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The Local Government Committee today approved a draft budget in keeping with the times, designed to pave the road to recovery plan which will be launched in 2012 to reduce costs and municipal economic balance
Councillor for Finance, Fatima Suanzes, today introduced the draft municipal budget for 2011, approved this morning in an extraordinary government meeting, a budget short-haul as it enters into force in September and will be effective for about four months, in which we sought to develop a realistic and responsible budget that paves the way for the development of the recovery plan to be submitted ahead of 2012.
The budgets of the City amounted to 192,234,376 euros, 3.97% less than last year, ie 7,951,307 million.
In addition, it becomes to produce a new setting in the control expenditure in a reduction compared to last year, almost 8 million euros.
Thus, pointing Suanzes, give continuity to the line taken to restrict current spending, encourage savings, maintain a commitment to social spending and quality in providing services to Cartagena.
Thus, although the municipal accounts blame the crisis on revenues due to the paralysis of economic activity and cut contributions from other administrations, social programs that remain are being carried out from the Municipal Services .
Finally, the Councillor of Finance has said that the intention of the government team to present the Sanitation Plan Financial Officer and the Municipal Budget for 2012 this coming October, keeping the base cuts to reduce costs, control, and increase revenue , yes, without touching the payrolls of the officers or social programs.
The titles LAYER BUDGET
The consolidated budget of the City, ie, including the boards and autonomous bodies, amounting to 207,607,242, which means a reduction of 4.43% compared to 2010.
For the second consecutive year, has made ​​great efforts to contain current expenditure in the different autonomous bodies.
This is the case of the Planning Department, which lower, 16, 73%, mainly by downsizing.
Other autonomous bodies like the Institute of Social Services, the Employment Agency and Sports Board will have to do more with less, reducing the current expenditure without affecting the employment and social programs.
Their budgets have had to cover also cutting other administrations.
Noted that the City will benefit from extra-budgetary investments through administrative concession system.
This formula allows for the further implementation of works at no cost to Cartagena and get a profit of 1,420,000 as monetary compensation.
It's works World of Sports Complex 82, the parking Market Santa Florentina or expansion of parking in the Plaza of Spain.
EXPENSES
Chapter 1. Staff costs are reduced by two million euros, 3.53% due to the application of Royal Decree to reduce the salaries of officials and the municipal corporation.
Freeze overtime, the public offering of employment, pensions are not covered and removed from the forecast 85 seats for the public offer of employment does not officially convened.
Chapter 2. The expenditure on current goods and services decreased by 2.5 million euros, 2.63%.
This decrease is mainly due to the city of Cartagena has delegated to the purchase of water Aquagest the Commonwealth Taibilla Channel.
Aquagest who is now directly purchase water and pay to the Commonwealth, as do the municipalities that have granted to a company's supply management.
No price revision in existing contracts.
And they have given two credits in this chapter.
'One of them 4.5 million euros, of which 77.7% is intended to pay the settlement and to work the Auditorium and Convention Centre, and the rest goes to the regularization of small works and performances executed last year were not included in budgets.
-The second is 8 million euros to meet the payment for the supply of electricity.
The increased price of electricity, up 23% since 2009, and operation of new facilities and equipment last year accounted for more spending.
Only under the plan have been implemented in E the last two years, 103 projects with the opening of new centers, sports, culture whose operating costs, ie electricity, water etc assumes the City Council.
Still, saving measures implemented change of lighting and the regularization of times managed to reduce consumption by 1 million euros.
Chapter 3.
Interest expense.
For payment of interest on loans.
This chapter is increased by two million euros mainly due to rising interest rates and debt refinancing.
Chapter 4. Current transfers
The budget-saving effort is stated in this chapter falls by 2.4 million euros, 7.93%.
Autonomous agencies have made a great effort to continue providing the same services with less money.
Coverage is maintained at the municipal social ticket called ¿With an increase of 400,000 euros, the game amounts to 1.2 million euros and is intended to subsidize urban transport and the use of sports facilities.
Cartagena City Council takes effect its economic development project Contentpolis with the contribution of 450,000 euros.
This is not an extraordinary generation because the amount is almost the same with which it was intended to start the local digital television project.
Chapter 6.
Investments
Great works executed in recent years and the consolidation of municipal accounts, investments required to reduce the budget.
This does not mean that you stop the activity in the municipality.
The government has sought ways to undertake works at no cost and receive some income.
Appear in the budget 302,000 euros for the acquisition of vehicles and replacement of fire service funding the insurance companies.
Extra-budgetary investment:
-Reform of American Avenue and construction of underground parking.
-Construction second largest park in the Eixample.
-Construction of a sports complex in the World 82.
Reform-street parking Santa Florentina.
-Construction of artificial turf field in lighting.
Also consider that you are running the plan works and services in urban and county that was approved for two years.
Are currently in procurement phase of the plan 22 works.
Chapter 7. Capital transfers
This chapter includes the contribution of 790,000 euros to the Roman Theater Foundation 1.5 million euros to the Old Town at the third installment of the sale of building Armendariz Sr. Francisco bound for the financing of investments in the administration building San Miguel.
Chapter 9. Loan Amortization
Thanks to the refinancing of debt last year was only 1.3 million amortized loans.
And budget is formalized in a loan amortization 7,595,822 million of which also appears in the revenue.
INCOME
Chapter 1.
Direct taxes
Taxes are not changed, the increase is reflected due to revisions of valuations of properties that makes the management of the Cadastre and notification of overdue assessments.
Chapter 2. Indirect taxes
There is an expected increase in tax revenue on construction, installations and works of € 400,000 based on the trend observed in the first half of the year.
The budget amounts to 4.225 million euros.
Chapter 3.
Fees and other income
Reduce the money transferred to the City Aquagest for payment of water now takes directly to the commonwealth.
Revenues are increased under the fee for private use of public domain that made the mobile operators in 3.4 million.
Since the establishment of the fee is not paid because the operators had the contested and this budget regulates the collection since 2008 at a rate of 800.00 euros per year.
Is increased by 300,000 euros forecast for recovery of the ORA as the contract is already in place throughout the year, the expected revenue is 1,611,000 euros.
700,000 euros is increased revenue collection rate of municipal solid waste by increasing the standard 1.5%.
Chapter 4. Current transfers
Is a decrease for two reasons, there are no transfers of Plan E (4.5 million) offset by an increase in municipal participation in the Supplementary Fund for Participation in 3 million euros.
As for the contributions of the autonomous region have reflected only the singular nominative and the agreement although it will make the appropriate adjustments when making the transfers.
Extra-budgetary investments through the administrative licensing system will also mean extra revenues of EUR 1,420,000 to the City Council.
- For the sports complex works of Mundial 82, 283,000 euros
- Underground parking on Avenida de América 215,000 euros
- Extension underground parking space in Spain, € 609,000
- Refurbishment car market 30,000 euros Santa Florentina
- Forecast of 283,000 euros for the granting of the auditorium and conference center in the last 4 months of the year.
Chapter 7. Transfers capital
They have left open the games to add up the transfer of government as they arrive to properly adjust the budget.
Chapter 9. Financial liabilities
This chapter is expected to amortize a loan of € 7,595,822, as mentioned in the expenditure and the conclusion of a loan of 13,896,612 euros to balance the budget.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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