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There are 18 specific actions that will shape the internal management of the City Council in the coming years and have been presented today by the mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro, accompanied by the Councillor for Hacienda, José Cabezas, after the meeting of a Governing Board extraordinary.

This is a set plan to tackle the current economic crisis, so that different areas of government is already working to implement concrete and quantified these lines of policy that were announced in March and are now implemented.

According to the mayor, although within the economic measures is planned to freeze all benefits and subsidies, this does not in any way affect the social, an area that is untouchable despite being 'powers improper 'Hall and that social benefits are, in fact, competition from other administrations.

As for the great works that are already underway, with are the pedestrian area of the city center, the new town hall in the building of San Miguel, the Auditorium and Congress Palace and the Palace of Sports, will continue their underway.

Austerity measures and oversight of public spending

The lines of action in this area take the form of limitations on staff (salaries of civil servants are not affected, apply the agreements signed, per currently not open to further negotiations), the freezing of salaries of members corporation and the officers and then plan to reduce overtime costs.

The latter has led to a reduction of a total 7,000 hours so far this year over the same period in 2007 (reduction of 30%).

Also planned is the limited supply of public employment to basic community services and reducing costs of care protocol and representative.

In regard to current expenditure restraint will be the same, with reduction of expenditure on advertising and propaganda, control the cost of materials and supplies purchasing an efficient policy, rationalization of consumption and reducing your energy consumption.

In this sense, domestic consumption will apply controls to regulate temperatures and times on and off, in addition to carrying out a study on implementation of new energy technologies.

Shall be the replacement of the lights of the municipality that are not low.

Keep in mind that only the more light that is used in the big city festivals such as Carnival, Easter, Christmas Carthaginians and Romans and the City Council spends 600,000 euros, so there will be cuts in these proceedings.

ECONOMIC MEASURES

At this point, frozen municipal aid and grants, except those of social nature, as specified earlier.

Also being carried out refinancing of long-term debt, with the aim of having a financial horizon.

Currently, municipal debt is approximately EUR 102 million, nearly 60% of what is allowed to borrow the City Council, which is enough margin, although the mayor, it is desirable to reduce it.

Other economic measures involve the freezing of the political group assignments, maintenance of the investment and give priority to the processing of those projects and initiatives whose implementation will contribute to the revitalization of the economy and job creation, as is the case Auditorium and Convention Center, attracting convention tourism.

TAX MEASURES

The lines of municipal austerity plan intended to not make matters worse the city, bringing the total ceiling of updating the municipal taxes shall be the CPI.

In addition, enhance the inspection, because if we all pay, pay less.

Is also studying the implementation of exemptions for certain situations the taxpayer, such as large families.

Pilar Barreiro has stressed that this is the effort that we do in the city of Cartagena, but need the support of the Government of Spain to mitigate the effects of the crisis.

The current situation makes it imperative that the Government implement the second decentralization and a new model of local financing, we can not accept a cut in contributions to local councils need now more than ever its budgetary support.

In this sense, the mayor has announced that the City will adhere to the measures adopted by the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces that focuses on financial sufficiency, that improper expenditures are financed by other governments and not restricting the ability debt.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena