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| José Ballesta meets electronically with the 67 pedíos of the municipality: "We are not going to let our guard down when the confinement is over, on the contrary, we will strengthen social care and support for most vulnerable families "| The mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, together with the councilor of Pedanías y Barrios, Marco Antonio Fernández, held two rounds of telematic meetings between yesterday and today with the 67 pedáneo, to coordinate the municipal device to deal with the management of the postcoronavirus social alert.At the meeting they discussed the need to provide local administrations with more funds, as Mayor José Ballesta demanded of President Pedro Sánchez, at the meeting they held last week."The City Councils are the first dam to contain the social alarm that we are going to experience after the health alert, and the proximity of the 600 people who make up the Municipal Boards, who are working on the front line to meet the demands of your neighbors, is essential in this local support network that we are articulating ”, highlighted the mayor.Social support: support for associations such as Cáritas and the Red CrossOne of the measures of this local support network is the social support that will be given to associations such as Cáritas, the Red Cross, the Food Bank and the AMPAs from the Municipal Boards.
In this sense, the pedáneo will provide logistical support and will coordinate with these entities to facilitate distribution points for families that need their services."We are not going to let our guard down when the confinement ends or relax, on the contrary, we will strengthen social care and support for the most vulnerable families," said the mayor, who added that "since the state of alarm began, the City Council de Murcia has intensified social care, which has shot up 48% during the state of alarm ”.In addition, paramedics will relay to said social entities the information of interest they receive from Social Rights of the Murcia City Council.Financial support: direct aid for the BoardsLikewise, the City Council is going to enable a game of direct aid to all the Municipal Boards, a budget that will be allocated to associations that pay attention to vulnerable families in the municipality, such as those mentioned above –Cáritas, Jesús Abandonado, etc.–.
In this way, coordination with social entities will be complemented by this financial support.Streamline the economic reactivation of districts and neighborhoodsThe Mayor of Murcia has asked the pedranos to plan the investments of their localities with the aim of speeding up the drafting of supporting projects and reports, boosting economic activity.The objective of managing and planning the current budget of the Boards –14 million euros spread over 65 Municipal Boards– is to speed up the economic reactivation of neighborhoods and districts, investing it in works and projects, as well as in the maintenance of schools, among others.
purposes.A human team of more than 600 peopleMore than 600 people make up the Municipal Boards, who are working on the front line to meet the demands of the neighbors.In addition to thanking the work that the cleaning operators carry out every day in the neighborhoods and districts of the municipality, during the meeting the City Council and the Municipal Boards have agreed that the presence of the Local Police will be reinforced during the days of confinement.The municipality has 59 districts and 8 districts.
Of the 59 districts, 57 have a municipal board and 2 have only a pedáneo mayor.
All the districts –which include various neighborhoods– have a Municipal Board.
In total, Murcia has 67 pedranos and 65 Municipal Boards.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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