New impetus in the local council: funding for clubs and urban development!
New impetus in the local council: funding for clubs and urban development!
Leoben, Österreich - in Leoben there is a fresh wind in the local council: Mayor Kurt Wallner covered his mandate at the meeting on Thursday to act as mayors in the future. His resignation opens up the stage for a new face: SPÖ mandate René Wendler was praised and moved to the vacant square in the municipal council, like A central topic of the session was the urban development concept, which already dates from 2013 and 2014. The city has now created the draft for a new urban development plan, which is available for inspection from June 11th to August 6th. During this period, citizens have the opportunity to give written statements in order to contribute their ideas and suggestions. This measure is part of the procedure, which is necessary every ten years in accordance with the Styrian Room Ordinance Act to adapt the local development concepts, according to leoben.at .
sustainable urban development in focus
An important aspect of urban development is to promote sustainable and environmentally friendly heat supply. Stadtwerke Leoben is currently expanding the district heating network in the areas on Lerchenfeld and Einödmayergasse 24. This is intended to connect further households to an environmentally friendly heat supply.
In order to ensure a livable environment, the city also pursues goals such as the creation of affordable living space and the improvement of traffic and infrastructure offers. The tasks of urban development include not only the land use planning for residential and commercial areas, but also the renovation of older districts in order to remove existing grievances. These networked goals are based on the sustainability requirement in the Building Code, which combines social, economic and environmentally friendly requirements, explains .
subsidies for clubs and projects
The city of Leoben has also put together a funding package for local clubs. Subsidies are available for TC Research Leoben for club activities and investments, for the hunting company Göß-Schladnitz to purchase a drone for the protection of fawns and for festivals such as the 150th anniversary of the Leoben-Göß volunteer fire brigade. The sports clubs SV Mayr-Melnhof Novopan section sports bowling, sports association Leoben and SV Hinterberg also receive support.
In the municipal council meeting, urgency applications were also discussed. The Allianz for Leoben, consisting of the SPÖ, the Greens and the Citizens' List Walter Reiter, presented applications to promote climate protection and education. A proposal for transferable climatic coats for borrowing was assigned to the Transport and Finance Committee. A unanimous decision also brought an application for free swimming and ice skating lessons for all elementary students and their accompanying persons.
On the other hand, some applications found, such as those to abolish the mayor chauffeur service and to reduce the references for committee chairwoman, no majority in the local council. An application for the examination of barrier-free pedestrian crossings in Parkstrasse and Max-Tendler-Straße was instead transferred to the traffic committee.
With these activities and changes, Leoben stands future -oriented and open -minded towards the needs of its citizens. The course for sustainable development has been set and it becomes an exciting thing to observe how the city will develop in the coming years.
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