The municipal budget for the year 2013 in the city of Totana, which passed the House yesterday at the regular meeting of December, advocates balance and downs of public accounts which forces the Budgetary Stability Law, and commitment to support productive sectors to generate employment and to increase social policies and training.
This was explained today at a press conference, the mayor, Isabel Maria Sanchez, and the council of finance, María José Baeza, who outline the characteristics of municipal accounts for 2013 and explained the estimates of revenue and expenditure for the year next.
The City Council budget for 2013 amounting to 27.3 million euros, an increase of six million over the previous year, to reinstate the municipal coffers new management Municipal Water and Sewage.
The general budget of 2012 ending already fallen in four million euros compared to the previous, adding 21 million euros.
The mayor of Finance explained that this is to give continuity "in nature and objectives" of the previous year and called it "austere, realistic and committed citizens to get the necessary budgetary stability", which set out measures setting but with a perspective of economic development.
According to Councilwoman Baeza, the document emphasizes three major economic issues: exercise austerity to control the deficit, structural reform to establish credibility and trust, and support measures to productive sectors "are the cornerstones for growth Totana economic ".
The council attributed the budget increase to the rescue of the Water and Sewerage Service and reiterated strengthening budgetary allocations for 2013 on training and employment, social care, dependency and disability, agriculture and industry, ie production sectors that are which should create jobs and wealth.
In addition, Baeza said that this budget "is a turning point" in the development of this term for the maintenance of the welfare state and ensure the quality of services and reiterated that "should be the hallmark of economic recovery and job creation. "
For his part, the mayor said the budget is "the mirror of municipal and government action for next year," so that the budget "continues the road map designed in 2012, which laid the groundwork for a balanced budget and zero deficit ".
Sanchez said the municipal budget for 2013 includes adjustment and austerity measures, prioritizing and ensuring the necessary services, but others advocated allowing and promoting economic growth in a suitable environment of trust and stability.
He justify decisions "unpopular but necessary" applied in 2012 to meet the commitments that collects budgetary stability law and highlighted the expansion of budget for training and employment, support for SMEs and the self- but mostly referred to sectors such as agriculture and industry, as well as cross trade and tourism.
He reiterated that this legislature "is not of major infrastructure investments" and defended the need to devote more resources to the needy and those who are faring worse, so that justified the increase consignments dependence and the disabled.
