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The End of the Separation of Powers and the Lack of Transparency at the Naumburg Wastewater Association?The Naumburg Wastewater Association (AZV) held another association meeting on 30/06/2026, from which several findings emerge that should be viewed critically. Meeting without public informationI found out indirectly that the AZV was holding a meeting on 30/06/2026. There is no information about it on the association’s website. I called the AZV to find out whether the date was correct and wanted to register a video recording. The date was confirmed, but regarding the video recording, the woman on the phone first had to inquire.I stated that this only needs to be registered, not approved. I was told that the AZV has its own rules of procedure. However, these rules of procedure cannot be found on the AZV website. After a few minutes of waiting on the phone line, the answer came that the video recording was possible. I would not have accepted anything else anyway. A statute that did not exist until nowOne topic of the association meeting was the creation of a new statute on the collection of administrative fees, because the AZV does not currently have such a statute.The attentive reader will now ask whether the fees previously charged for file inspections, information requests, etc. have any legal basis at all, since such a statute is missing and appears to be so important. Incidentally, the district supervisory authority of the Burgenland district has instructed the AZV to adopt such a statute. Apparently, neither the AZV, the association’s managing director Ms. Dipl.-Ing. Ute Steinberg, nor the chairman of the association assembly Armin Müller (Mayor of the city of Naumburg) had noticed the absence of such a fee statute until now. “Own laws” of the associationHeik Meißner pointed out another major discrepancy during the citizens’ question session. The AZV is supposed to “invent” its own statute on administrative fees, unless it prefers to have one imposed by the district supervisory authority of Burgenland.The AZV is thus effectively creating its own law. In doing so, it becomes the legislature. The AZV then enforces this law itself when it levies such fees (executive). The AZV is also the body that decides on any objection to such a fee notice. And the AZV can also initiate enforcement itself (in a certain sense, the judiciary). There is therefore no independent authority that could review the matter again before enforcement. Heik Meißner sees this as the end of the separation of powers. A review of such administrative acts must be pursued by the affected person in court. This is possible at administrative courts even without a lawyer, but still involves court costs. This will lead to many people not taking this route and accepting even unlawful fee notices. The state government of Saxony-Anhalt, consisting of the CDU and SPD, has created the legal framework for this, thereby combining legislative, executive, and judicial functions for such institutions, effectively abolishing the separation of powers that is indispensable in a democratic constitutional state. Whether this legislation and its resulting implementation at public broadcasting institutions or bodies such as the wastewater association is compatible with the Basic Law would presumably have to be clarified by the Federal Constitutional Court—if there are plaintiffs who have the financial means to pursue the matter all the way to that level. Reaction of the association leadershipThe Mayor of the city of Naumburg and chairman of the association assembly, Armin Müller, sees no problem with this. He states that it is common practice for an association to adopt its own fee statute. He also considers it unproblematic that this can now be enforced by the association itself.Drafting of the new statuteThe fee statute will be prepared by the association’s managing director, Ms. Dipl.-Ing. Ute Steinberg, and submitted to the district supervisory authority of Burgenland for review.If the supervisory authority does not object, the fee statute on administrative costs is expected to be adopted later this year. Heik Meißner requested access to the supervisory authority’s review report. However, Armin Müller sees no obligation to make such a report available to the public, even if such a report exists in any form. This was apparently not the case with other statutes. If the supervisory authority gives the green light for the statute, then, in Armin Müller’s view, the statute is acceptable. Limited acoustic transparencyThe audio in the video recording is in parts not optimal. The speakers sometimes speak quietly, and traffic noise came through the open window. The camera’s microphone took on the perspective of the audience.This is therefore what an interested citizen would acoustically perceive if they were present. It gives the impression that it is not particularly important to those involved that the information being communicated actually reaches the public. Anyone who wishes to inform themselves about the completed, ongoing, and future projects of the wastewater association can still do so thanks to the video recording. Author: AI-Translation - Michael Thurm | |
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