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The Local Government has approved this morning the draft municipal budget for 2015, amounting to 190.8 million euros.

Councillor of Finance, Fatima Suanzes, said that this is a budget that ensures good services and works, freezing and lowering tax rates.

Suanzes recalled that political stability and budgetary austerity conducted by the government team will enable compliance with solvency social spending, provide quality public services, further modernize the city and its neighborhoods with new investments without recourse to borrowing and continue to pay short-term suppliers.

And all without taxes go up and down point average rates and charges, excluding waste will increase, but only half than originally envisaged in the plan of adjustment.

For Councillor expenses will go to bring more wealth and welfare of Cartagena with investments whose implementation will help sustain businesses that create jobs and advance the process of renewing the municipality.

These investments will be financed with own resources, without resorting to borrowing, something made ​​possible by the austerity policy initiated in 2008 and has allowed meet the legal requirements of public deficit and achieve financial debt over 2015.

Suanzes also commented that the provision of public services is ensured cleaning, urban transport, gardens, lighting and maintenance of schools;

while social security cover, first, funding programs for the families in need of such assistance and, secondly, maintains the economic cooperation of the City with all groups, associations, entities that perform actions with youth offers , seniors, women, culture, sport.

CONSOLIDATED BUDGET OF 190.8 MILLION

The consolidated for the financial year 2015 budget amounts to 190.8 million euros in costs and revenues.

To make a real comparison with the 2014 budget amounting to 190.9 million euros, almost the same, has discounted the consolidated budget, 6.6 million euros, preventive and extraordinary way, has been included to ensure payment of the loans taken by the company Casco Antiguo.

Only in the case of Casco Antiguo could not serve them, would the City of discounting what should the City Council Casco Antiguo for the purchase and remodeling of San Miguel.

It is expected to advance payment of the debt with Old Town Hall to cover their loans.

Therefore, removing that item budget of 6.6 million euros, the consolidated budget amounts to 190.8 million euros, almost the same amount as in 2014.

CHAPTERS OF EXPENDITURE

PERSONAL

Chapter 1 Personnel costs amounted to 68.5 million euros, representing 35.9% percent of the consolidated budget.

Increases only 0.7% compared to 2014 due to the contribution to the pension plan in accordance with state regulations.

There will be public job in 2015, four seats, as announced but not affect expensed until 2016.

ROUTINE

Chapter 2 Expense Real Corrientes and Services, added 83.4 million euros, representing an increase of 4.38% over last year.

This increase occurs because the games are planned necessary for the operation of the Palacio de Deportes with a total allocation of 575,000 euros distributed as follows: for maintenance, 60,000;

for supply of gas, 132,000;

for cleaning, 60,000;

for security service, 131,000;

and assists in the provision of services, 192,000 euros.

On the other hand, we must address the updating of the contract price for street cleaning, refuse collection and treatment plant negotiated in 2011.

At that time the City big contracts were renegotiated to reduce costs and better address the economic situation.

One of the most important agreements was to Lhicarsa allowed save four million euros and a three-year moratorium on updating prices.

Specifically, they condoned the council 1,172,000 in interest and arrears and 1.300.00 euros were saved thanks to the reorganization of the service.

Furthermore the IPC was established as a benchmark for the revision of prices and, as I said, were delayed until 2014 corresponding to the repricing of the last three years payments.

This review begins to be paid now also is in better condition.

This chapter also spent 56 million euros to cover those services that are operated and maintained in optimal conditions the town:

-Clean Road and waste collection: 28,098,000 mill-Treatment Plant: 6140000 mill.-Power supply: 5,500,000 mill-cleaning schools: 4,110,000 mill-Keeping schools: 720,000 mill-Maintenance 1,250,000 mill.-lighting Garden Maintenance: Maintenance 4,588,000 mill-mill-650,000 street regulated parking Control Municipal 1,527,000 thousand-tank vehicles: 842,000 euros

This amount represents 2/3 of total current costs this Chapter.

FINANCIAL EXPENSES

Chapter 3 amounts to 3.8 million euros;

corresponds to financial expenses and presented a decrease of 37.7% compared to 2014, about 2.3 million euros.

This is possible thanks to falling and maintaining very low interest rates of reference in our loans as well as for the prepayment of 10.5 million euros we have done this year and decreased by 1, 4 percentage points of the interest rate on loans to pay suppliers of ICO in 2012, made possible by the performance of the average period of payment to suppliers, the cross-platform Embark on 3 and existence Catalogue urban services whose licenses are understood granted by the presentation of the ¿previa¿ communication.

Contains necessary to meet the expenses arising from the interest on bank loans, treasury operations forecast and the fractionation of the agreements signed indebted to the successful tenderers for the provision of certain services and those linked to the consultation loans with the Official Credit Institute (ICO) for the payment of debt to suppliers of small and medium enterprises, mainly.

CURRENT TRANSFERS

Chapter 4 Current Transfers are maintained in the same figures as in 2014: 14.9 million euros.

In this chapter all programs and activities covering social spending fall.

In addition to meeting the demands of the Department of Social Services, in this chapter the necessary items are collected to finance subsidies, grants and agreements with youth organizations, women, sports, culture, festivals and neighborhood relations.

The Department of Social Services will manage a budget of 2.25 million euros, 6.56% more than in 2014. Especially is reinforced with 459.00 euros over the line to cover the social programs passing of 1,523,828 euros to 1,883,028 euros, to finance the social action organizations, development cooperation, immigration, among others.

In addition to that heading the council's budget is distributed as follows:

Home help services 1,317,000 thousand eurosComidas home milTeleasistencia 360 84 60 milAyuda milRespiro family home of 250 milAyuda depedencia home weekends 18 milAtención elderly and disabled 504 166 milProgramas drug prevention mil.Atención to homeless and 34 passers milProgramas integration for Roma 14 milVoluntariado eurosMantenimiento 3500 151 000 municipal buildings.

As for other councils:

Education, 220,000.

Contributions to the partnership of UNED, 119000, psychomotor and speech therapy services 66 000, 20 000 educational quality, school parents 10,000 are included.

Events, 486,000.

Subsidies to Easter, the maintenance of the board carmen Conde-Antonio Oliver 97 000, 60 000 Convention Bureau, 6000 Popular University, Masa Coral Tomás Luis de Victoria 35000, Cartagena Film Festival 60,000 are included.

Popular festivities, 334,000.

Distributed as follows: 117 000 Carnival, Carthaginians and Romans 121,000, Folklore Festival of La Palma 20000, National Contest of Trovo 20000, San Ginñes Brotherhood Romero de la Jara 9000, and overall celebrations of the municipality 85,000.

Decentralization and citizen participation, 460 mil.De which 222,000 are distributed among the Neighborhood and 238,000 Joints between neighborhood associations and neighborhood federation.

Port of cultures and Roman Theatre Foundation, 270 000.

Economic promotion of the old town and business associations, 233,000.

Consumer 51,000.

Agriculture 40,000

Woman, 93 000 euros.

Of which 60,000 are on the program of actions with associations and groups, 18,000 to an agreement with the Federation of Women, 8000 for performances of the Association of Housewives and 6,500 for rehousing.

Youth, 227,000. As for Youth are destined 40,000 to youth groups, 20,000 to fund prizes, scholarships and research studies and 140,000 in agreement with the Youth Council for the program Youth Associations and Dinamizacion.

Sports, 1.6 million.

750,000 for sports clubs and associations and 850,000 to fund to subsidize the use of sports facilities, what we call social sports ticket.

Social transport ticket, 5.85 million euros.

It also includes 116,692 euros as a contribution to La Manga Consortium.

INVESTMENTS

On Chapter 6 real investments 4.57 million euros to one million euros for works not included in the budget because it corresponds to the loan amount ordered this year are intended.

Before detailing investments comment that this chapter presents a decrease of 1.6 million compared to 2014 because the amounts authorized by urban land use and land development fees by private individuals have been reduced to 50,000 euros in each case, instead of the 600,000 to 1 million contained in 2014. The game opened in 2015 is expandable in terms of revenue for these items occur, but has preferred to remain cautious in these forecasts.

WORKS

The Department of Infrastructure will have 2.4 million euros to carry out works and payment of expropriations.

The works that the Department of Infrastructure scheduled for 2015 are:

Remodeling project and excavations in the plaza del Lago 300 000 euros.

2nd phase Paved Walk Alfonso XIII 100 000 euros.

Siphon Road, 2nd phase from crossing the road from La Palma to cross the road to La Aparecida 500,000 euros.

Consolidation of Mount Boxes The Portús 200 000 euros

Promenade of Los Nietos 300,000

Access health center Barrio de la Concepción 60,000

Councillor OTHER INVESTMENTS AS

The Department of Public Safety have 365,000 euros for maintenance and improvements to the fire service, financed by the special contribution established for this purpose by the insurance companies, and 166 thousand allocated for the purchase of new vehicles of police and for the replacement of road signs and traffic lights.

The Department of Sports will provide 330,000 euros for investments whose purpose will be to continue the expansion of artificial turf.

The Neighborhood Councils will receive 200,000 euros extra investment for further improving the status of districts and councils.

The Department of New Technologies will enable 230,000 euros for replacement of computer equipment and components.

As for the works to be financed from the loan of one million euros, the forecasts are:

-The Department of Social Services will invest 74,000 euros to the adequacy of the old school of San Antón which, as you know, is being spent to accommodate the different associations and entities that act in the barrio.Además has 76,000 euros for repairs and improvement works in local clubs occupying 3rd age of the municipality.

-Relations Neighborhood: Invest 580,000 euros are earmarked for construction of the new medical office of Llano del Beal and construction of new festive grounds of La Aljorra as the site of so far is to raise the new school.

Under the loan will also run outdoor lighting Sports Palace.

All these works will add to other, currently underway, although not financed from the budget, are works carried out by decision of the municipal government and that will transform certain urban areas of the city and its neighborhoods:

This is the reform of the main street of Los Dolores, Captains Ripoll, renovating the streets Alfonso X the Wise and Wssel Guimbarda, connections for water, sewer and storm the Palace of Sports, the new network of rain in Cabrera Street and the Virgen de la Caridad neighborhood.

And finally another great work that is running the Commonwealth of Channels Taibilla in collaboration with the City: The ng remodelaci of Sebastian Feringa Avenue.

TRANSFERS OF CAPITAL

With regard to Chapter 7 Capital transfers, has recorded 1.1 million euros, for the contribution to the Roman Theatre Foundation.

Chapter 8, of financial assets includes 3,000 euros, with expandable nature, to advance payments made to personnel.

And extraordinarily, 6.6 million euros enabled guarantee from the City Council budget maturities of loans from the municipal Old Town Cartagena, SA, will be served.

Chapter 9, liabilities, contains the appropriations needed to cover the repayment of bank loans, amounting to 14.3 million euros, of which 3.1 are for the repayment of principal on loans contracted on line implemented by the ICO.

The decrease from 2014 is due to the prepayment of 10.5 million euros made in 2014.

INCOME layer HEADLINES

In general revenue budget remains regarding 2014. The taxes are frozen, rates have fallen by 0.5% so widespread, except garbage and, therefore, has considered similar to 2014 budget forecast.

Of note is the freezing of Real and Personal Property Tax (IBI) both rustic nature, and urban and special features and not experience any tax increase motor vehicles.

DIRECT TAXES

Overall this Chapter 1 of Direct Taxes is noteworthy freezing and Real Estate Tax (IBI) both rustic nature, and urban and special features and not experience any tax increase motor vehicles.

And although the farms upload their assessed value for reviewing the Exchequer, the City does is lower the tax rate for this increase has no effect on the pockets of citizens.

This chapter generally rises 2.45% compared to 2014.

Only one tenth has increased rates categories of the streets to the levying tax on economic activities (IAE).

INDIRECT TAXES

As to Chapter 2 Excise, which are the Tax on Construction, Installation and Works (ICICI) and income from sale of state taxes (VAT, alcohol, beer, snuff, hydrocarbons), I must say that remains virtually in the same figures as in 2014: in the vicinity of 6.5 million euros.

TAXES

In Chapter 3 of Fees and other income decreased amount is observed around 2.5 million euros (6.75%) due to updating these concepts according to records that are expected in 2014, mainly , the fact of leaving open the concepts of income urban land use and land development fees by individuals, with a nominal amount of 50,000 euros in each case, instead of 600,000 and 1 million, respectively, which included in the budget for 2014. This is, in short, leaving open the budgetary concepts, with minimum allocations for the tickets that may occur.

Note a very important issue, which is that this decline in numbers has no impact on the budget financing operating costs of the services, since the entries that were to occur in the concepts of exploitation or rbanísticos and quota for developments to account owners, they would go to finance specific items, such as management of municipal assets and land development works.

As for the set of Taxes and Public Prices, all are down 0.5%, which is taken as reference year CPI in August except garbage collection that goes up 5%, ie half of what referred to in the adjustment plan.

CURRENT TRANSFERS

Chapter 4 Current transfers recorded an increase of 1.68%, which, in absolute terms, is about 737,000 euros, due mainly to the increased contribution from our participation in State taxes.

This chapter funds from other administrations are collected to fund the generality of current expenditure, in some cases, and specific programs in others.

Among the former are those received from the State Administration for Complementary Financing Fund, whose increase is due to the extension of the deadline for repayment of excess contributed in 2008 and 2009, which has been extended until 2031 (ten years starting from the month of January), as notified by the General Secretariat of Regional and Local Coordination letter of October 1, 2014.

Among those who finance specific programs collect from the central government: the contribution to urban public transport.

By this concept those from the Autonomous Region for Basic Services, Drug Plan, maintenance centers day stays, home help service dependent and Public Safety Plan are also collected.

We should also mention those from the European Union for the ECOEMBES Project selective waste collection.

OTHER INCOME

In Chapter 5 of Heritage Revenues are collected mainly fees for administrative concessions, an increase of 70 thousand euros, mainly due to the estimated repricing of the leases of properties.

No forecast sales of municipal assets.

Consequently, there is no provision in Chapter 6 Disposal of Real Investments.

In Chapter 7 Capital Transfers collect forecasting an income of 25,000 euros, from the Autonomous Region for improvements in the Market of Santa Florentina.

In Chapter 9, financial liabilities are not expected to arrange any loan transaction.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena