Our work in the municipal council

Dear residents

You elected 3 representatives of the green list in the municipal council and for that we thank you! This means a honor for us, but also an obligation. That’s why we want to keep you informed from now on regularly about our work in the municipal council. We like to do that with with this INFO sheet as well ass on our WEBSITE.

Info 24-1

We participated in the two meetings of the Municipal Council on November 17 and December 15, 2023.
Our remarks made during these meetings:

• We regret that the municipality did not win the call for tenders for the supply of electricity from an agricultural photovoltaic installation project. The project, due to lack of subsidies, will not be carried out for the moment. Our objective of energy autonomy will therefore not be achieved. We urged the Board to move the project forward.
• We also unanimously supported the decision in principle of the municipal council to implement a “wind energy” development project.
• New “Cité Schleedewues” district in Berg: we asked for details regarding the rights, obligations and concerning the conditions of allocation of the future subsidized housings. We are impatiently waiting to have our answers at the next municipal council.
• Following our request, we received confirmation that the Roodt forest cemetery is not excluded from the hunting zone and that it is managed like any other forest plot. Forest cemeteries should be developed with greater respect for the sensitivities of families and loved ones of the deceased.
• Internal regulations within the municipal council (“Internal Order Regulations”). We put this additional item on the agenda. We are of the opinion that the functioning of the municipal council should be governed by “Internal Order Regulations”. (Communication of decisions, right of initiative of municipal councilors, right of reply, etc.) We submitted a first proposal to the Alderman’s Council.
• We regret the cancellation of the Repair Café and the resulting confusion. We insisted on the importance of such an initiative.

We also asked the board the following questions:

• Fireworks for New Year’s Eve: we have asked that the ban on fireworks for New Year’s Eve not be lifted, due to the known inconveniences resulting from firing fireworks. The mayor admitted being aware of the problem, but despite this, he lifted the ban for 10 minutes on 1.of January 2024, while inviting citizens to refrain from shooting and relying on the common sense of the residents. We have recommended a public consultation for the years to come.
• Green Event “Krëschtmart”: Our criticism aimed at the use of a (defective) diesel generator as a source of electricity during the Krëschtmart, Yet a “green event”! The mayor assured us that the necessary work would be carried out to avoid these inconveniences for future events.
• The Roodt Youth-Center: we insisted on increasing the number of staff at the youth center and that the budget of the non-profit organization was not burdened by cleaning costs, as for any other association.
• Agriculture: in the new nature protection law, each operator must respect a distance of 3 m from watercourses and streams! We proposed to the municipality to proactively help farmers to comply with this law if necessary. For us, this is an important measure to preserve wild biodiversity.
• W&P housing estate in Berg: we wanted to know if there were any problems with the water pipes and sewer connections in the W&P housing estate in Berg. If this were the case, we fear that costs of up to €20,000 could be borne by the owners.
• We insisted on the need to simplify and accelerate the reservation procedures for municipal premises and to develop an online procedure.

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Info 23

We have had 2 meetings so far, on the 22nd of September and the 6th of October. We expressed our opinion on the following items on the agenda:

• Creation of municipal consultative commissions.
  • Elections of the president of the commission: on our initiative, no more the council determines the president of the commissions, but the commissions on their own.
  • We spoke out against the idea of ​​integrating the finance commission into the urbanism commission. We think these are 2 different skills that should be acquired by the respective experts. Unfortunately, that proposal was not accepted.
  • We were also against sports, culture and tourism being covered by a single commission. We need a maximum number of interested people in every single area. Our proposal to make separate commissions has not been accepted!
• Nomination of delegates from commune unions (SIDERE, SIGRE, SIAEG, SIDEST, …)
  • We submitted our candidacy for every syndicate, but unfortunately the political game made it so that we could hardly cooperate in any of them. The majority elected their people.
• Creation of a “Corporate Identity”
  • We gave this point a positive vote. We think coherent communication is important, but we have set as a condition that the title “Syrdall-Metropol”, which the municipality has recently given itself, is seriously discussed.
• Creation of a municipal agent
  • We have given our agreement on this point, we think that this can contribute to security and better coexistence.
• List of events served by the “Event-Bus”
  • Together we have drawn up the list of the events that will be served by the event bus in the future.
• We have given our agreement on a number of points. These were agreements with associations, contracts to buy land, and the energy allowance for the year 2024 which supports citizens who need it.

In the municipal council, we also asked questions to the council:

• The Maison des Jeunes Rued wanted to launch a political awareness campaign before the elections. The event was investigated by the council. We asked for explanations.
• We asked if it would be possible to set up cameras near the green cut containers, so that no more bulk waste is thrown into the containers. The bulk waste in the green cut drives the cost of disposal extremely high, which all of us citizens have to pay for.
• We advocated that our representative in the Airport Commission to ensures that the consequences of the new flight routes for our villages seriously analysed.