Brochure explains the city's budget

Everyone pays taxes, fees and charges. However, many people are not aware of what happens to this money in detail. The annual budget brochure of the City of Offenbach helps you to understand what is financed by it.

Even for people who have previously perceived the economic and financial system as complicated and unwieldy, it is worth taking a look at the brochure. Technical terms and correlations are explained in a way that is easy to understand and illustrated with the help of graphics.

On around 50 pages, it describes what a budget is, how it is created and how much money is earmarked for the city's various areas of responsibility, such as child, youth and family welfare, culture and science or sports funding. Comparisons are also made with previous years and other cities.

"The people of Offenbach have a right to know what money is spent on in this city, where the money comes from and who actually makes the decisions on how much money is spent in the various areas," says City Treasurer Martin Wilhelm. "Especially in the current tense financial situation, it is important that people understand how the city draws up a budget and what challenges are involved."

Citizens can easily read what they are interested in in the new brochure.

Interested parties can find the printed version of the brochure in many city administration offices, the Offenbach City Information Office, district offices and some youth centers.

There is also an explanatory video on the municipal budget, which explains the topic in an easy-to-understand way. Interested parties can find the link to the video at www.offenbach.de/haushaltsvideo. The link below the video leads to the download of the budget brochure.