The topic of flood protection for the districts of johannisthal and au was the focus of tuesday evening’s council meeting. It was about the awarding of the work for the building ground investigations.
Before the decision was made, matthias kohler of the kohler office in bad steben presented the preliminary plans. Accordingly, flood protection in johannisthal is to be increased by channeling the floodwater over the rodach river. Among other things, this would require an installation structure and piping, kohler explained. The outflow in the floodplain is to be throttled so that less water flows through johannisthal. The rest of the water was cut off via a pipe and led into the river rodach. The railroad culvert is also to be used for this. Kohler explained that they had tried to approach public areas during the planning phase.
In au, kohler explained, the flood protection dike designed as a ring dike is sufficiently high. It is now a question of proposals as to how this dike could be strengthened. There is a need for action along the two. Here the structural condition must be analyzed. In addition, it must be explored by how many meters the dike must be raised. If it turns out that the dike is capable of carrying current, it would be possible to seal the corresponding area. It would also be possible to install a sheet pile wall in the ground.
Local spokesman thomas hammerschmidt pointed out that a bank height is missing at the entrance to the village from au, at the road bridge of KC 13. Here the zweinzen has already stepped out of the river bed several times. Kohler clarified that his office is primarily responsible for flood protection for the rodach river. However, he was happy to raise the objection in the following speeches.
With regard to the flood protection in johannisthal, the committee unanimously agreed to approve the preliminary planning. The contract for the investigation of the building ground was awarded to the engineering firm frank heiner with a contract amount of 13287 euro.
In au, the board has taken note of the results of the flood protection study. On this basis, a preliminary plan is now to be drawn up, taking into account the building ground investigation that still has to be carried out. The engineering firm frank heiner from gera was also commissioned with the investigation of the building site at a cost of 17,686 euros.
It was unanimously decided to tackle the renovation of the annex to the upper castle in kups. The garage wing, which is not of historical value, is to be removed so that the extension can be better appreciated in the future. As bernd rebhan explained, the corresponding approvals from the office for landmark protection and the office for land development have been obtained. The offer period ends on 22. March. From the side of the planners is expected a cost of about 20 000 euros.
The renovation of the annex with the kreuzgewolbe hall and the sandstone corridors will follow. It is also being considered to establish a demand association. "We still have a lot of steps to take". The mayor justified the possibility of renovating the annex, although it is privately owned, with the use of the building by the municipality for the next 30 years. "This was requested by the authorities, otherwise there had been no public request!"
Debt level decreases slightly
Although the market kups had made numerous investments in the last year, the debt could be slightly reduced. Chamberman reinhard zapf spoke of undercutting the budget in the amount of about 16 150 euros. Ursula eberle-berlips (CSU) spoke of a solid basis for the 2019 budget.
Dieter lau (SPD) clarified that this result was due to the share of income tax, the key allocations of the free state and the receivables. "Without these external funds we would not have been able to fulfill the tasks!"
Before that, mayor bernd rebhan (CSU) informed about decisions made in the last non-public meeting. Accordingly, the wallenfels construction company walfried schmittnagel was commissioned with the work for the renovation of the water pipe in the weidenweg/oberlangenstadt at 160,229 euros gross. At the request of the catholic church foundation in theisenort, the market town council granted a subsidy for the conversion of the interior lighting to LED in the st. Josef receives a grant of 695 euros.
Regarding the KEK3 community development concept, the mayor pointed out that 1,000 randomly selected households will be included in a written survey. He hopes that the citizens concerned will fill in these forms, use the envelopes prepared for this purpose and send them to the office dealing with the matter or hand them in at the town hall.
Stefan schnurrer asked about a possible photovoltaic system in the au municipality area. This is to be assessed as part of the community development concept.