At the end of December last year, the Bolesławiec City Council adopted the budget for 2022. City Hall officials:
The budget submitted by the Mayor of Bolesławiec is set at the following amounts:
- on the revenue side 227 114 900.95 zł, including:
current revenue of 188 967 792.95 zł,
capital revenue of 38 147 108 zł;- on the expenditure side 250 097 996.38 zł, including:
current expenditure of 187 943 824.38 zł,
capital expenditure of 62 154 172 zł.The budget deficit of 22 983 095.43 zł will be financed from free funds, unused funds in the budget’s current account resulting from the settlement of revenues and expenditures financed from them and related to special budget implementation rules, as well as loan proceeds.
What about free public transport?
In 2022, free public transport in Bolesławiec will be maintained. For this purpose, the city budget provides 7 300 299 zł as compensation for Miejski Zakład Komunikacji w Bolesławcu for the company’s provision of public transport services.
What about taxes?
To ensure funds in the city budget for essential current expenditure related to the operation of organizational units in 2022, the maximum rates for property tax and motor vehicle tax were set. This means that they increased by 3.6%, below the current inflation rate. The property tax rate for residential buildings increased to 0.89 zł per 1 sq m of floor area, an increase of 4 groszy. In turn, the tax rate for buildings or parts thereof connected with business activity in 2022 is 25.74 zł per 1 sq m of floor area, 90 groszy more than in 2021.
In 2022, the dog ownership fee and the municipal waste management fee will not change.
What about debt?
Bolesławiec City Hall:
The Mayor of Bolesławiec points to the low debt ratio, meaning the city’s debt is at a safe level. Debt as of 31 December 2022 from loans already taken out and planned loans will amount to 43 348 632.99 zł, representing 19.1% of total revenue.
What will cost the most?
Education is the largest item in the expenditure statement – more than 61 million zł. This includes 9 653 535 zł planned for the operation of seven municipal public preschools, including personal salaries and related costs, materials and equipment, energy, water and sewage, waste collection and other training services. Subsidies for non-public preschools are planned at 7 091 116 zł:
- Non-public “Kraina Marzeń” Preschool (an average of 86 children per month) 713 256 zł;
- Private “Smerfiki” Preschool (an average of 100 children per month) 829 368 zł;
- Private “OXPRESS” Preschool (an average of 110 children per month) 829 368 zł;
- Non-public “Nibylandia” Preschool (an average of 106 children per month) 879 130 zł;
- Non-public “Jacek i Agatka” Preschool (an average of 118 children per month) 962 087 zł;
- Non-public “Bajka” Preschool (an average of 205 children per month) 1 700 204 zł;
- Non-public Integrative “Mali Odkrywcy” Preschool (an average of 110 children per month) 912 305 zł;
- Non-public “Safari Kids” Preschool (an average of 32 children per month) 265 398 zł;
- a targeted subsidy for inter-municipal settlements of 220 548 zł.
The current operation of five primary schools, which 2 658 students will attend in 2022, has been allocated 24 794 074 zł, including salaries and related costs for teaching, administrative and support staff, materials and equipment, energy, water and sewage, waste collection, training and other expenses.
Subsidies for public and non-public primary schools are planned at 4 357 379 zł:
- Private “OXPRESS” Primary School (an average of 285 students per month) 1 868 843 zł;
- Private Primary School for Adults (an average of 15 students per month) 16 340 zł;
- Private Primary School with Preparatory-to-Work Classes (an average of 15 students per month) 14 446 zł;
- Public Primary School of the Piarist Order (an average of 264 students per month) 2 457 750 zł.
The remaining funds are planned for school common rooms, transporting students with certified disabilities to schools, further education and professional training for teachers, and catering services for schools and preschools. An amount of 3 179 863 zł has been planned for tasks requiring special organization of teaching and working methods for children in preschools, preschool departments in primary schools and other forms of preschool education, including 2 092 663 zł in subsidies for non-public preschools. An amount of 3 549 487 zł has been planned for tasks requiring special organization of teaching and working methods for children and young people in primary schools, including 475 460 zł in subsidies for public and non-public primary schools.
What are the other expenditures?
Other major expenditure items include:
- culture and protection of national heritage – nearly 41 million zł,
- social assistance and family assistance – more than 40 million zł,
- municipal services and environmental protection – more than 36 million zł.
In the Bolesławiec city budget, own revenues amount to 138 332 707.95 zł, or 60.9% of total revenue; subsidies amount to 60 298 077 zł, or 26.6% of total revenue; and the educational portion of the general subsidy from the state budget amounts to 28 484 116 zł, or 12.5% of total revenue.
Major budget tasks for 2022 concerning renovations, investments and services, including tasks involving so-called non-expiring funds from the previous year
- Poland and Norway on the European Ceramics Route: integrating Bolesławiec and Porsgrunn into an international cooperation network of cities with ceramic traditions. Total task value: 28 787 941 zł, including 13 679 841.03 zł in own funds and 15 108 099.97 zł in EEA funding. 2022 task value: 26 640 960 zł.
The project includes work to give a new cultural function to the unused historic building known as Pückler Palace in Bolesławiec. The building has more than 2 000 sq m of usable floor area and its scale offers significant opportunities to present the Museum’s impressive collections and carry out its mission. It will be equipped with energy-efficient lighting, heat pumps, photovoltaic panels and other environmentally friendly elements, and will undergo thermal modernization, insulation and weatherproofing. All window and door joinery will be replaced. The building will receive new roof covering. - Revitalization of the historic park on Zgorzelecka Street and the surroundings of Pückler Palace in Bolesławiec
Task value: 4 900 000 zł, own contribution 490 000 zł, Polish Deal Programme funding of 4 410 000 zł – preliminary promise. The project aims to organize the park space so that it harmonizes compositionally with the surroundings of Pückler Palace, which is being adapted as the new seat of the Museum of Ceramics. Paths and walkways need to be built in the park. New plantings are needed, as well as a relaxation and recreation zone for families with children. Small-scale architecture, benches and play equipment for the youngest visitors must be provided.
Zones for people wishing to enjoy nature and read books are also planned. LED lighting will be installed to ensure safety. - Centers of Traditional Crafts on the Via Fabrilis Route
Total task value: 6 910 889 zł, including 4 059 927 zł in own funds and 2 850 962 zł in Interreg Czechia–Poland funding. The project is being implemented in three partner cities: Bolesławiec, Kłodzko and Jaroměř in the Czech Republic. It consists of workshops and demonstrations promoting traditional crafts and exhibitions. In addition, four permanent displays and seven themed temporary exhibitions will be created, along with the purchase of appropriate equipment.
The project involves demolishing the existing former pottery building and constructing a new service building for the Center of Traditional Pottery in Bolesławiec, with comprehensive site development at the new location beside the renovated Museum of Ceramics on Zgorzelecka Street. The task also includes moving the pottery kiln and chimney to the new location on Zgorzelecka Street. - Construction of a preschool in the left-bank part of the city – Kwiatowe housing estate
Task value: 8 274 462 zł. 2022 task value: 4 402 424 zł.
The task concerns construction of the preschool building and site development.
The preschool will have six groups for 150 children, each with a full sanitary facility, a meal distribution area, a small gym, a children’s cloakroom, a sensory room, and administrative and technical facilities.
The building was designed as energy-efficient and will include low-temperature underfloor heating, heat pumps, mechanical ventilation with heat recovery, a photovoltaic installation, triple-glazed windows and a rainwater tank. Construction is scheduled to continue until June 2022, after which the building will be furnished and equipped. - Road renovation – Zabobrze Street
Task value: 180 000 zł. The task includes constructing a new asphalt road surface along the section from Hanoi restaurant to Zabobrze Street. - Modernization of street lighting in the western and southern parts of Lower Silesia
Task value: 11 699 165 zł, including 2 925 961 zł in own funds and 8 773 204 zł in funding under the Lower Silesian Regional Operational Programme. The project involves modernizing 3 655 existing lighting fixtures with modern LED road-lighting fixtures, replacing and installing poles, replacing 2.5 km of oil-filled cable located on Sądowa and Daszyńskiego streets with copper cable, and installing the Smart Lights Intelligent Lighting Management System.
The project will generate savings by reducing electricity demand and will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Annual savings are estimated at 582 051.08 zł*, while the reduction in CO2 emissions (the estimated annual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared with the situation before reconstruction) is estimated at 59.72%.
* It should be remembered that the distribution price may change (Tauron Dystrybucja has not yet announced the tariffs for 2022), as may the VAT rate on electricity. - “Blooming Meadows” Cooperation Network
Total task value: 234 000 zł, including 35 100 zł in own funds and 198 900 zł in Interreg Czechia–Poland funding. The project is being implemented in two partner cities: Bolesławiec and Hrádek nad Nisou in the Czech Republic. Its aim is to create a network of cooperating units that will introduce and promote a wildflower meadow system in their areas. The area of flowering meadows to be created in Bolesławiec is 2.3 ha, and in Hrádek nad Nisou 0.76 ha. - Zero-emission public transport in the Municipality of Bolesławiec
Task value: 2 644 500 zł, including 1 007 000 zł in own funds and 1 637 500 zł in funding from NFOŚiGW. The task includes purchasing one zero-emission electric bus powered exclusively by an electric motor, together with accompanying infrastructure—a charger. - Development of the Water and Sports Center at 24 Spacerowa Street
Value of the first stage of the task, consisting of an outdoor pool zone with social and technical facilities: 25 000 000 zł. 2022 task value: 1 000 000 zł.
The general program assumption is the revitalization, supplementation and expansion of the functions of MOSiR facilities. The project envisages an attractive and functional family recreation complex, space for cultural and entertainment events, and sports facilities that could meet residents’ needs while also serving as a complete, professional sports and accommodation base for local and national sports clubs.
The project includes organizing the entrance zone, separating clearly defined functional zones—outdoor pools, outdoor courts, recreation and accommodation facilities—designing proper internal circulation, providing enough parking spaces and organizing technical facilities. - Modernization and expansion of the municipal stadium
Task value: 6 918 580 zł, including 4 918 580 zł in own funds and 2 000 000 zł in funding from MSiT. The task includes construction of a category IVA athletics arena, stands and technical infrastructure. - Expansion of the photovoltaic installation at the wastewater treatment plant – Związek Międzygminny Bóbr
Task value: 2 200 000 zł, own contribution 55 000 zł (55 000 from Gmina Miejska Bolesławiec and 55 000 from Gmina Bolesławiec), Polish Deal Programme funding of 2 090 000 zł – preliminary promise.
The task includes expanding photovoltaic installations by installing micro-photovoltaic systems and connecting them to the electricity grid at the following locations: the wastewater treatment plant—an installation with a capacity of 300 kWp,
SUW Rakowice—an installation with a capacity of 150 kWp,
SUW Nowe—an installation with a capacity of 50 kWp. - Development of a concept for connecting existing bicycle paths
Task value: 350 000 zł. The project will connect existing cycling routes by analyzing their course and designating alternative routes and links to connect them with the Lower Silesian Cycling Highway and Lower Silesian Cycle Route. - Construction of Orląt Lwowskich Street
Task value: 1 462 337 zł. The task concerns construction of a 423 m-long road with an asphalt surface, a concrete-paver sidewalk on the right side and an asphalt shared pedestrian and cycle path on the left. The carriageway will be 5–6 m wide, the sidewalk 2.0 m wide in clear width, and the shared path 3–3.5 m wide.
Rainwater from the road will be discharged into the planned stormwater drainage system through street inlets and service connections.
The project includes a new power network for street lighting with 15 LED lamps. - Construction of Major “Hubal” Street
Task value: 650 550 zł. The task concerns construction of a 114 m-long asphalt road bordered by a curb. A cycle path with an asphalt surface and a concrete-paver sidewalk will be located on the right side. The carriageway will be 5.5 m wide, while the sidewalk and cycle path will each have a clear width of 2.0 m.
The task includes a new power network for street lighting with four LED lamps and a stormwater drainage system with inlets. - Construction of Powstańców Warszawy Street
Task value: 1 941 203 zł. The task concerns construction of a 423 m-long road with an asphalt surface, a concrete-paver sidewalk on the right and an asphalt shared pedestrian and cycle path on the left. The carriageway will be 5–6 m wide, the sidewalk 2.0 m wide in clear width, and the shared path 3–3.5 m wide.
Rainwater from the road will be discharged into the planned stormwater drainage system through street inlets and service connections.
The project includes a new power network for street lighting with 15 LED lamps. - Construction of Nadrzeczna Street – stage 1
Task value: 632 833 zł. The task concerns construction of a 155 m-long road.
It includes an asphalt carriageway, a concrete-paver sidewalk on the right and an asphalt shared pedestrian and cycle path on the left. Rainwater from the road will be discharged into the planned stormwater drainage system through street inlets and service connections. - Construction of Sosnowa Street
Task value: 550 000 zł.
The task concerns construction of a road with lighting and drainage under a design-and-build arrangement. The contract includes constructing an approximately 168 m-long road section from Modrzewiowa Street to the boundary with plot no. 174/3 on Sosnowa Street. - Construction of lighting for the multi-purpose sports field in the Kwiatowe housing estate
Task value: 55 000 zł.
The task concerns construction of lighting for the multi-purpose sports field under a design-and-build arrangement. The contract includes installing four floodlights with light sources on 10 m-high poles with 0.5 m-long type B crossbars. - Municipal Cemetery – Śluzowa Street
Construction of seven columbaria: 220 000 zł; purchase and installation of chapel sound equipment: 35 000 zł. - MZGM – other services
- management of the municipality’s housing stock: 9 695 626 zł,
- payments to renovation funds: 1 758 000 zł,
- maintenance of the municipal cemetery: 1 515 990 zł,
- street cleaning: 3 230 000 zł,
- greenery maintenance: 2 545 850 zł,
- renovation of sidewalks, stairs, access routes to buildings and internal roads, and operation of the parking meter on Gdańska Street: 220 800 zł,
- operation of public toilets, fountains, hydrants and play equipment, and maintaining the city’s appearance: 760 850 zł.