Issum fights for solutions: Expert opinion shows a lack of staff in the building yard!

Issum fights for solutions: Expert opinion shows a lack of staff in the building yard!

In Issum, an external report on the spatial and personnel equipment of the responsible building yard, which was created on the sidelines of a political debate about the increase in cemetery fees in the municipality. The background to this discussion is the need to adapt the fees that are considered due to increased personnel costs. [rp-online.de] (https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/geldern/gutachten-sagt-issum-bauhof-building employee_aid-12873391) has already reported that the CDU has already submitted the proposal to award the cemetery work to an external company. The politicians hope that the upcoming expert opinion helps to address the pressing questions of financial burdens.

The municipality of Issum operates three municipal cemeteries who are responsible for the burial of people residing in the community and for the use of the election graves. These cemeteries offer a variety of graves, including election graves, row graves, graves of lawns and anonymous graves. In particular, the cemetery in the Issum district is characterized by a wide variety of grave options, while in the cemetery in the Sevelen district of only election graves. The cemetery on Nieukerker Straße also offers various grave types and has a rest period of 25 years after the funeral for both corpses and ashes, as the municipality explains on its website Issum.de.

political strategies and challenges

The political rejection of an increase in the cemetery fees has created challenges for those responsible in Issum. In order to ensure the necessary funds to maintain the cemetery administration and the necessary services, a fee adjustment would have been necessary. With the view of the report, however, there are movements within the political spectrum that bring alternative solutions such as awarding to external service providers.

The exact content of the report and the resulting recommendations are of central importance in order to control the future development of cemetery matters in Issum. Citizens can prepare for the fact that more discussions about the financing and organization of cemetery services will take place in times of rising costs.

For residents of Issum, it is important to find out about the currently applicable cemetery fees and the available grave types. An inspection of the cemetery statute and the cemetery fee statute is possible via the download area of ​​the municipality's website. This information is crucial for planning the burials and the management of the grave sites.