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The Local Government Board today approved the municipal budget project of 2018, which the mayor, Ana Belén Castejón, is finally the budget of all political groups and neighbors.
This has been noted by Castejón in his appearance after the meeting and moments before meeting with the spokespersons to transfer the document.
The mayor explained that this is the end of the procedures that pertained to the government team and now opens a process of dialogue with the municipal groups, which according to the roadmap marked should lead to the Budget Information Commission on April 27 and the plenary session for approval on May 3.
Castejón has indicated that he expects to coincide with all the groups in respecting the games planned for the execution of the participatory budgets, which are works already voted by the neighbors and committed;
as well as in the increase of the social items of the previous year.
In the rest, Castejón has been favorable to dialogue and introduce the amendments proposed by the groups provided they are economically and technically viable.
He also thanked the offer and the proposals made by the Federation of Neighborhood Associations of Cartagena and Comarca, which will be studied and incorporated to the extent possible.
Finally, he highlighted the favorable reports of the Legal Department and the Municipal Intervention regarding the approval of the budgets of the autonomous bodies in the Plenary Session of the City Council, once the procedures in the corresponding organisms have begun, given the sovereign and superior character of the Corporation with respect to them.
However, she has asked for more specific reports from other municipal senior executives in the economic and legal field, as well as the two previously mentioned, the head of the Autonomous Collection Management Body, the head of the Tax Management Body, the treasurer and the general secretary of the full.
199 MILLION EUROS
For its part, Councilor for Finance and Contracting, Carmen Martín del Amor, has related the various magnitudes of the project of the consolidated budget of the City Council with its autonomous agencies, the Casco Antiguo company and the associated consortiums, the administrative of La Manga and the Port of Cultures, which amounts to 199 million euros, compared to almost 195.5 in 2017 (1.78% more).
On the part of the expenses and in comparative terms of 2018 with 2017, the councilor highlighted the spending that is destined to protection and social promotion programs, which increases by 1 million euros (8.03% more).
This expenditure is aimed at the promotion of gender equality, the promotion and social reintegration of the marginalized, the management of social services, the provision of services to dependents and social assistance, the evaluation and information of situations of social need and immediate attention to people in situation or risk of social exclusion, including also the finalist transfers to entities that collaborate in the achievement of these ends.
They also grow, in practically another million euros (2.6%), the endowments that are intended to raise or improve the quality of life of citizens: health, education, culture, leisure, free time, sports.
Martín del Amor has indicated that the resources destined to cover the attentions that are intended to dispense to the two previous sections, which, in essence, represent the so-called "social expenditure", represent a quarter of the total budget: that is, of every 100 euros that are budgeted, 25 are for social spending, observing a joint increase of 4.1 percentage points with respect to 2017.
On the other hand, the credits destined to attend to the payment of the public debt (repayments and interest of the loans) decrease by 9.39%, having a lower incidence in the total of the budget with respect to the previous year.
The decrease, 1 million euros, is due to the lower amount to be allocated to the amortization expense, as the outstanding debt is lower, and, consequently, to the lower interest amount.
As for endowments for basic public services, which are mandatory for municipalities, such as security and citizen mobility, housing and urban planning, community welfare and the environment, increase by 3 million euros (almost 3.5%) plus).
For actions of an economic nature, which are those activities, services and transfers that tend to develop the potential of the different sectors of economic activity, 5.5% more than in 2017 is allocated, dedicating 1.23 million euros in investments to improve the tourism potential of the city.
For actions of a general nature, which are those that give logical and technical support to the entire organization is endowed almost one million euros more than in 2017 (2.94%).
Such actions have to do with the services of human resources and personnel administration, modernization and electronic administration, computer, telephone services, porter services, general registry, statistics, portal and transparency office, the park service mobile, of management of the patrimony, of management for the citizen participation, the services of financial and tributary administration and of contracting and purchases.
INCREASES INVESTMENTS
The investment chapter increases close to 2 million euros (28.34% more).
8,68 million euros are allocated, which will be financed with 841 thousand euros from other administrations (695 thousand from the Autonomous Community and 146 thousand from the European Union) and 363 thousand euros from the insurance companies for the fire service.
The rest (7.5 million euros) will be met with the budgeted current revenues.
Among the budgeted investments are:
3.5 million for various works within the program of participatory budgets, such as reordering traffic in various streets of El Albujón, works on the hill of Las Casillas, soccer fields in La Aljorra, La Palma and El Albujón, lighting renovation public in La Palma, changing rooms sport installation Mediterranean urbanization, including 2 million for other projects to be determined.
692 thousand euros for infrastructure works in the Neighborhood Boards.
350 thousand euros for improvement and refurbishment of the Plaza de la Merced and Calle de las Beatas.
And others of smaller quantity, although not for that reason less, that are gathered in the Memory of the budget.
PERSONAL
The personnel expenses chapter increases 5 million euros, and its explanation is also offered in the Budget Report.
It is mainly due to the increase in the amount allocated to the Special Availability Scheme and to incentivize the yield (1.4 million euros).
It also increases the expense for new hires (half a million).
As a result of all this and also the increase in staff salaries, social security contributions increase by another million euros.
INCOME
On the part of the income and in comparative terms of 2018 with 2017 the councilor of the Treasury has emphasized that the tax rates and rates of the different municipal taxes and public rates are maintained.
In this regard, he recalled the modifications that were approved in the tax ordinances:
In the tax on buildings, facilities and works, the range of bonuses was extended to cover the entire municipal area with the university dependencies, and two new ones were established, of 50% in both cases: one for the construction of hotel establishments and for tourist accommodation;
and another for buildings that incorporate systems of thermal or electrical use of solar energy.
In the tax on immovable property of an urban nature it goes up to 90 thousand (it was 85 thousand) the amount of the cadastral value of the houses that constitute the habitual residence of the large families.
In the infant schools the prices for the services of schooling and of dining room are reduced.
The price reduction criteria are also modified so that higher reduction points are obtained for higher income levels.
INCREASE OF COLLECTION
In terms of taxes, the councilor has outlined the expected increase in collection in the construction, installations and works due to the amount for settlements pending at the end of 2017 (2.64 million euros);
the amount that is estimated to be settled once the Transitional Urbanistic Regulations (1.6) come into force;
and the rest (2.7) is foreseen for the expected return of the tax without recording anything extraordinary.
In the rest of taxes and in public rates and prices, we expect yields that are quite similar to those of 2017.
On the other hand, the figure expected in the chapter of fees for administrative concessions is increased;
Specifically, the entry in 2018 of the water service concession fee for 2017 was budgeted, which was not settled due to the lack of closing the accounts with the company.
With regard to the chapter on income from capital transfers (to finance part of the investments), 841 thousand euros are collected, 695 thousand from the Autonomous Community, and 146 from the European Union for a green corridor within the LIFE Project.
Those of the Autonomous Community are for the improvement of parking in La Manga within the EDUSI project (75 thousand);
for the Plan of Districts and Deputations (450 thousand, as the first annuity of two);
for trade (20 thousand);
and for archaeological heritage (150 thousand).
In this chapter, in 2017, no revenue forecasts were recorded.
Finally the councilor of Finance has stressed that this year is not expected to conclude any new loan, which will continue to reduce bank debt.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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