On November 14, 2022, the president of Bolesławiec, Piotr Roman/b> signed the draft resolution on the city’s budget for 2023. The draft provides for total budget revenue of PLN 278,409,540.98, including: current revenue of PLN 212,417,045.98 and capital revenue of PLN 65,992,495.

The total planned budget expenditure amounts to PLN 290,655,088.72, including: current expenditure of PLN 209,178,921.72 and capital expenditure of PLN 81,476,167 (investments: PLN 81,171,167; investment reserve: PLN 305,000).

The planned budget deficit is PLN 12,245,547.74, and will be financed from free funds referred to in Article 217(2)(6) of the Public Finance Act, unused funds in the budget’s current account resulting from the settlement of revenue and expenditure financed from them and connected with special budget-execution rules set out in separate acts, grants for implementing a programme, project or task financed with these funds, and proceeds from a loan from NFOŚiGW.

The draft budget includes a general budget reserve of PLN 300,000, representing 0.1% of total budget expenditure, as well as targeted reserves of PLN 4,575,680, representing 1.6% of total budget expenditure, intended to finance current expenditure—pay rises for teachers, severance payments and anniversary awards for employees of municipal organisational units, pay rises for employees of municipal organisational units, and crisis-management tasks—as well as investment expenditure (the municipality’s own contribution to aid projects and programmes, and investments and investment purchases).

For 2023, property tax and motor vehicle tax rates were set at levels 9.9% higher. The dog-ownership fee was not changed. Free municipal public transport (MZK) will continue.

The main investment tasks planned for 2023 include:

Modernisation of street lighting in the western and southern parts of Lower Silesia – PLN 13,191,776 in total, including: PLN 3,172,206 in own funds and PLN 10,019,570 in EFRR funding—the project includes, among other things, modernising the existing 3,148 lighting fixtures with modern LED road-lighting fixtures, and replacing and installing poles qualified for replacement;

  • Zero-emission public transport in the Urban Municipality of Bolesławiec – total plan of PLN 2,890,500, including: PLN 1,020,500 in own funds, PLN 1,770,000 in NFOŚiGW funding and a PLN 100,000 NFOŚiGW loan—purchase of a zero-emission bus, powered exclusively by an electric motor, together with accompanying infrastructure;
  • Modernisation and expansion of the municipal stadium – PLN 13,000,000;
  • Poland and Norway on the European Ceramic Route: bringing Bolesławiec and Porsgrunn into an international cooperation network of cities with ceramic traditions – PLN 30,154,674 in total, including: PLN 21,161,685 in own funds and PLN 8,992,989 in funding under the EEA FM. (The task is under way. It is being carried out in 2020–2024 under the “Culture” Programme (third edition of the EEA Funds), based on project co-financing agreement no. 81/2021/DZIAŁANIE1/MFEOG. The task concerns the restoration and adaptation of the building at ul. Zgorzelecka—the Pückler Palace—for the needs of the Museum of Ceramics, and converting the building for cultural use);
  • Revitalisation of the municipal park at ul. Zgorzelecka in Bolesławiec – PLN 5,400,000 in total, including PLN 990,000 in own funds and PLN 4,410,000 in Polish Deal funding;
  • Centres of traditional crafts on the Via Fabrilis route – PLN 6,200,273 in total, including: PLN 930,041 in own funds and PLN 5,270,232 in EFRR funding. “Centres of traditional crafts on the Via Fabrilis route” is being carried out in three partner cities: Bolesławiec, Kłodzko and Jaroměř in the Czech Republic. The task involves demolishing the existing former pottery workshop building and moving the pottery kiln and chimney to a new location (ul. Kutuzowa);
  • Development of the MOSiR site at ul. Spacerowa 24 in Bolesławiec – PLN 4,920,000;
  • Construction of two retention tanks in the Przylesie housing estate – PLN 1,000,000;
  • Construction of a kindergarten in the left-bank part of the city—the Kwiatowe housing estate – PLN 716,000 (a continuing task involving furnishing the facility);
  • Construction of ul. Irysów together with drainage – PLN 700,000;
  • Renovation of ul. Zabobrze from Hanoi – PLN 300,000 (task commenced);
  • Renovation of the road on ul. Obrońców Westerplatte in Bolesławiec – PLN 620,000 (task commenced);
  • Completing the cycling network with missing sections – PLN 300,000;
  • Adapting MPP No. 4 to fire-safety regulations – PLN 251,342
  • Funding for adapting rooms in Pavilion XV, part of the complex of the Regional Hospital for the Nervous and Mentally Ill in Bolesławiec, for the needs of the District Blood Collection Point – PLN 100,000;
  • Blooming Meadows – PLN 225,000 (continuation of the task);
  • Removal of asbestos-containing products – PLN 60,000;
  • Modernisation of municipal fountains – PLN 60,000;
  • Targeted grants from the Bolesławiec city budget for family allotment gardens – PLN 23,600;
  • Preparation of design documentation for a rollerblading and roller-skating track – PLN 60,000, preparation of documentation.

The budget does not include investment tasks of municipal companies. These tasks are very important for residents because they are aimed at meeting the community’s collective needs. The following are among the key investments planned by municipal companies:

  • MZGK:
    • Municipal Waste Disposal Plant in Trzebień—documentation and expansion of the green-waste composting facility – PLN 500,000; purchase of a machine: a wood chipper (shredder) for green waste – PLN 2,000,000 (external funds); construction of an enclosure for the mixed-waste storage area together with a ventilation and dust-removal system – PLN 1,700,000 (external funds);
    • Cleaning and Transport Plant—purchase of a specialist vehicle: a 21 m3capacity refuse truck – PLN 800,000; purchase of a goods vehicle with a tipper, up to 3.5 tonnes – PLN 130,000; purchase of a machine—a waste compactor container – PLN 90,000; purchase of 40 clothing and textile containers – PLN 120,000;
    • Road and Construction Works Plant—purchase of a recycler, a machine for processing mineral-asphalt mix – PLN 130,000.
  • ZEC:
    • construction of a heating connection at ul. Staroszkolna to commercial and service facilities – PLN 920,000;
    • construction of a heating connection to a multi-family residential building at ul. Gałczyńskiego – PLN 22,000;
    • preparation of design documentation for a distribution network to three multi-family residential buildings and a commercial and service pavilion at ul. Staroszkolna – PLN 30,000.
  • MZK:
    • installation of a photovoltaic system with a capacity of 50 kW – PLN 250,000.
  • TBS:
    • construction of two residential buildings (44 apartments) – PLN 15,000,000;
    • installation of a photovoltaic system with a capacity of 25 kW – PLN 125,000.
  • PWiK (owned by the “Bóbr” Intermunicipal Association):
    • expansion of the 50 kW cogeneration installation together with reconstruction of the biogas treatment installation and press station – PLN 2,250,000 (the task is planned for 2023–2024 for a total amount of PLN 4,500,000 / planned funding of at least 50% from the POIiŚ “FEnIKS” programme);
    • expansion of the stationary water-meter reading system using GSM and LoRa-WAN technology as part of Smart City – PLN 400,000;
    • construction of photovoltaic installations with a total capacity of 100 kWp at PWiK facilities – PLN 400,000 (co-financing from external sources);
    • replacement of the water-supply network on ul. Kosiby (250 m) and gen. A.E.F. Nila (2,000 m) – PLN 1,000,000.