Schleswig-Holstein County Council

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The Schleswig-Holstein County Association is one of the four municipal state associations in Schleswig-Holstein with its seat in Kiel .

It is the association that the eleven Schleswig-Holstein districts formed to safeguard their common interests. Organized as a registered association, it is represented as a regional association in the German District Association.

The chairman has been District Administrator Reinhard Sager ( Ostholstein district ) since 2008 . Deputy chairman of the district council member Ingo Degner ( Schleswig-Flensburg district ).

history

In Schleswig-Holstein , the leading people in the districts came together in 1945 to form a regional association for the province of Schleswig-Holstein , which was later named Landeskreisvereinigung Schleswig-Holstein .

Its first chairman was the district court director Henningsen, at that time the district administrator of the Süder-Dithmarschen district. Leading the association were the senior district directors represented by Wohlers for Süder-Dithmarschen, Erich Walter Lotz for Eutin and Scheel for Eckernförde .

On July 10, 1946, the district administrator of the Grand Duchy of Lauenburg Gülich invited all district administrators and senior district directors to a general meeting on July 13, 1946 in Ratzeburg, at which the association was renamed Schleswig-Holstein County Association .

In a further general meeting in August 1946 in Pinneberg the statutes were decided.

At the general assembly in Büsum in July 1947, the Schleswig-Holstein District Association decided to join the German District Association.

tasks

According to its statutes, the tasks of the Schleswig-Holstein County Association are:

  • Safeguarding the common interests of the circles.
  • The promotion of the members through advice and information.
  • The submission of statements at the request of the state government and other authorities and agencies.
  • The preparation of proposals and applications to the state government and other authorities and agencies.

In fulfilling its duties, the County Association seeks me the other municipal regional associations (close cooperation Schleswig-Holsteinischer Gemeindetag , cities association Schleswig-Holstein on).

Members

organization

The Schleswig-Holstein County Association is a legally competent association.

organs

Its organs are the general assembly, the board and the executive board.

General meeting

The general assembly is held once a year on the principles of the association's work.

Each district is represented in the general assembly by at least two representatives of the district with voting rights: the district president and the district administrator. In addition, for districts with more than 50,000 inhabitants per 50,000 inhabitants, there is an additional delegate who is elected by the district.

Board

The board consists of the chairman or chairperson, the deputy chairperson, the executive board member and twelve other members.

In particular, he is responsible for implementing the resolutions of the general meeting. In addition, he oversees the management of the affairs of the district assembly. In addition, the board of directors determines the representatives in the main committee of the German district assembly.

Executive board

The executive board - since July 1, 2016 Sönke E. Schulz - heads the administrative office of the Schleswig-Holstein County Council. He is elected for a period of six years and conducts day-to-day administration under the supervision of the Board of Directors.

These include:

  • Contact with the state parliament and the state government,
  • preparing and organizing the consultation of the decision-making bodies and technical committees,
  • the evaluation of the consultation results,
  • To represent resolutions to the outside world, as well
  • Press and public relations.

Former executive board members are:

  • 1947–1952 Franz Suchan,
  • 1952–1953 Wilhelm Casper,
  • 1953–1956 Klaus von der Groeben ,
  • 1956–1975 Rolf Breusing ,
  • 1975–1996 Carl-August Conrad, and
  • 1996–2016 Jan-Christian Erps.

Technical committees

The technical committees prepare the advice and the substantive decisions of the district assembly. You are thus significantly involved in forming opinions.

There are currently six technical committees:

  • Legal, Constitutional and European Committee
  • Finance committee
  • Economic and Transport Committee
  • Building and Environment Committee
  • Social, Youth and Health Committee
  • School, Culture and Sports Committee

Each technical committee is made up of ten members plus the district administrator who chairs it. The members are elected in the first general meeting after the general district council elections.

Representations

The Schleswig-Holstein District Association represents the interests of the districts in numerous third-party organizations:

  • Administration training center
  • Public Service Vocational Training Committee
  • Fire protection advisory board
  • Schleswig-Holstein Book Association
  • Dataport Board of Directors
  • Fire department accident insurance north
  • Local employers' association Schleswig-Holstein
  • Municipal compensation for damages Schleswig-Holstein
  • Schleswig-Holstein Hospital Society, KGSH
  • State civil servants' committee
  • State Fire Brigade Association Schleswig-Holstein
  • State Youth Welfare Committee
  • State Planning Council
  • Lorenz-von-Stein Society
  • Accident Fund Schleswig-Holstein
  • Savings Banks and Giro Association for Schleswig-Holstein
  • Association for the maintenance of the Schleswig-Holstein community administration school
  • Pension equalization fund of the central municipal associations in Schleswig-Holstein
  • Board of Directors and KIF Advisory Board of Investitionsbank SH

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ sh-landkreistag.de: Schleswig-Holsteinischer County Association - history. Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
  2. ↑ sh-landkreistag.de: Schleswig-Holstein County Council - organs. Retrieved January 5, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b sh-landkreistag.de: Schleswig-Holstein County Council - statutes. Retrieved January 5, 2018 .