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There is a new hill station in Titlis, Kriens has a moratorium on zoning and Göschenen has a new community office. An overview of the most important municipal results in Central Switzerland.
Canton of Lucerne
Ebikon: The Lucerne agglomeration community of Ebikon receives a parliament. Voters approved an initiative that was launched jointly by the six local parties with 77.6 percent of votes in favor. It was the fifth time in the past 50 years that Ebikon voted to create a parliament.
The communal vote on the Sagenmatt subzone plan, which was also planned, was omitted. Lucerne’s governing council canceled the deal on Tuesday due to deficiencies in the voting message.
Hitzkirch: In the Seetal community there was a battle election for the five city council seats, the first municipal council election since the merger of Hitzkirch with Altwis. Four of the five seats could be filled. David Affentranger was elected mayor, Daniel Eugster, Rebekka Renz and Hugo Beck are the elected councilors. The deadline to submit entries for the second ballot for the remaining seat is October 1.
Hochdorf: The Avanti school building can be renovated and expanded for 17 million francs. The people accepted the special loan with 2,769 votes in favor and 656 against.
Kriens: A 15-year zoning moratorium was adopted in the agglomeration community of Lucerne. Voters approved the corresponding initiative with 5,564 votes in favor and 4,939 against. Since there are still reserves of land under construction, Kriens may continue to grow, but future projects will be blocked.
Root: The rooters have accepted the special loan of 9.2 million francs for a new construction of the workshop and the fire station. Construction is scheduled to begin in spring 2021, and the new buildings should be ready for occupancy in August 2022.
Willisau: In the rural community of Lucerne, after the merger with Gettnau, new elections for the city council were held. André Marti, cantonal councilor of the FDP, is the new president of the city. CVP’s Daniel Bammert was also elected mayor on Sunday. The three previous councilors were confirmed. The political-party composition of the body remains unchanged.
Canton of Obwalden
Engelberg: The new cable car can be built on the Titlis, the hill station can be expanded, and the directional tower can be converted into a restaurant. The corresponding zoning plan change was clearly accepted, with 1,383 votes in favor and 479 against. The resort has hired Swiss star architects Herzog & de Meuron for the new construction and expansion.
The Engelbergs also voted on the location of the pool. This remains at Sonnenberg, a transfer to Sporting Park was refused.
Lungern: Two vacant seats on the city council must be filled, but there will be a second vote. CVP’s Josef Berchtold was elected with 821 votes, but the second seat remains vacant. CVP member Wendelin Imfeld lost the absolute majority of 541 votes by just under 12 votes.
Canton of Schwyz
Schwyz: The municipality of Schwyz provides financial support to Rotenfluebahn Mythenregion AG, with a loan guarantee of 2 million francs. Voters approved the matter with 4,450 votes in favor and 1954 against. Rotenfluebahn is struggling with liquidity bottlenecks due to interest payments and amortizations.
Kanton Uri
Altdorf: There were no surprises in the municipal council general elections. The former Pascal Ziegler (FDP), Andreas Bossart (FDP), Marlies Rieder (CVP), Bernhard Schuler (CVP) and Sebastian Züst (SP) are re-elected. Pascal Ziegler succeeds Urs Kälin, who is leaving office, as mayor. Esther Imholz of CVP and Marian Balli of SP applied for the two seats that were left vacant; both were chosen.
Attinghausen: The community can participate in the Attinghausen-Brüsti AG cable car. Citizens clearly accepted the request: 638 people voted in favor, 159 against. Attinghausen can now buy shares in the cable car for just over 400,000 Swiss francs, which corresponds to 40 percent of the cable car’s share capital. In addition, the cable car receives an interest-free loan of CHF 500,000.
Göschenen: The practice of a former doctor in Villa Bergruh can be converted into a community office. The required loan of 320,000 francs was accepted with 154 votes in favor to 46 against. The parish chancery is currently in a barracks that was originally intended as a temporary solution.
Seedorf: The first municipal council for the time after the merger of Seedorf and Bauen is in place. All seven terms were granted on the first ballot. The two municipalities will merge on January 1, 2021.
Silence: The loan of 2.4 million Swiss francs for Bristen’s road construction projects from 2020 to 2025 was clearly accepted, with 780 in favor to 149 votes against.
Canton of Zug
Baar: In Baar, the partial revision of the land use plan and building regulations was accepted. Specifically, it is about the zoning of the currently undeveloped area Unterfeld, on which, among other things, three skyscrapers will be built. Almost 65 percent said yes.
Risch: In the second attempt, the loan for the renovation of the Binzmühle estate arrived. In 2019, the project was narrowly rejected. Now that the loan has been reduced by 1.5 million francs to 7.7 million, it was accepted with 2,575 votes in favor and 1,216 against.
Zug: The people of Zug will have a new recycling center. A loan of 21 million was accepted with an 88 percent of votes in favor.
