It is clear after a meeting of the chairmanship on Tuesday. It was VG who first mentioned the case. Mayor Eva Vinje Aurdal says that she is disappointed that they have not been told how much of the costs linked to municipal division will be covered by the state, and says that the municipality is in a serious situation. – When the ministry cannot give us an answer as to when we can be assured that the costs will be covered, this creates a difficult situation for Ålesund. Ålesund cannot bear these costs, and therefore we see ourselves forced to ask the Storting to change the division decision, says Aurdal. The municipal management will request a meeting with the authorities to discuss the matter. According to Eva Vinje Aurdal, the matter will be dealt with in an extraordinary municipal council meeting as soon as possible Photo: Øyvind Sandnes / news Strong opposition to amalgamation In June 2022, flags went up when it became clear that the Storting agreed to let Haram become its own municipality again. They thus became the first forcibly merged municipality that was allowed to separate. In 2017, it was decided that Haram would be forcibly merged with Ålesund, and from January 2020 they became part of the new large municipality of Sunnmøre. Since then, many in the old municipality have struggled to get out. Afraid of the cost of municipal division After the decision on municipal division was made, the politicians in Ålesund have been worried that they will be left with black money if not all the costs of separating Haram are covered by the state. The municipality has financial problems, and is in danger of ending up on the Robeklista. Ålesund municipality believes it will cost as much as NOK 237 million to cover the costs of separating Haram. It is more than the entire amount set aside in the state budget for county and municipal divisions. Must create two new municipalities When, or if, Ålesund is split up, two completely new municipalities must be created: new Ålesund municipality and new Haram municipality. To reduce the bill, Ålesund proposed that the current municipality could be retained as a legal entity. VG wrote that it would mean that one “only” needed to separate out matters that were to be Haram, while everything else could be included in the new and smaller Ålesund municipality. But the Government believed that the legislation does not allow for such a solution. Also read:
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