Biel’s politicians struggled with the current budget. Now the electorate clearly accepts the new draft.
The 2023 budget of the city of Biel is signed. Those entitled to vote clearly accepted the proposal at the second attempt. Biel thus avoids external administration by the canton. The turnout was a low 22 percent.
Budget 2023 of the city of Biel
Biel/Bienne: Budget 2023
YES
5’193
Voices
NO
1’403
Voices
The budget shows a deficit of CHF 2.77 million. The control system remains unchanged. The budget was drawn up at a round table after the people clearly rejected two variants with different levels of tax increases in November 2022.
Issue: tax increase
The budget that has now been approved provides for additional savings in the millions. In addition, the tax revenues of the legal entities were budgeted higher than in the two variants that the people had sent bachab.
However, the danger of a tax increase has not been averted – on the contrary: From today’s perspective, it can be assumed that a sustainable restructuring of the city’s finances will not be possible without higher taxes, the voting message said. At the moment this is not being done because the population is confronted with high energy prices and inflation.
SRF 4 News, May 7th, 2023, 2:00 p.m.; sda/pret;zero
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