Overview
- - Waldeck‑Frankenberg’s 2026 draft shows a €19.5 million deficit, including €13.5 million to cover hospital losses, with €3.4 million expected from the federal 12‑year special fund and planned investments of €46.2 million.
- - The county keeps the combined levy rate effectively unchanged at 52.85 percent, reviews administrative consolidations, and cites rising youth and social spending pressures.
- - Witzenhausen projects a €6.2 million result shortfall as trade‑tax expectations drop to about €8.5 million for 2026, state key allocations fall by roughly €1.7 million to €11.1 million, and committee deliberations begin Monday.
- - Fuldatal plans a €1.56 million deficit with potential land‑sale proceeds in Ihringshausen‑West not yet budgeted, holds tax rates steady, and targets a December 17 council vote on the plan.
- - Liebenau proposes sharp hikes in property and business tax rates to close a €1.6 million gap, while Wildeshausen could forfeit around €1 million in state key allocations and faces a possible €2 million rise in the county levy as talk of tax cuts surfaces without formal action.