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The mayor of Jumilla, Juana Guardiola, and the councilor of Finance, Alfonso Pulido, have presented the draft of the Municipal Budget 2018 proposed by the Government and that will be discussed in an extraordinary plenary session scheduled for June 11.
The total amount of expenses of the draft budget amounts to 20,237,393.19 euros, an amount very similar to that of last year 2017 and the previous ones.
Juana Guardiola has highlighted that: "The improvements in the bonuses that have been introduced in the different ordinances are compensated with the increase in income that is produced by better management and cadastral regularization."
For his part, Alfonso Pulido added that: "They have been developed with responsibility, seriousness and rigor, attending to the needs of the city and with the idea of ​​continuing to bet on people and their welfare."
Likewise, he announced that the outstanding debt will fall this year by almost one million euros, with an expected end of 2018 at 3.19 million euros, "which demonstrates the reorganization of the municipal accounts".
The draft of the 2018 Budget contemplates a new commitment to Social Services with special attention to the most vulnerable groups, increasing by almost 100,000 euros the total investment in the area with respect to the previous year, now standing at 1,554,907 euros.
110,000 euros have been allocated to aid of urgent need and some direct subsidies have been increased and consolidated, such as that of Cáritas that doubles, to which we must add 60,000 euros for groups with social purposes, as well as 30,000 for a new phase of the Accessibility Plan.
For investments, 1,182,800 euros are proposed, to which will be added others that may be executed through the surplus.
Highlight 105,000 euros for the construction of new niches in the Municipal Cemetery, 75,000 euros for vehicle rental, 20,000 for road improvement, 30,000 euros for rural roads, 50,000 euros for street and squares, 10,000 euros for furniture urban and another 150,000 for the refurbishment of the Wine Museum.
Likewise, technological modernization will continue for which 120,000 euros will be allocated.
The districts will again be one of the strong bets of the local government with a game of 100,000 euros.
The 2018 Budget project maintains an important amount destined to subsidies, standing at 1,430,487.41 euros, giving economic coverage to a large number of sports, cultural, social, health, festive, musical, environmental and educational groups.
The game of local festivities will again be 145,000 euros, increasing the subsidy that receives the Harvest Festival and creating a new one for the Peña Caballista.
In Education, there will be 50,000 euros for the maintenance of schools, while the bonobus, school material aid and FAMPA grants reach 135,000 euros.
The total amount allocated to Youth has risen by 50% compared to last year.
The Participatory Budgets will be again "an essential part and basic pillar in this legislature" as a key tool for municipal life.
150,000 euros have been allocated so that citizens can choose again in what they invest.
As for Personnel, Pulido pointed out that: "This budget gives us the capacity to obtain a wide offer of public employment that will become 25 civil servant positions, as well as face the expected salary increase, which could reach 1. , 75%. "
Finally, both the mayor and the councilor of Finance, agreed that these are budgets that "consolidate the work done in previous years, are ambitious, but at the same time realistic."
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla
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