Digital revolution: Experience the local council meeting live on September 15th!

Digital revolution: Experience the local council meeting live on September 15th!

On September 5, 2025, the upcoming meeting of the municipal council on September 15, 2025 was announced. The agenda and the consultation documents are available on the official Mintraching website. This enables citizens to obtain transparent information about the issues at hand. According to the municipality's information, all relevant documents such as minutes and applications are in the digital council information system ALLRIS available. The use of ALLRIS also ensured that paper mailing for committee work was stopped.

Digital committee work in Mintraching is not only a step towards efficiency, but also part of a larger trend that has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The challenges that arose from the need for face-to-face meetings led to urgent decisions and circular resolutions that enabled the municipalities to continue to be able to act. The positive experiences gained so far with digital committee work have strengthened the desire for permanent hybrid meetings in the post-pandemic period. This development must also be seen in the context that public interest and a high level of transparency are required.

Digitalization as a challenge and opportunity

Digitalization is seen as the key to making volunteering more attractive and promoting strong public participation. While the framework conditions for digital committee meetings have been created by state legislatures, some challenges remain. For example, the requirements in the local constitutions of the various federal states are inconsistent when it comes to the implementation of hybrid meetings. In Lower Saxony, such meetings are largely permitted, while Saxony-Anhalt has more restrictive regulations.

In order to further advance the digital committee work, an upcoming webinar on November 25, 2025 will cover various topics, including technical equipment, data protection and dealing with technical disruptions. Such training courses are an important step in optimizing the framework conditions for digital committee work and meeting the increased requirements.

Overall, it shows that digitalization is not just a tool, but also a necessity for future committee work. Through access to digital platforms such as ALLRIS Efficiency is promoted and a broader public is reached. The upcoming meeting of the local council will certainly be a further step in this direction.