Saxon City and Community Day

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The Saxon Cities and Municipalities Day (SSG) is the central association of cities and municipalities in Saxony . The association was founded on April 1st, 1990 in Dresden and has its seat in the state capital Dresden by virtue of its statutes .

tasks and goals

According to § 3 of its statutes, the SSG has the following objectives and main tasks:

  • to cultivate the idea of ​​self-government and to stand up for the realization and protection of the right to local self-government,
  • to participate in the settlement of general issues affecting the municipalities and to assert the right to be heard before the state parliament,
  • to promote the common rights and interests of the members and to represent them vis-à-vis the state and federal parliaments, the state and federal government, other associations, other bodies and the public,
  • to advise the members, to provide them with information and to maintain the exchange of experiences and
  • to raise public understanding of communal issues.

The SSG works politically neutral and otherwise non-profit according to the tax code .

Position of the SSG in the legislative process

According to Article 84, Paragraph 2 of the Constitution of the Free State of Saxony, the Saxon State Government must hear the municipalities and their associations - including the SSG - in good time before general questions affecting the municipalities and municipal associations are regulated by law or ordinance. This is also part of the state government's rules of procedure in Section 12. The same can be found in Section 36 of the Rules of Procedure of the Saxon State Parliament .

Members

composition

As of January 1, 2016, 420 cities and municipalities belonged to the SSG . Only six municipalities in Saxony are not members of the SSG. This means that all full-time cities and communities as well as almost all voluntary communities are organized in the SSG.

Rights and duties of members

The members of the Saxon City and Municipal Association are entitled to use its facilities within the framework of the general performance of the association and to participate in the association's events, to participate in the formation of the association's will, applications to the presidium, in the event of their rejection within one month to the state executive board and, if it is rejected, to the general assembly within a further month.

You are obliged to promote the purpose and objectives of the Saxon City and Municipal Assembly, to support the implementation of the association's tasks and to fulfill the obligations of these statutes, to comply with the resolutions of the association's organs within the framework of the statutes, in the administrative area of ​​the members of general or special importance (e.g. statutes) to the office of the association free of charge and to pay the surcharge set by the state board to the association by the due date specified in the respective budget statute. (§ 4 of the statutes)

Organs of the association

According to § 5 of the statutes, association bodies are:

  • the general assembly,
  • the board within the meaning of § 26 BGB,
  • the state board,
  • the presidium,
  • the managing director.

The general meeting

The general assembly (§ 6 of the statutes) consists of representatives of the ordinary and extraordinary members of the association. The voting rights of the full association members are based on the number of inhabitants of the member as of June 30 of the previous calendar year. According to this key, every ordinary member has:

  • up to 10,000 inhabitants one vote,
  • up to 50,000 inhabitants two votes,
  • up to 100,000 inhabitants three votes,
  • up to 200,000 inhabitants four votes,
  • up to 500,000 inhabitants five votes and
  • over 500,000 residents six votes.

Extraordinary members take part in the deliberations of the general assembly and have no voting rights. The members exercise their rights through their legal or appointed representatives. The general assembly is convened by resolution of the state board; it should meet at least every two years. She is responsible for:

  • Amendments to the statutes,
  • Proposals of the state executive,
  • the handling of the applications of the association members rejected by the state board,
  • the discharge of the association's organs and
  • the dissolution of the association.

Board according to § 26 BGB

The board of directors within the meaning of § 26 BGB are the president, the vice-presidents and the managing director; the board members are authorized to represent individually to the outside world (§ 7 of the statutes).

State Board

The state board consists of the district association chairmen (Section 11 of the statutes), elected members appointed by the district associations (whose election and nomination procedure is also regulated by the statutes), the legal representatives of the district-free cities and the managing director, whereby the state board can elect further members. The appointment of a representative is also regulated in the statutes.

The state board defines the principles of the association's policy, determines the guidelines of local politics, which are represented by the association, and decides on matters of fundamental importance. He also comments on important bills. Among other things, it decides on:

  • the election of the President, the Vice-Presidents and the other members of the Presidium and their deputies; the state board can decide on separate election regulations for this;
  • the election and the salary regulations of the managing director and the deputy managing director;
  • Budget, establishment plan, as well as amount and due date of the association levy;
  • Acquisition and sale of land;
  • Formation and dissolution of committees as well as appointment and dismissal of members
  • the jurisdiction and procedural rules of the state board, the presidium, the committees and the managing director;

The Bureau

The presidium (§ 9 of the statutes) consists of the president and three vice-presidents as well as eight other members and the managing director. The president or a vice-president must be the legal representative of a district-free city. The three vice-presidents should each come from a management district, whereby § 12 of the statutes these as the former management districts (previously regional councils ) Chemnitz , Dresden and Leipzig in their administrative organizational structure as of February 29, 2012, d. H. immediately before their dissolution.

Due to the different sizes of the congregation, the Presidium is composed as follows:

  • Group 1 (municipalities up to 10,000 inhabitants): 3 presidium members,
  • Group 2 (cities and municipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants): 3 members of the Presidium and
  • Group 3 (district-free cities): 2 board members.

Within groups 1 and 2, the members of the presidium should each come from a management district. Each member of the Presidium has one vote and, like their deputies, is elected for a period of four years from the middle of the state board (exception: independent cities, which each name their representatives).

The Presidium is responsible for all matters that do not fall within the competence of the General Assembly, the State Executive Committee or the Managing Director. It can authorize established committees to discuss matters in advance and can set up working groups.

Bert Wendsche (independent, Lord Mayor of Radebeul ) has been president of the SSG since 2019 . Before him were Stefan Skora (CDU, Lord Mayor of Hoyerswerda ), Herbert Wagner (CDU, Lord Mayor of Dresden, 1990–2001) and Christian Schramm (CDU, Lord Mayor of Bautzen , 2001–2015) the presidents.

executive Director

The association maintains an office that is managed by the managing director. This is generally represented by the deputy managing director, both are elected by the state board, their term of office depends on the election times of the full-time electoral officers (this has been seven years in Saxony since 1994). He has the following tasks in particular:

  • He heads the office, prepares the general assembly, the meetings of the state board, the presidium and the committees and implements their resolutions. The managing director takes care of the day-to-day administration under his own responsibility.
  • He is the superior, superior in service and the highest service authority for the employees. He is entitled to make decisions on personnel law, unless the state board or the presidium are responsible.
  • In urgent matters that cannot be postponed, he can make a provisional settlement, including statements on laws and ordinances vis-à-vis the state government.

The current managing director is Mischa Woitscheck (as of 2018, in office since 2000). Before him, Detlef Dix (1990–1993) and Maritha Dittmer (1993–2000) were managing directors of the SSG.

District associations

In order to promote the association's work and to exchange experiences, the association members form a district association in each district, for which a district association chairman and one or more deputies are elected from among their number for a period of 4 years. District association chairmen and the other members as well as their deputies are bound by the decisions of their district association when making decisions on the matter.

Standing committees and working groups

The SSG has set up permanent committees and working groups that serve to coordinate specialist topics and to exchange experiences.

magazine

The SSG's regular magazine is the Sachsenlandkurier .

literature

  • Saxon City and Community Day (Ed.): Giving impulses. Moving Saxony. Live diversity. Festschrift for the 20th anniversary of the Saxon City and Community Day. Dresden 2010, without ISBN.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ § 1 of the Articles of Association (PDF)
  2. ↑ https://revosax.sachsen.de/vorschrift/3975#a84
  3. ↑ https://revosax.sachsen.de/vorschrift/14203#p12
  4. ↑ https://revosax.sachsen.de/vorschrift/14201#p36
  5. ↑ Annual Report 2015/16 , p. 6, accessed on August 26, 2018.
  6. ↑ a b give impulses ..., p. 9.