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The mayor of Cartagena, Jose Lopez, took stock of his first year in office municipalanunciando thanks to the responsible management carried out in recent months, the City will achieve forward six years, the amortization of the debt with the Ministry of Finance since 2012, it has gone from 33.5 million in that year to 23.3 million euros in December 2015, which was scheduled to pay off debt in 2022 and eventually will be made throughout this year 2016, thus recovering the consistory financial autonomy.
As explained Lopez, this will be possible thanks to two extraordinary income on the one hand, the guarantee of Repsolpor value of 24.5 million euros in payment of the final settlement of the construction of the new facilities of the refinery in Escombreras and, on the other hand, they have also rescued 13.8 million euros in guarantees from CC1, urbanization of Cartagena Centro 1.
Thus, we will be operated and during the second year of this legislature mayor may act as mayor of Cartagena, go to banks, to invest, hire staff, we have some free budgets, assured Jose Lopez.
In addition to improving the financial situation, the mayor has also excelled in the stock of his first year in office other achievements in the field of the economy, such as sanitation of public funds;
culture and heritage, as is the signature, the next day 22, the assignment of Monte and Atalaya Castle, which until now belonged to the state;
or performances in districts and councils, 7,219 in total, highlighting 30,000 square meters of improved public and via access through asphalt plan.
In response to questions raised by the media, the mayor has returned to defend creation, to Cartagena, the second province in the region, because it is necessary to have more weight in Madrid, as well as the legislative capital is for our city, something that should be included in the articles of the Statute of Autonomy, and will be an initiative by the socialist group will take us to the Regional Assembly.
For Jose Lopez, this is not separatism, we keep adding, never split multiplied so much, as evidenced by the rm / 2 = rm squared (Murcia divided by two equals Murcia squared) equation
THE CITY RECOVER YOUR FINANCIAL AUTONOMY
This new outlook has come, in the words of the mayor, thanks to a serious, honest and professional work of the council of finance and municipal technicians, in a process that the mayor has called high management.
Jose Lopez has contextualized the reasons that led the council to be involved, have product in the drawers bills worth 35.5 million euros, an amount repaid by an ICO loan provided by the Ministry and whose interest start was 8, 5%, although then it would lower the interest rate.
Therefore, the debt rose to contract with the state administration.
The councilman pointed out that thanks to the reduction in the achieved deficit in the first months of government, the Ministry and authorized the City Council, since December last year, addressed to the banks and to renegotiate the debt, which already represented a first He passed.
But it remained to solve the matter of priority;
amortize the nearly 23.3 million euros that the City still owed the Ministry of Finance and raise government intervention, an issue that will be a reality in no more than two months, he has stated this morning Lopez.
The money needed to lift the state government intervention comes from an inspection not to date a major multinational based in the municipality, which has resulted in extraordinary income of 24.5 million euros, in final settlement installation.
Of those 24.5 million euros, 23.3 will go to settle the debt with the Ministry of Finance, while the remainder will be spent on more pressing issues.
The Council already has a first demand bank guarantee for this amount, so that the Consistory is enabled to withholding credit, while the collateral will be effective on August 5.
Jose Lopez welcomed the consequences that flow from this uprising, such as making investments with surplus or hire the staff necessary to provide the City Council technicians required in essential services, in short, we have a free budget of inherited burdens of previous Executive, stressed the mayor.
The mayor thanked all those who have brought us this far.
The success is theirs.
My work has been knowing how to delegate, he reiterated Lopez, who welcomed the cartageneros again become the owners of the City Council.
To this amount, the councilman added that must be added 13.8 million euros rescued from the guarantees of the developer of the CC1.
Some of that money will go to pay the former owners, other sum to develop the area and to cover the remaining investments in adjacent locations.
FIRST YEAR OF GOVERNMENT, A NEW LINE OF POLICY MANAGEMENT
The mayor pointed out that asked for mayor the first two years to clean up City Hall and fight corruption, something that is not going as fast as we all want but still affecting, in response to the prosecution, judges and investigating, also, he added Lopez, municipal funds to repair and reorganize the city Council, operating services, opening drawers and stop the bleeding.
Regarding the claims of the opposition, he said the alderman, electoral programs are for four años.Cambiar dynamics disastrous management for twenty years costs a lot of work, he asserted.
The basis on which has built its management are, in the words of alderman, work, effort, media management, honesty, determination and, above all, the interests of Cartagena and Cartagena.
first twelve months in which the municipal government, which did not receive the transfer of power from the previous government team, has found surprises like the artificial turf of the trough had not been paid and could call the guarantee on parents This situation has been remedied.
Another fundamental premises on the performance of the municipal government is that the city is once again an open house, the house of all Cartagena, thus referring to continued meetings held with neighbors, groups and associations.
MAIN AXES OF ACTION
Lopez has shelled some of the lines of management carried out by the local executive:
absolute transparency in public and encouraging business participation hiring, which has led to considerably increase the concurrency of companies, citing the example of the 56 companies that chose to maintaining public roads with consequent savings that caused this competition.
Establishment of a strategic plan for grants.
Creation of Commissions of Inquiry Old Town and the extra cost of Auditorio El Batel.
Speaker neighborhood claims and the Hospital del Rosell;
breakwaters of Los Urrutias;
the problems of farmers and the college of La Aljorra, among others.
In social policy, we have advanced in the Bureau of Housing;
Antidesahucios Office and the City Commission of Drug Dependence.
We went with the approval of the plenary, the first municipality in the region the first municipality to apply for hosting refugees.
It has also listed some action of solidarity character as performed dates back to the people of Ecuador and the assignment to different social groups in the building El Cuco.
In sports, it recovers the Sports Gala and have launched the soccer fields 600 and Jose Maria Lapuerta that tender will start shortly.
In equity, you are making a map to know the steps in the consolidation and enhancement of heritage, highlighting the appointment of the Director General of Heritage, Carmen Berrocal.
We have made progress in the excavation of the lake with a temporary solution until we have funding and is working on a new phase of excavation in the neighborhood of the Roman Forum.
As valorization of intangible heritage of Cartagena, we have organized the Year of Modernism and we are working on next year in the Year of the Enlightenment year.
He also alluded to the work done in the search for European funds as well as the reception 22 Atalaya Castle will become municipal property will be signed.
In culture, they have recovered festivals like Much More May;
combined culture and youth, has created the Gala Subjective as a platform of expression for young artists;
tourism, have been made throughout the year exhibitions and guided tours and record-breaking attendance at Port of Cultures, stressing the importance of enhancing the Convention Bureau and participation in all forums and organizing sports events .
Regarding the price of water, Lopez has advocated doing a professional and thorough analysis requiring the concessionaire all the information necessary to verify the veracity of the reports received, lamenting that today the company has not provided the necessary information to make that job.
The mayor has argued that the City will continue to investigate for the company to have to return to cartageneros what the company has overcharged.
In terms of infrastructure in districts and councils, has indicated, there have been 7219 performances.
This action plan attached to the various maintenance contracts and some own municipal brigades has been reinforced by other small performances under contracts amounted to a turnover of 211,582 euros.
BENEFITS OF BIPROVINCIALIDAD
At the request of the press, the mayor has spoken finally on the benefits that would result in the whole region following the establishment of a hypothetical second province.
The proposal comes biprovincialidad entail the recognition of the city of Cartagena as legislative capital, a matter which should be reflected in the provisions of the Statute of Autonomy, in the words of Jose Lopez.
The underlying reason, has held the mayor, it is the necessary certainty to gain weight in Madrid.
It's not about separatism, but add, has continued Lopez, who has staged the mathematical equation that is dividing the region into two to multiply the square.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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