Winterthur cancels subsidy cut
The Winterthur City Council has revoked the extraordinary reduction in subsidies for the Musikkollegium Winterthur, which was decided as part of a budget restructuring program, with effect from the 2019 contribution year.
While the budget restructuring program was the reason for this extraordinary measure five years ago, the necessary conditions are no longer met today, writes the city. The temporary increase in the municipal tax rate, which was also decided as a restructuring measure, has therefore been reversed by the Grand Municipal Council with reference to the easing of the city's financial situation.
As a result, the City Council considered it appropriate and contractually advisable to cancel the subsidy cuts to the two affected institutions, Musikkollegium Winterthur and Swiss Science Center Technorama, from 2019. The City Council is responsible for reversing this cost-cutting measure. The Grand Municipal Council has also approved the budget adjustment requested by the City Council.
The reversal is all the more justified, according to the city, as the contributions for all other subsidized cultural institutions have already been adjusted by the Grand Municipal Council as part of the overall assessment of the fixed-term contracts on the one hand, and as part of the museum concept on the other.
