Lower Saxony City Council
The Lower Saxony Association of Cities is a municipal umbrella association based in Hanover .
126 towns, cities and municipalities with around 4.7 million inhabitants are members. The Hanover region , the seaside town of Bremerhaven , the Braunschweig area association and GovConnect GmbH are extraordinary members . It represents around 60 percent of the population of Lower Saxony. The association is organized under private law as a registered association in order to be independent of state supervision and state influences. Government grants are not granted. Membership is voluntary. The Lower Saxony Association of Cities (NST) is the regional association of the German Association of Cities (DST) and the German Association of Cities and Towns (DStGB).
The office is located in Hanover, Prinzenstraße 17. The general manager has been Jan Arning since 2017 , his predecessor was Heiger Scholz .
The seat was until 2014 in 1911 to 1912 for the banker Bernhard Caspar by the architect Emil Lorenz built Bankhaus Caspar in the Prinzenstraße 23 in Hanover. The building was demolished in 2014.
Membership structure
- 10 independent cities (including Göttingen and the state capital Hanover)
- 7 large independent cities
- 50 independent cities and municipalities
- 49 cities and municipalities belonging to the district
- 5 joint municipalities
Have of it
- 49 members (40%) more than 30,000 residents
- 56 members (46%) between 10,000 and 30,000 inhabitants
- 16 members (14%) less than 10,000 inhabitants
Position of the cities and municipalities
In the federal state structure of the Federal Republic of Germany, the municipalities form the third pillar of the state. As in the case of the Federation and the Länder, their will is formed in popular representations that have arisen from general, direct, free, equal and secret elections.
The position of the cities and municipalities in our society as well as the obligations of the federal and state governments towards the municipalities result from the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany , the Lower Saxony Constitution and the Lower Saxony Municipal Constitutional Act . Local self-government is guaranteed by Art. 28 Paragraph 2 of the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany and Art. 57 Paragraph 1 of the Lower Saxony Constitution .
Constitutional status of the Lower Saxony City Council
The tasks of the Lower Saxony City Council also result from the position of the cities and municipalities. Like the Bundestag and Landtag , it represents public concerns for the benefit of the residents in the cities and municipalities of Lower Saxony. Therefore, Article 57, Paragraph 6 of the Lower Saxony Constitution provides:
"Before general questions that directly affect the municipalities or districts are regulated by law or ordinance, the municipal umbrella organizations must be heard."
Publications
The association publishes the monthly magazine “Niedersächsischer Städtetag” with a circulation of over 6,800 copies. Every council member receives it. It reports on current issues of local importance.
He also publishes the "Series of publications of the Lower Saxony City Council", in which contributions from local science are published.
tasks
Statutory tasks are
- to promote its members in their work by advising and mediating the exchange of experiences,
- to perceive common interests and to represent them to the Lower Saxony state parliament and the Lower Saxony state government .
In practice, this is done by representing the public interests of the cities and municipalities through the Lower Saxony Association of Cities. He brings the municipal expertise to the preparation of laws, ordinances and administrative regulations that affect the municipalities or have to be implemented by them. This should enable a practice-oriented, citizen-oriented and efficient administration.
Organs, committees and persons of the Lower Saxony City Council
organs
City assembly
- Delegate of the members, meets twice within a local election period
- decides on the election of the presidium, changes to the statutes and other things
Bureau
- consists of 20 people, the lord mayor, mayor, their representative or electoral officers and advisory members.
- decides u. a. on the admission of new members, the amount of the contribution, the budget and elects the president and the general manager. President is Lord Mayor Ulrich Mädge , Lüneburg, and Vice President is Lord Mayor Frank Klingebiel , Salzgitter.
Bodies
Committees
- Up to 20 honorary / full-time representatives of the members per technical committee
- prepare the decisions of the executive committee and the fundamental decisions of the office
There are the following committees:
- Finance and Economics Committee
- Planning, Construction, Transport and Environment Committee
- Committee on Legal Affairs, Constitution, Personnel and Organization
- Committee on School, Youth and Culture
- Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Inclusion
District Conferences
- consist of council presidents and chief administrators
- meet two to three times a year
- serve to exchange experiences
The following district conferences exist:
- District conference Braunschweig
- District conference Hanover
- District conference Lüneburg
- District conference Oldenburg / Osnabrück
- District Conference East Friesland
Working groups
Professional working groups
- Lord Mayors' Conference
- Mayors' conference
- Mayors' conference (members of the district)
- AK administrative issues of the joint municipalities
- AK Social and Youth Departments
- AK Head of the professional fire brigades
- AK redevelopment cities
- AK Tourism
- AK immigration law
- AK rural area
- AK City Treasurer
- AK City Building Councilors and Environment Departments
- AK building authority manager
- AK tax office manager
- AK Health Service (together with the Lower Saxony District Association )
- AK Veterinärwesen (together with the Lower District Association)
- Information on social assistance (together with the Lower District Association)
- AK culture department
- AK award
- AK Environment
- AK IT manager of the big cities
- AK IT manager of the cities belonging to the district
- AK digitization
- AK communal forest
- AK school
- AK day care centers
subsidiary
Through its subsidiary Innovative Stadt GmbH, the Lower Saxony Association of Cities offers advanced training events and publishes work aids and other publications for municipal practice.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Articles of Association (PDF)
- ↑ a b NST news: Annual report. (PDF; 1.17 MB, p. 41) In: nst.de. March 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017 .
- ↑ About us / Lower Saxony Association of Cities. In: nst.de. Retrieved August 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Organization and business distribution. (PDF; 21 kB) In: nst.de. February 9, 2018, accessed February 16, 2018 .
- ^ Organs and committees / Lower Saxony City Council. In: nst.de. Retrieved August 17, 2017 .