Finance: The Court of Auditors finds savings potential in Hesse’s cities

Goni people Court of Auditors With the current city report 2025, we look in detail at the budget situation of cities, districts and towns in 2024. The new President Uwe Becker, former CDU Minister of Finance, wants to present this analysis for the first time today in Wiesbaden.

The 2025 Cities Report takes a closer look at 71 cities, including counties, cities and municipalities. “An audit volume of around six billion euros and potential savings of around 35.1 million euros have been identified,” explained the control authority based in Darmstadt – and so far away from the state capital Wiesbaden in the interests of independence.

In the so-called specialist audit, the Court of Auditors also analyzed IT security issues and refugee accommodation costs. According to the information, the auditors also looked at the “resilience of selected cities.” This primarily includes civil protection in schools.

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