Legal dispute for order money: Nümbrechter wins in court!

Legal dispute for order money: Nümbrechter wins in court!

A legal dispute over a warning fee of 200 euros that the municipal council of Nümbrecht had imposed against Iris Kunadt has now been decided before the Cologne Administrative Court. The Council consider the publication of two non -public documents on Kunadt's website "Hello Rathaus" as a violation of the duty of confidentiality. This is explained in a report by ksta.de . The majority of the council voted for the fine, only Rainer Galunder von der WGHL spoke out against this measure.

The negotiation took place on Thursday, but no judgment was made. Instead, the parties agreed to withdraw the fine. However, Iris Kunadt, who is without welfare, has been obliged to remove certain documents from your website. These documents were published in May 2023 and included a correspondence with the local supervision and excerpts from a confidential template that refers to the new household and the preservation of the parking hotel.

legal reasoning

While the Council of the municipality of Nümbrecht made the decision to account for her publications for her publications, Kunadt argued in a written statement that the publication was legal. She referred to the municipal regulations of North Rhine-Westphalia, which stipulates that non-public parts of a council meeting may only be decided on request. This reasoning was not fully supported by Andrea Saynisch, the chairman of the Greens faction, because it did not see any legal expertise and therefore abstained.

Mayor Hilko Speitiius declared Kunadt for biased and did not say a word in the further course of the meeting. In the negotiation, the judge made it clear that Kunadt should have been given the opportunity to comment during the council meeting, but this had not happened. Your opinion was not found in the minutes of the session course, which in question.

The next steps

After the judge's decision, it is up to the community whether she picks up the matter again and possibly makes a new decision. This procedure could have an impact on future decisions of the Council, especially with regard to the assessment of violations of the obligation to confuse. In this context, the incident also raises questions about transparency and control within local committees.