The meeting of the Committee on Economic Affairs, Labor, and Digitalization will begin on Tuesday, September 22, at 5:00 p.m. at City Hall, Schlossplatz 6, in Room 22. Items on the agenda include “Wiesbaden on Ice—A Slippery Slope?”, “Strengthening Skills, Attracting Skilled Workers—Labor Market Integration and Training in Wiesbaden,” “A Sustainable Downtown—Using Urban Analysis as a Foundation for Further Development,” “Training Programs for Employees of the State Capital of Wiesbaden,” “The New City Office: Attractive Administrative Services from a Single Source,” and “Notices You Can Understand: Plain Language in Wiesbaden’s Administration.” In addition, there will be updates from the Economic Development Department and the Office for Innovation, Organization, and Digitalization. 

The Committee on Urban Development, Planning, and Safety will meet on Tuesday, September 22, starting at 5:00 p.m. at City Hall, Schlossplatz 6, in Room 318. Topics to be discussed at the meeting include “Status of the CarlO Experimental Space—Letter of Intent for Cooperative Neighborhood Development,” “Route of the Rhine-Main Link in the Breckenheim district,” “Future of the Europaviertel after the Adult Education Center (VHS) moves out,” “Establishment of a steering committee to prioritize urban planning projects,” “New Land Use Plan for the State Capital of Wiesbaden—Adoption of the Preliminary Draft,” “Development of a Vacation and Community Program for the Children’s and Youth Fire Departments in Wiesbaden,” “Questions Regarding the City Police’s 2024/25 Annual Report,” “Arbitrary checks at the Wine Festival,” “Staffing at the Wiesbaden Professional Fire Department,” “Psychosocial emergency care at the Wiesbaden Fire Department,” “Reconsidering the dissolution of the Wiesbaden Fire Department’s search and rescue dog unit.” 

The Committee on Finance and Affiliates will meet on Wednesday, September 23, starting at 5:00 p.m. at City Hall, Schlossplatz 6, in Room 22. Topics to be discussed include “Consistently implementing zero-based budgeting—systematically reviewing municipal tasks and expenditures,” “Administrative funding cuts out of preemptive compliance,” and “Current status of the insolvency proceedings involving Greensill Bank AG.” In addition, the City Treasurer will present a report on the current budget situation. 

Those interested can also find further information about the meetings in the Wiesbaden Political Information System (PIWi) at piwi.wiesbaden.de (opens in a new tab).