility strategy.
“The proposed measure is not part of the update of the framework plan for the implementation of the 2030 mobility strategy for Leipzig (VII-DS-09238), which was adopted by the city council on April 25, 2024,” the VTA states dryly. For some time now, the building department has been pushing for the city council to adopt such framework plans so that construction measures can be properly scheduled and carried out with the available resources.
This is a not entirely unimportant instrument for at least getting the huge investment backlog in all areas of the city under control, at least in part. If the city council wants to implement another measure first, one of the measures that have already been decided on will be removed from the package.
This is the simple effect of a wrong tax policy at the federal level and a wrong financial policy in Saxony, which leaves all municipalities in Saxony somehow muddling along with far too tight budgets.
The P+R parking lot at Neue Messe could perhaps be integrated from 2027, the VTA admitted: “Following the above-mentioned resolution to update the framework plan, new measures will only be evaluated and prioritized with a further update for the years 2027/2028. If, however, the measure is to be planned for the period 2025/2026, this resolution must also contain a proposal as to which measure from the adopted framework plan it should be exchanged for.”
A clear statement. The building department can refer to several resolutions of the city council that called for exactly that: clear priority lists so that we know what can actually be implemented in the next two years.
The issue of disabled parking spaces is a bit more complicated, according to the VTA: “Relocating disabled parking spaces is not advisable, as there are also disabled parking spaces on Georg-Herwegh-Str. and there is certainly demand for the spaces directly at the S-Bahn station, even if the ramp to the tram stop is not barrier-free. Since barrier-free access to the S-Bahn station is basically available, although certainly not optimal, the construction of a new ramp is not seen as a priority.”
The ramp would have to be 100 meters long with a height difference of 8.5 meters. That would mean a lot of money that would have to be spent here. But the issue of poor water drainage is currently being examined, according to the VTA: “Currently, some of the planning constraints are being examined, such as intermodal mobility options and water-sensitive area design.”
The water should not simply flow away, but should be retained as close as possible if it does not seep into the parking lot.
And actually, that was the point at which Oliver Gebhardt should have rethought things. Because sometimes, just by reading the administrative proposals, you can tell whether they have a better chance of gaining a majority in the council. Especially if, as Gebhardt himself stated, they confirmed the request. Mayor Burkhard Jung specifically asked whether the administrative position was now up for vote. But Gebhardt insisted on his own proposal.
The proposal was then narrowly rejected by the Council Assembly, with 21 votes to 23 and twelve abstentions.
Somehow, in this last council meeting of the outgoing city council, it was already becoming clear how unpredictable many votes in the newly elected city council would be.
Oliver Gebhardt is also leaving now and said a very friendly goodbye to his fellow councillors, but above all he thanked his family, who had made it possible for him to work as a city councillor. We should perhaps not forget that working as a city councillor takes up a lot of free time and family time and is not possible without the people at home.
They are the ones who support the city councillors for five years so that they can work in the service of the citizens.
A car expert named cars that can travel more than 300 thousand kilometers.
Several models from Ford, Kia, Hyundai, Renault, Volkswagen and Skoda are able to overcome the 300 thousand kilometer mark without serious technical problems with proper maintenance and careful operation, report Izvestia with reference to the head of the wheel equipment evaluation department of the Alfa-Leasing Group of Companies Valery Antyufyev.
Therefore, the second generation Ford Kuga with a 2.5-liter naturally aspirated engine has been a “very long liver,” said the expert. The motor is characterized by a simple design and high reliability, which allows it to overcome the mark of 300 thousand kilometers easily.
The joint platform Kia Rio and Hyundai Solaris, with proper maintenance, is also able to cover this distance, but the factory catalyst can be destroyed by 80 thousand kilometers, the car expert warned.
Renault Logan with engines 1.4 8V (75 hp) and 1.6 8V (87 or 84 hp) also gained a reputation as an uninteresting and stable car, but owners should remember the need to put the timing belt instead of every 100 thousand kilometers, Antyufiev noted.
Volkswagen Polo and Skoda Rapid with a 1.6 liter engine (90 and 110 hp) are also considered one of the most reliable cars in their segment with adequate operation and timely maintenance, the unit can cover 350-400 thousand kilometers.
The list is completed by the Ford Focus II, especially in the version with the 2.0 MT engine (145 hp). Gasoline engines 1.4 (80 hp) and 1.6 (100 hp, 115 hp) easily overcome the mark of 300 thousand kilometers, and the diesel 1.8 (115 hp) can last more than 350 thousand kilometers, said the t – car expert.
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The mayor(s) of Rancagua, Cristian Pávez, accompanied by the councilor and protocol mayor, Valentina Cáceres, and together with eight councilors of the municipal entity, announced this Wednesday, part of the schedule for the election of the substitute mayor who will have the responsibility to govern the destinies of the municipality during the next 90 days, as established by law.
The deputy councilor pointed out that the Constitutional Organic Law of Municipality itself establishes that “in the case of impediment of a period of more than 45 days to exercise the function of mayor, what is appropriate is the election of a mayor as a substitute, a function that “It is up to the full Municipal Council.”
Pávez clarifies that, based on the judicial resolution that became enforceable on Monday, the 10 councilors will be summoned to an extraordinary session, to elect the substitute mayor, scheduled until Thursday, April 25, when the deadline expires, but said summons has not been made. precisely set, but clarified that it will not go beyond that day.
At the meeting with the press, the presence of the councilors, María del Carmen Orueta, Emerson Avendaño, Hugo Guzmán, Viviana Morales, Cristian Toledo, Manuel Villagra, Carlos Arellano and Patricio Henríquez, was also observed, with Jacqueline Vidal being the only one absent.
Finally, Pavez indicated that the new alternate mayor is elected in the first instance by an absolute majority of incumbent councilors; That is, with the votes of six councilors, the new municipal authority is elected.
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