Committees

With the large number of decisions to be made, the Brandis council meetings are unable to discuss every detail. As a consequence, resolving and advisory committees were formed to fulfil the tasks.

Administration committee

Tasks:

• Human resources issues, general administrative issues
• Finances and budget, including tax and charges issues
• Companies and shareholdings
• Market affairs, promotion of business and tourism, commercial issues
• Administration of municipal assets, including forestry, hunting, fishing and grazing
• Legal matters, petitions
• Partnerships
• Public relations and town chronicle

Composition:

As residents with expertise and a consulting function but without voting rights the following people were appointed to the administration committee: Lutz Engisch, Ralph Gertler and Thomas Zechendorf.

Technical committee

Tasks:

• Land-use planning and construction (civil engineering, surveying)
• Supply and disposal
• Street lighting, technical administration of roads, building yard, vehicle fleet
• Transport
• Public safety and order issues
• Firefighting as well as disaster and civil protection
• Heritage conservation and maintenance
• Technical administration of municipal buildings, facilities and establishments
• Sports, play, bathing and leisure facilities, parks and gardens, cemetery and burial matters
• Environmental protection, landscape care and maintenance of watercourses

Composition:

As residents with expertise and a consulting function but without voting rights the following people were appointed to the administration committee: Uwe Hampel, Oliver Kiss and Knut Wießner.

Cultural and social affairs committee

Tasks:

• Fundamental cultural and social issues
• Issues concerning the town as school board
• Child day-care issues and children's playground facilities
• Support of youth initiatives, youth clubs and youth centres, facilities and sports facilities
• Promotion of culture, art and traditions
• Nurturing and promotion of sport
• Equal opportunities issues and senior citizen issues

Composition:

As residents with expertise and a consulting function but without voting rights the following people were appointed to the cultural and social affairs committee: Kathrin Hampel, Dagmar Kahl and Rolf Heymann.