Cologne city council under pressure: Millions of decisions without examination!

Cologne city council under pressure: Millions of decisions without examination!

Horststraße, 51063 Köln, Deutschland - On July 3, 2025, the city of Cologne faces a delicate council meeting, which deals with the release of several million euros. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger reports that the resolutions are not sufficient due to the short-term. could be checked. The council members should therefore decide on large sums without having the necessary information on the hand, a situational notification that raises questions.

A concrete project concerns a Europe -wide tender for 600,000 euros to take over the technical building operation for the Museum Ludwig and the Philharmonie. The cultural department emphasizes that the technical systems are in a desolate state, but this argument is not based on clear planning of needs. In addition, the attached costs are not documented by a comprehensible cost determination, which makes transparency more difficult in the decision.

insights into the planned projects

Another example is the construction project of a new gym and cafeteria for the Catholic primary school on Horststrasse in Mülheim, whose estimated costs are 25.6 million euros - without demolition costs of the old gym. The RPA advises to first say only one planning decision, since the 25.6 million euros are only a rough cost estimate framework.

In the community primary school in Brüder Grimm in Rodenkirchen, 315,000 euros are due to be approved in order to finance the planning of the general repair, but it remains to be seen that the RPA cannot provide well -founded advice due to a lack of documents. For a primary school in Immendorf, 370,000 euros are also to be requested for planning a second emergency route and the energetic general repair, but it is also evident that the documents are not in detail.

The roof and facade renovation at the Heinrich Mann-Gymnasium in Chorweiler costs 3.7 million euros, while between five and nine million euros are estimated for the renovation of the window and facade. Unfortunately, the RPA was only available for a day to check the template, which makes a thorough analysis of the plans practically impossible.

criticism and recommendations

The city administration attributes the short -term nature of these decisions to delays and necessary votes. Jörg Detjen, the chairman of the auditing committee, expresses sharp criticism of the way the city administration deals with the examiners. He calls for more careful planning procedures to make future millions of decisions in a transparent framework.

The RPA, which is subordinate to the city council and acts independently, plays an essential role in the city's financial surveillance. According to KGSt , the local auditing not only has the task of regularly checking the household and economic management, but also a supportive role in administrative management as part of the ongoing administrative reform.

The RPA, reached at aemter.org , takes care of the proper use of municipal means to ensure that public funds actually benefit the general public. The upcoming decisions in the city council raise the question of whether the city administration is able to make well -founded and sustainable decisions for the citizens of Cologne