This morning the Finance Commission prior to the next full City Hall Sewer has analyzed the budgets presented by the Mayor, Joaquín Buendía, for next year 2018 and that he himself presented to the spokespersons of the municipal groups in an extraordinary meeting last November 10, with the intention that the municipal groups could know the same before this Commission and provide suggestions or specific amendments that can be studied before the next Plenary.
The budget presented amounts to 27,774,452.16 euros, 571,000 euros than in the current year, a 2.10% higher than the budget extended in 2016.
According to Buendía "is a budget whose main objective is to make Sewer a solidarity city, leader in growth and development, social welfare, culture, infrastructures.These budgets pursue, for the third year of the legislature, consolidate budget stability, adjusting the expenses exactly to the income, to face the financial commitments assumed by the Town Hall and to advance in the social policies of aid to those who need it the most, in the economic dynamization of the municipality for the creation of employment and in the promotion of the different activities social, cultural, sports, etc., that are celebrated in the municipality ".
The Department of Social Welfare will allocate 179,000 €, 37% more than in the 2017 budget, to cover basic services such as home help, care for the elderly or dependence.
The social entities of our municipality, which develop a fundamental task, will receive in 2018, € 10,000 more than the previous year, reaching up to € 70,000 to finance the different projects that are developed in our town.
Finally, € 90,000 will be allocated, 7,000 more than in 2017, to help those who have more needs through social emergency aid to meet the payment of electricity, water, rent or food.
The Department of Urban Planning has allocated € 120,000 for the final approval of the Municipal General Sewer Management Plan that allows the best development of our town making it more attractive to all.
The area of ​​industry, commerce and employment, has a budget in which stand out € 80,000, 433% more than in 2017, aimed at promoting industrial, commercial and hospitality, to collaborate with companies and organizations of these sectors in the economic dynamism of the municipality aimed at creating employment.
Trade and hospitality will also be practically doubled, from € 16,000 to € 30,000, the amount destined to help and strengthen this fundamental sector that is one of the engines of our local economy.
In the area of ​​the Department of Culture and Celebrations highlights the increase in the budget for our festivities.
Following the line started in the previous budget, the amount is doubled to reach € 100,000 for the promotion of cultural activities in our municipality in collaboration with institutions that promote the cultural attractiveness and traditions of Sewer.
Likewise, € 10,000 is allocated for the festivities of the neighborhoods of our town in which the festivities commissions put their effort, effort and enthusiasm and that each year make us enjoy the different neighborhoods of our town.
The Department of Sports and Youth will allocate € 90,000 to help and promote such a fundamental aspect, and is experiencing great growth in the past two years, as is sport.
In addition to allocate another € 15,000 to encourage the leisure of young people in our municipality.
In the chapter on maintenance and investments in the city, a new item of € 10,000 is created, for investment to replace public lighting, another for the renovation of green areas endowed with € 60,000.
In this budget there are items destined for the progressive asphalting of all our streets with € 120,000.
Along with this, there are others to improve citizen services by adapting them technologically to make them more efficient and improving the computer infrastructure of the City Council that allows greater speed and safety in the work and daily attention of our neighbors.
Almost 19% of the budget goes to the amortization of capital and interest payments, since in August 2016 the debt of the repayment loans of the payment plan to suppliers began to be amortized. In 2012, it was made available to all administrations so that their suppliers could charge in those hard years of economic crisis.
Finally, almost 38% of the total budget goes to the payment of the payroll of the workers of the City Council, almost 10 and a half million euros due to the incorporation into the agreement of the City Council of the workers of the home help service and the of the Day Care Center.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alcantarilla