Lübeck's mayor fails: new jobs can be canceled due to budgetary worries!

Lübeck Mayor Jan Lindenau cannot create any new jobs. The majority of the town hall sees the budget situation as precarious.
Lübeck Mayor Jan Lindenau cannot create any new jobs. The majority of the town hall sees the budget situation as precarious. (Symbolbild/ML)

Lübeck's mayor fails: new jobs can be canceled due to budgetary worries!

Lübeck, Deutschland - In Lübeck, the decision by the Mayor Jan Lindenau (SPD) ensures controversial discussions. He must not create any new positions in the administration that should be responsible for data protection, request management and personnel. This measure was decided by the majority of the CDU, Greens and FDP town hall, which would not consider the necessary funds to be unustainable. Mayor Lindenau urgently wanted to hire another data protection coordinator in order to meet the growing requirements in the area of ​​data protection, but the rejection leads to far -reaching consequences.

CDU parliamentary group leader Christopher Lötsch describes the financial situation of Lübeck as precarious and argues that an expansion of personnel costs would tighten the situation. In addition, the existing employees already receive numerous tasks that cannot be easily transferred to new staff.

reactions of the political groups

The factions of the CDU, Greens and FDP demand that the tasks have to be done with the existing staff. The need to make suggestions for financing new bodies before they can even be considered. Axel Flasbarth, the group leader of the Greens, criticizes the application for additional positions without agreed funds and emphasizes that Lübeck already provides higher resources in data protection compared to other cities.

from the FDP, Thorsten Fürter calls for a reorganization of the administration among the existing resources. He emphasizes the urgency of economy. In contrast, SPD politicians warn of the consequences of the decision, especially with regard to the ensuring data protection.

expressions of opinion of the opposition

The political groups, the gal and the free voters are in favor of creating the three positions. Gregor Voht from the left criticizes the financial policy decision and warns of the possible higher costs that could arise from the allocation of external orders if no staff is hired in their own house.

Mayor Lindenau has announced that it will seek savings in the administration. This could also affect the areas in which a personnel reinforcement is considered urgently necessary.

job advertisements in Lübeck

In addition to the prevented new settings, the Hanseatic City of Lübeck is currently looking for specialists for the division management of urban planning and building regulations. This position requires a fulfillment of the career law requirements in accordance with A 16 SHBESG and is remunerated according to pay group 15 TVöD. The main tasks include responsibility for urban planning and building regulations as well as compliance with the applicable regulations for construction projects. The position also requires close cooperation with various stakeholders, including other departments and the public to develop innovative urban planning concepts and to take into account the needs of citizens. The job advertisement can be found here [https://xn--stellengebote-ffenterer-dienst.de/35174-oefflererdatenschutzkoordinatorin-in-luebeck-Schleswig-Holstein-von-Hansestadt-Lubeck-Datschutz-sucht.html)

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