City Council Meeting 1/19

Photo of Clemens Löcke at the opening of the session

Clemens Löcke, acting as chair, opens the meeting

Clemens Löcke (CDU), the council member with the longest tenure on the council, presided over the constituent council meeting.

At the beginning of the meeting, a minute of silence was observed for First City Councilor Eric Neiseke, who passed away last Friday. A second minute of silence was observed for former council member Rainer Armbrust, who passed away in October.

Following the opening remarks, Mayor Frank Klingebiel confirmed that a quorum was present and administered the oath of office to the council members in accordance with Section 60 of the Lower Saxony Local Government Constitution Act (NKomVG), as well as the briefing on their duties pursuant to Section 43 of the NKomVG.

Photo of Michael Letter upon his election as council chair

Michael Letter (center) was unanimously elected council chair

Regarding the rest of the agenda and the results:

Election of the Council Chair and Resolution on the Deputy Chair, 0001/19: Michael Letter (SPD) was unanimously elected as Council Chair. He is represented as Council Chair by the First Mayor and the Second Mayor. The vote on this procedure was unanimous.

Michael Letter then took over as chair of the meeting. Further agenda items and resolutions followed:

Adoption of the agenda
Announcement of the formed political groups and the seating arrangement
Unanimously adopted: Resolution on the rules of procedure for the City Council, the Administrative Committee, the City Council committees, and the City Council committees established under special legal provisions, as well as the local councils of the City of Salzgitter (City Council Rules of Procedure) for the 19th legislative term, 0004/19
Postponed to the January Council meeting: Amendment to draft resolution 0004/19 regarding “Adoption of the Rules of Procedure for the City Council, the Administrative Committee, the City Council committees, and the City Council committees established under special legal provisions, as well as the local councils of the City of Salzgitter (City Council Rules of Procedure) for the 19th legislative term”—specifically: recording the voting behavior of political groups/factions/independent elected officials, 0034/19
postponed to the January Council meeting: Amendment to Draft Resolution 0004/19 on Strengthening Residents’ Rights and Citizen Participation in the Council Rules of Procedure, 0036/19
Unanimously adopted: Amendment to Draft Resolution 0004/19 regarding “Resolution on the Rules of Procedure for the City Council, the Administrative Committee, the City Council committees, and the City Council committees established under special legal provisions, as well as the local councils of the City of Salzgitter (City Council Rules of Procedure) for the 19th legislative term”—specifically: Allowing for a sufficient review period prior to the resolution, 0037/19
postponed to the January session of the Council: Amendment to Resolution Proposal 0004/19 “Resolution on the Rules of Procedure for the City Council, the Administrative Committee, the City Council Committees, and the City Council Committees established under special legal provisions, as well as the local councils of the City of Salzgitter (City Council Rules of Procedure) for the 19th legislative term,” here: Retention of written responses to residents’ questions, 0038/19

Note on the Rules of Procedure: The adopted amendment 0037/19 means that the new Rules of Procedure will be addressed at the Council meeting in January 2027. Until then, the current Rules of Procedure remain in effect.

Unanimously adopted: Formation of the Administrative Committee, 0002/19

Christian Striese was unanimously elected mayor.

Tobias Bey (SPD) was elected deputy mayor by a majority vote

Election of the Mayor’s volunteer representatives and determination of the order of succession: Christian Striese (CDU) was unanimously elected First Mayor, and Tobias Bey (SPD) was elected by a simple majority.
Approved by a majority: Formation and appointment of council committees and appointment of operational committees; allocation of committee chairmanships and determination of the meeting schedule, 0003/19
Unanimously approved: Appointment of the Council of Elders, 0006/19
Unanimously approved: Confirmation of the employee representative for the works council of the municipal enterprise Salzgitter Grundstücksentwicklung (SZGE), 0017/19
Unanimously approved: Confirmation of the civil servant representatives for the SRB works council, 0008/19
Adopted by a majority vote (appeal thereby rejected as unfounded): Election appeal against the council election in Electoral District C filed by Mr. Gianluca Calabrese on September 24, 2026, 0015/19
Unanimously approved (appeal thereby rejected as unfounded): Election appeal against the council election of Mr. Ercan Kilic on September 24, 2026, 0016/19
Postponed for further deliberation: Election objection filed by Ms. Julia Nehring against the council election held on September 29, 2026, 0021/19
Approved by a majority vote: Election of representatives to the General Assembly of the Greater Braunschweig Regional Association, 0014/19
Passed unanimously: Conferral of the honorary title “Honorary Council Member” on outgoing council members, 0007/19

Bernd Retzki was elected city councilor for Department IV

Passed by a majority vote: Election of the head of Department IV; the mayor’s proposal to elect Mr. Bernd Retzki as city councilor for Department IV, 0026/19

The following are the motions (and, where applicable, amendments) submitted to the Council by the council caucuses and groups.
This was followed by a motion from a council caucus:

Rejected by a majority vote: Motion regarding a disciplinary complaint against Mayor Frank Klingebiel for a possible violation of organizational and supervisory duties in connection with the rally on February 17, 2024, at the Old Fire Station

At the end of the session, the agenda item “Questions and Answers” was addressed.

The council meeting was also broadcast live online at salzgitter.de. You can still watch the meeting for the next six months at the link below.

Council meetings live

You can find the detailed agenda in the Council Information System.

Agenda for the Constitutive Council Meeting on November 4, 2026 (opens in a new tab)

The council information system also contains agendas, documents and the minutes of past committee meetings. Information on the composition of the committees and planned meeting dates round off the service. Research is also possible.

The work of the political committees can thus be followed around the clock via the council information system.