The districts will directly manage 17.6 million euros and will have the support of a single office to facilitate the daily work of municipal boards.
The Plenary of the Corporation today approved the draft budgets of 2017 presented by the Councilor for Finance and Contracting, Eduardo Martínez-Oliva, and whose amount amounts to 408,389,516 euros, an increase of 0.98% over the last year.
The proposal has been approved with the favorable votes of the PP, abstention of the PSOE and the non-asdscribed mayor Francisco Javier Trigueros, and the vote against Citizens, Cambiemos, Now Murcia and non-attached councilman Luis Bermejo.
They are the budgets that 'fulfill the priority objective with which they have been developed, which is none other than to respond to the main demands of Murcia, contributing to solve many problems, Martínez-Oliva said, who has also excelled in Its intervention that deals with the accounts 'more investors of history and pursue a double purpose: to revive the economy and to continue with the process of modernization and transformation of the city'.
The approved budgets aim to boost the investments that allow the development of Murcia-Rio and the Plan of action of Huerta and to realize actions, already initiated, such as the recovery of the whole of San Esteban and its surroundings, Cárcel Vieja, Alfonso X, Bird buried Or the Zeneta-Los Dolores green path.
It will also promote the necessary funds to strengthen the economic recovery through employment programs, aid to entrepreneurs and tourism promotion and ensure the promotion of social policies.
On the other hand, one of the features that most define this project is the increase of the economic capacity of the districts and districts, both for direct and indirect management, which in these budgets amounts to € 71.9 M which represents a 29 , 17% of the available resources of the City.
Of these, 17.6 M € will be of direct or indirect management of the Municipal Boards;
13 M € of current expenses for maintenance and conservation of sports facilities, schools, municipal centers, etc .;
€ 25.2 million of investments planned by the different councils;
And 15.9 M € extrabudgetary funding, in charge of remaining treasury to carry out works in districts.
This last item is part of the agreement reached by the Popular and Socialist groups, which will also allow the implementation of a new Single Office of Pedanías and Barrios, which will be in charge of facilitating the daily work of the municipal boards and the presidents of the same.
Of these almost 15.9 M €, 2 million will allow to increase the investments foreseen in the budgets by the own districts, while the remaining 14 million will be distributed by a commission composed by the municipal groups according to the requests transmitted by the boards.
In order to carry out these actions, the budget is leveled with income, of which 67.54% is financed with own resources, corresponding 26.21% to transfers from other administrations and 6.24% to loans.
In 2017 direct taxes, which will amount to € 191.8 million, are reduced compared to 2016 as a result of the freezing of tax rates, the reduction of the tax burden on families and companies with lower economic capacity and the elimination of administrative procedures.
The main chapters of the consolidated budget of expenditure correspond to staff -123.8 M € - and current expenditures -176.9 M € -, which allow to face the maintenance of public services that allow the municipality to "work", including lighting, Waste collection, road cleaning, etc.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia