The City Council of Lorquí approves the General Budgets for 2017, amounting to 7,905,240.24 euros, based on stability and the balance between income and expenses, and in which there is an increase of almost 900,000 euros with respect to the year Above that have a purpose for investments.
These have as fundamental axes the maintenance of public services, the provision of important infrastructure for the municipality, social care, promotion of employment and development of industrial estates, and maintenance of quality public services;
Avoiding the cuts and facing the debt acquired in previous legislatures.
Thus, as noted by the Councilor for Finance, Carmen Baños, are real budgets, because there is a balance between expenditure and income and meet the objective of budgetary stability and financial sustainability,
Responsible with the current situation;
Social, because they focus on the attention to the neighbors and in the maintenance of the quality public services;
And of the future because they contemplate and allow the growth of the municipality through the provision of infrastructure and the development of industrial areas, fundamental for the creation of employment.
In addition, these budgets "are the result of years of management, not a new budget, but the continuation of the path initiated of good practices and fulfillment of real commitments, with a rigorous level of Transparency", as the mayor of Municipality, Joaquín Hernández.
In these, the Government Team reaffirms its commitment to the neighbors of Lorquí who continue to be the center of municipal political attention and with a series of guiding principles guiding the action of government: efficiency, efficiency, austerity and transparency.
Proof that it is a continuous work over time with clear objectives and principles is, for example, that the Average Period of Payment to Suppliers has been reduced from 8 months in 2011 to 14 days in 2016, and that the level of Debt of the City Council has gone from 0.85% to 0.57% in these years, well below the limit that marks the law for municipalities that is 0.75%.
In addition, the budget for investments has been increased from 66,000 euros to 1,041,759 euros, without external financing, "as stressed by the mayor of Finance.
The budgets for 2017 in its chapter of investments, which increases by 219% over the previous year rising from 326,381 euros to 1,041,719 euros, takes into account both small investments, not small ones are less important as they serve To the demands of local residents and villages, and collect important projects such as the Local Police Headquarters, whose completion is imminent, the Municipal Pool, which will allow the provision of this service in our municipality, and a multi-year plan to finish the Center for Cultural Promotion with a budget of 1,286,000 euros.
"A very important effort has been made to clean up the City Hall and thus to be able to face investments in infrastructures that are very necessary for the development and growth of our people," Hernández said.
They also ensure and consolidate aid in social services by increasing the amount of help at home and maintaining social emergency, collecting programs for reinsertion labor, absenteeism, tele-assistance and cities that are friends of children.
As for the provision of services, all will be maintained including a new item to encourage the acquisition and rental of housing in the municipality and another for rehabilitation of facades in the old town.
In terms of employment and training, a number of measures are still in place to enable and facilitate access to the labor market for the unemployed.
This is done through training that improves the conditions of the unemployed and gives special attention to the long-term unemployed and young people enrolled in the Youth Guarantee System with measures such as the Local Employment Program for hiring workers, programs Training of unemployed and young people, the program of employment and local development agents and the organization of training courses throughout the year.
"These are responsible budgets in which is diminishing the debt that the City had acquired in previous legislatures without being stopped to provide any pubic service, nor to stop paying any payroll, supplier or bank. They are realistic but also of the future , Because they contemplate the development of our people, "concluded the mayor.
He also stressed that "we have to continue to make the administration closer to the citizen, without cuts in the most basic services, accompanying families with greater difficulties and prioritizing decisions of greater social depth, since that is what we are asked by the Neighbors of our people ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorquí