Deputy Mayor and Councillor of the Department of Economic Strategy, Employment, Innovation, Business and Trade, Ana Belén Castejon, announced Friday in full its intention to dissolve the Municipal Institute of Coastal Services (IMSEL), of which he is president, because it is an inefficient, expensive body and causing excessive economic effort to municipal coffers.
Ana Belén Castejon explained that this measure will depend workers of City Hall and municipal expenditures will be reduced considerably.
Lagestión that until now had been developing this agency will depend on the area of ​​Decentralization and Transparency that directs the mayor Juan Pedro Torralba.
The president of IMSEL recalled that when they reached the Government in June 2015 found a chaotic situation in this body, which had a budget of 3,459,756 euros.
He had unpaid bills in the drawer of previous years, underused machinery or obsolescence conditions manifest arbitrariness in decision-making and fines for lack Seprona waste treatment, stressed Ana Belén Castejon.
In fact, the president of IMSEL can not quantify the debt of this body because unpaid bills from previous years no longer appear.
A few days ago the owner of a commercial earthworks called a bill of 2013, amounting to 7,856 euros, which was still to pay.
We do not know when they can raise new claims, explained Castejon.
So far, they have been quantified unpaid bills since 2013 by worth about 90,000 euros.
Add to that the fact that the IMSEL had about five expired contracts without tender as the collection and treatment of waste beaches or maintenance of playground equipment adds.
In this situation we have conducted a comprehensive study and have concluded that the best option is to dissolve this body.
In fact, it has been awarded the Lifesaving Service for just under 203,000 euros, ie almost 145,000 euros less than the previous contractor was awarded, Carlos Rosique, the Popular Party, has stated Deputy Mayor.
The decision to dissolve the IMSEL is supported by a report of the municipal intervention is advisable pointing managing a direct way by the City.
This same document recalls that the transfer does not mean an increase in spending Ayuntamiento quite the contrary, () can generate derived from a simplification of administrative procedures economies more favorable economic conditions in hiring and a better redistribution of effective, which ultimately would lead to more effective and efficient management of resources públicos¿.
For all this, Castejon has announced that in the coming weeks and when you are sure that this change does not hinder the maintenance and conservation of beaches, formal proposal to dissolve the IMSEL will be full.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena