The Mayor's Office has submitted to the ordinary plenary session corresponding to the month of September the proposal for initial approval of the general budget of the City Council of Totana for the year 2019, as well as the bases for its execution and the staff for this year.
The Consistory totanero must submit to prior and binding report of the Ministry of Finance and Public Administration the approval of municipal budgets, as provided in Royal Decree 8/2013, of June 28, of urgent measures against late payment of those of public administrations and support to local entities with financial problems.
The consolidated budget (Totana City Council, CEDETO and PROINVITOSA) that is presented amounts to 32,272,262.95 euros in the income statement and 31,872,262.95 in the expense statement;
consequently, this has a surplus of 400,000 euros, applying a reduction in operating expenses of 3% compared to the budget extended for the year 2018.
In global terms, the expenditure budget decreases 0.57% due to the restrictions imposed by the Ministry of Finance, which implies in absolute terms a decrease in initial loans of 169,749.67 euros.
On the other hand, the expected revenues have an increase of 0.78% and an amount of 230,250.33 euros of increase.
The total amount of investments to be made by the City Council, chapters 6 and 7 will increase by 7.30% from 1,686,313.11 euros to 1,809,457.77 euros, assuming an increase of 123.14.66 euros, adaptation of investments for the operation of basic services networks water supply, sanitation, roads, investments in infrastructure refills.
The Personnel chapter has increased by 0.60% due to the fact that the provisions on labor and remuneration in the public sector have been taken into account for the revaluation of public pensions and other urgent measures in social, labor and social matters. of employment.
Regarding chapter 2 of expenses in current goods and services, it has been subject to a significant reduction following the considerations in this regard of the Ministry, up to a forecast of 11,273,158.40 euros, adequate to cover the operation of the various Municipal services currently developed, all based on the contracted benefits.
On the other hand, Financial expenses (Chapter 3) increased 25.64%, mainly due to the expenses necessary to cover the amortization tables for long-term operations to meet existing formalized loans and with the Management Fund ;
as well as an increase in interest for the payment of judicial sentences and part of late payment interests, especially with the Commonwealth of the Taibilla Channels.
In relation to the Ordinance Fund, the proposal of the Mayor's Office, reflects that the City Council's adherence to these financing mechanisms allows the payment of the majority of long-term financial operations that are currently in force.
However, the cost of access to this financing mechanism is high since it implies accepting conditions from the Ministry of Finance and Public Function that limit the ceiling of expenditure of the municipal budget and comply with the measures approved in the Adjustment Plans to those submitted by the City Council to correct existing economic imbalances.
Likewise, it is stressed that the 2019 budget is conditioned on the one hand by the reduced sufficiency that this municipal government has in its preparation, given the conditions to which this City Council is subject by the General State Administration;
and on the other, due to the deficient financing from the Autonomous Community in relation to those improper competences that are currently being assumed by this Entity, thus limiting the spending programs that could be developed in the municipal own competences.
