The Councillor for Economy and Finance has participated in the conference 'Local finances and debt'
The Councillor for Economy and Finance of the City of Murcia, Joaquín Moya-Angeles, has indicated that the National Government over increasingly harassing to the municipalities as a result of heavy borrowing and deficit of the State, not local government finances, and that means that the state transferred its cargo to the municipalities.
The mayor was speaking at the conference 'Local finances and debt', inaugurated today by the Mayor of Murcia, Miguel Ángel Cámara, and which have involved the Professor of the University of Alicante and Francisco Poveda Treasurer Diputación de Sevilla, José Manuel fart.
The councils through seminars like the one held today in Murcia move the findings to the Federation of Municipalities in the Autonomous Community and the State to take into account the needs of municipalities.
The mayor added that "we must address the needs of citizens and the state this year has given the City of Murcia 18 million euros less and that makes a significant effort is made."
Moya-Angeler stressed that the autonomous region has had high sensitivity with the municipalities to allocate amounts to be used to meet investment and current expenditure.
Murcia City Council creates pockets of savings through active policies to give priority to the most necessary expenses, saving 12 million euros.
Moya-Angeler maintains that the keys are municipal budget austerity, rigor and efficiency, at a saving has been achieved by optimizing and prioritizing the most necessary expenses, not wasted, as the national PSOE.
For example, have cut travel expenses, fuel, telephone, overtime, paper supply and electricity.
We are committed to save and spend less, while the government raises taxes such as VAT and income tax. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia