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The Local Government Board of Cartagena has approved on Tuesday the draft municipal budgets for 2017, presented on Tuesday by the mayor, José López;
The Delegate Councilor for Finance, Contracting and Patrimony, Isabel García;
And the councilman of the Area of ​​Finance and Interior, Human Resources, Public Safety and Public Road, Francisco Aznar.
The budgets, the first with a heading for investments proposed and voted directly by the citizens, this year amounted to 188,748,551 euros, an increase of 0.15% over that of 2016.
Thus, after making the government team the technical adjustments that have proved necessary and that prevented the approval of the project last month, the mayor of Cartagena has ensured that these are budgets "to serve and serve the Cartagena, putting the accent In people and in their priority needs, as the essential will of local government. "
The First Edil of Cartagena has explained that the line of work that has been followed with the project of the Budgets for 2017 is "to attend to the ordinary and extraordinary needs of the Cartagena people, improving their quality of life from the respect to their material patrimony, Immaterial and environmental, and all this with professional and rigorous work, created by the municipal technicians of the different areas. "
For the first time, the budgets of the City Council of Cartagena include a program with a credit equivalent to 50% of the investments not committed to the participatory budgets, an experience with which the local government has wanted to encourage the participation of neighbors and groups of the municipality.
In addition, the Councilor of Finance has highlighted, has sought the collaboration of the Neighborhood Boards and other political groups, who have been able to have a draft budgets more than a month in advance to make their contributions to it.
At the same time, he stressed that "improving the care and quality of life of Carthaginians from the City is viable thanks to an unchanging dynamics of optimizing spending and responsible and efficient management of public resources."
In this improvement of the quality of life "the important increase in the real investments, to attend needs in infrastructures, decontamination and restoration of soils or attention to districts and councils has an important influence".
The mayor stressed that "the times of great works and projects is something of the past," since "there is now a municipality project, Cartagena is a whole that we must attend and the draft budget 2017 is the ideal tool for it" .
Within this municipality project, the policies of sustainable development and respect for the environment have been strengthened. For this purpose, the city noise map has been updated in order to elaborate the necessary action plans to minimize the levels of Noise in urban agglomeration.
As important is the commitment to the knowledge, preservation and disclosure of the tangible and intangible heritage of Cartagena.
Contemplating different ways to make it possible;
From the archaeological heritage to the revaluation of our folklore or characteristic constructions, such as windmills, for which it has indicated that it will continue as a line of work "to deepen the inner knowledge to expose the wealth of the municipality" with initiatives such as the 'Year of the Enlightenment', to be held during 2017.
Thus, budgets will allow the reduction of 11 million euros of the debt of the City Council, which is why, highlighted by Isabel García, at the end of 2017 the debt will be 108 million euros.
MORE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS
The mayor of the Treasury has announced that the budget for the Neighborhood Boards increases in 2017 18% on average since, although in total terms the figures for 2016 are maintained, the expense for the maintenance of gardens is directly assumed by the City Council, Although that money has not been subtracted. "
This increase in budget, Garcia recalled, has arisen from the meetings he has held, together with the Councilor for Decentralization and Citizen Participation, with all the presidents of the Neighborhood Boards of Cartagena, to know the needs of the neighbors and groups of their Territorial demarcations.
REDUCTION OF IBI AND INCREASE IN INDIRECT TAXES
As pointed out by the councilor of the Treasury, the reduction of the tax rate of the Real Estate Tax of urban nature, which is included in chapter 1 of the project, will be 10%, although the increase of other taxes within this section dampens This variation so that there is a decrease of 1.42%, which means a reduction of 1,445,686 euros.
On the other hand, Chapter 2, of Indirect Taxes, foresees a revenue increase of 243,000 euros due to the increase of the Tax on constructions, installations and works, as well as of the projected variations in the transfer of taxes from the State.
INCREASE IN THE COLLECTION OF WASTE AND REDUCTION OF COLLECTION BY CHAIRS IN VELADORES AND FINES
In chapter 3, which includes tax and other revenues, the budget is reduced by 3.08% compared to 2016, which translates into 1,090,000 euros less than in 2016. Thus, although the household waste collection service is Increased by 1.82%, the rate of treatment of solid waste decreased by almost 375,000 euros, as it stopped pouring other municipalities into the plant.
In addition, the issuance of documents and the entry of vehicles through the sidewalks increase their budgets, as well as the rate of general interest supplies, which include gas, electricity and telephony.
On the other hand, the rate for chairs in night stands decreases, due to the elimination of the surcharge to night stands with facilities in the flight;
The provision of educational services in kindergartens for the introduction of new reduced rates;
And sports services, also for the introduction of new bonuses.
In turn, fines for traffic violations and environmental fines are reduced by 587,000 and 232,000 euros, respectively.
In addition, the budget of 2017 has two more items, referring to La Mar de Músicas and the Cartagena Jazz Festival, since since last year the City Council has managed the box office of both festivals and controls their revenues.
On the other hand, chapter 5 of the budgets incorporates an item related to the interest of the participatory loan granted to the company Cartagena Alta Velocidad SA, to manage the arrival of the AVE to Cartagena.
INCREASE IN PERSONAL EXPENDITURE
Francisco Aznar has disaggregated the data referring to the expenditure of personnel for 2017. Thus, he has described this project as "the budgets of the consolidation of the employment in the City council of Cartagena".
And is that, he explained, has increased by 4 million euros over last year, so that amounts to 67 million euros.
Thus, 1,500,000 euros will be allocated to the absorption of IMSEL by the Consistory;
280,000 euros in the promotion of firefighters, as was the commitment of the local government with the trade unions;
And the increase of network items for the month of September will be about 500,000 euros.
In addition, the council has announced that 522,000 euros will be allocated to technical personnel contracts in infrastructure and urban planning;
About 500,000 euros that constitute the subsidy of the Training and Employment Service (SEF), which will allow the employment of almost thirty young workers;
As well as 600,000 euros that have been budgeted for the Public Employment Offer, which includes the promotion of City Hall staff and new places.
OTHER EXPENSES
The heading for the participatory budgets, which are a pilot experience that has been developed for the first time in the City of Cartagena, exceed 1.5 million euros, and stand at 1,567,587 euros for this 2017.
In addition, real investments, which account for 3.25% of the budget, include 400,000 euros to be used to purchase goods at Casco Antiguo and 1 million euros for expropriations.
The budget also includes the recovery of the Gisbert Market and the completion of the football fields with artificial grass Virgen de la Caridad and José María Lapuerta.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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