The Information Committee of Finance and Home Affairs has given the green light for a modification of the 2014 municipal budget, which generally incorporates a surplus of 12.4 million euros and enables among other items necessary for the study of the new season AVE Mandarache and new investments in districts and councils.
The opinion has had the votes in favor of the government team;
and against, the United Left-Green Movement Citizen and Socialist groups.
According to the Councillor of Finance, Suanzes Fatima, one of the objectives of this budget amendment is to apply a 86 percent surplus (approximately 10.5 million) to repay debt, as required by law.
Also, the pension plan for the municipal employees has been reactivated part, and the proportion of the 2012 bonus, paid last February, and contracts awarded in December 2013, but not implemented.
Also included in the update on fulfillment of two court decisions involving payment of 2.2 million euros.
Another objective of the amendment is to ensure the City's contribution to participatory credit Cartagena High Speed ​​society for the study of the construction of the new AVE train station, which will be charged to investments this year.
(675,000 euros).
Suanzes also stressed authorizing a loan of EUR 1 million for works mainly in districts and councils, strengthen some social assistance programs for the electrical connection and the Palacio de Deportes.
As Redistribution of items within the budgets, the most significant is the handover to society Casco Antiguo 1 million savings produced in Item energy consumption on account of the payment from the municipal building society San Miguel.
This contribution will provide liquidity to the company, while its debt refinancing plan and prepares the investor targeting.
The councilor pointed out that since 2009 the Government has implemented a plan to rationalize energy consumption has gone through times of change on and off public lighting luminaire replacement by low power and establish lines of consumer savings municipal buildings.
This has entailed spending on electricity consumption has been located at 2009 levels (in 2013 and 5.855 million euros was spent in 2009, 5,795,000. The budget in 2014 in order to face this expense was 7.5 million, and therefore, which has enabled allocate savings to society that game Old Town.
By last modification concerns a redistribution between departments of some of his games that allow them to manage new initiatives.
Among them is that it was intended to serve Bicity.
The contract finished and currently being studied formulas applied in other cities that do not cost money to the City and provide a useful and effective service to citizens.
Finally the Councillor of Finance has realized the Commission the status of implementation of the budget concerning the fourth quarter of 2013.
According to the councilor this report shows good management, both in terms of revenue and income, as containment and control of expenditure, reaching both percentages around 90 percent.
It has also highlighted the payment period to suppliers, which is around 26 days.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena