City of Salzburg – Building committee: Itzling children’s playground gets a toilet facility
The playground in Itzling, located between the retirement home, elementary school and St. Antonius Church, is used intensively by children and families from the surrounding residential buildings. For years, the residents have been demanding the construction of a toilet facility. Now the sanitary building is to be built on the green island in the southeast of the park, which was decided unanimously by the building committee on September 8th, 2022.
The construction costs were estimated at around 200,000 euros gross, due to the difficult to predict construction cost development, an additional 20 percent or 40,000 euros are priced in as a range of fluctuation. Based on experience, the costs for ongoing operation are assumed to be around 4,000 euros per year. In the spring of 2024, the planned barrier-free toilet facility should be able to go into operation.
Energy price agreements for the period after 2023/24
In spring 2020, the building department secured the electricity prices for 2022 and 2023 and in autumn 2020 the gas prices for 2022 to 2024 together with Salzburg AG. According to the energy tender from 2019, the contract with Salzburg AG as a supplier runs until 2029, only then would a new tender have taken place.
Electricity supply quotas can be fixed together with the energy supplier for a maximum of six years, gas supply prices for four years. The energy coordination of the city therefore proposes to closely monitor the price development on the EEX electricity and gas exchanges together with external experts in order to create short-term total or partial quantities of the forecast demand via the current energy suppliers and thus the prices when the exchange prices are consolidated secured – for electricity from 2024 to a maximum of 2028, for gas for the years 2025 to 2028.
The committee unanimously approved the necessary amendments to the electricity and gas contract (procurement agreements). The final decision is made by the municipal council.
Also on the agenda:
- One general renovation stands for die Glan Bridge in Peilsteinerstrasse after the steel beams, edges and underside of the structure show severe corrosion damage. In the course of the renovation, the roadway structure and the bridge railing will also be renewed. Construction will take place from the second half of September to the end of October. The bridge will be closed to traffic throughout the construction phase, and a temporary bridge will be built for pedestrians and cyclists. Cost point: for the construction work, a maximum of 220,000 euros gross, plus around 50,000 euros upfront costs. (unanimously)
- According to the Resident Benefits Act (ALG) will die Average prices for main sewers and house sewer connections redefined as of November 1, 2022; compared to the previous year, there is an increase of 1.3 percent based on the construction price index for civil engineering. The average price for the main sewer length meter is then 1,905.56 euros and 2,772.53 euros for the house sewer connection (each including 10% VAT). (unanimously)
- And: The city’s central purchasing department has over 3,000 tons de-icing salt for the next two winters (11/1/22 to 10/31/24) at a total price of 450,000 euros gross. (unanimously)