Overview
- After a state equalization payment, the expected levy increase in Upper Bavaria drops from about 2.8% to roughly 1%, according to Dachau’s Landrat Stefan Löwl.
- All 17 mayors in Landkreis Dachau sent an open letter to Bezirkstagspräsident Thomas Schwarzenberger urging the Bezirk to forgo any rise, warning municipal budgets could fail approval.
- Bezirk Oberbayern reports that more than 95% of its budget goes to social services and that a task force found only around €15 million in savings, far less than local leaders say is needed.
- Groß‑Gerau Landrat Thomas Will wrote to Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil citing a €28 million jump in social transfers year over year, falling key grants, and likely pass‑through to residents via higher property taxes.
- Reform demands gaining traction include a larger municipal share of VAT, a full long‑term care insurance to ease local outlays, stricter application of the who‑orders‑pays principle, and broader initiatives such as the Rheinland‑Pfalz push by 740‑plus municipalities.