Jumilla Mayor Enrique Jiménez, offered this morning in the city of Jumilla a press conference to report on the draft service operation of refuse collection, street cleaning and grounds maintenance, to be submitted to a full opinion meeting to be held tomorrow, Wednesday, in the municipality of Jumilla.
According to the Mayor of Jumilla, receipt of waste will no longer go, because the ownership of the service will remain the City of Jumilla, "since the management of public service, not as a privatization would have us believe," for Therefore, "the City Council will be responsible for collection of the service, and who therefore determine the cost."
Moreover has denied they are to worsen working conditions, and on the contrary, "greatly employment status of workers in safety and professional development, for example improved. Moreover, as stated in record will be taken into special consideration hiring people with disabilities thus giving work opportunities to all citizens of Jumilla. "
Moreover Enrique Jimenez, has stated that "it is making a real effort by the socialist group distort and misinform Jumillano society through lies about the unfounded rise of receipt of the waste, when it is totally false. We will show that with the same receipt we will give you a better service, and they do not like, because it will become clear that the management have done over the last 12 years, only to what is lying to them. "
Moreover, in the draft, the Mayor explained that the necessary improvements will be apparent and so that all equipment and container Bins improve the city, the street cleaning services will be expanded, and the fleet is renewed which at present is very poor and in which we must undertake constant repairs.
In addition, he explained that the only feasible to make this investment, formula is through the adoption of this record, and that the City of Jumilla, can not cope with an investment of this nature.
"If we want to improve this service we can do two things, save for 15 years, and then undertake the actions, or assign this service to companies that present the best project and benefit from the improvements to the city and provided on the basis that cost us the same, for the redemption of this important project will be in 25 years. That's nothing but a management exercise, offer more at the same price "apostillaba the mayor of the City of Jumilla.
Service improvements
Councilman Services, Juan Manuel Abellan explained otherwise the content of the draft, that "an important and necessary to allow for cleaning of the municipality advancement."
As he explained, there will be six new trucks, five direct collection, and one for the management of other waste transportation besides cars and other vehicles for street cleaning.
Moreover, the current fleet of sweepers, some of them have a drive system that does not guarantee proper cleaning of the streets will be renewed.
The new sweepers will have a vacuum system, and as has qualified Juan Manuel Abellan, an important detail of the project, is that "for the first time, it will have a sweeper truck which will be accessible to the districts and peripheral pathways locality, expanding very dramatically, housekeeping of the entire municipality, not just the urban area. "
In addition the container park will increase over 650 items, 700 new bins, and a mobile application is enabled, through which citizens can report incidents in real time, as well as being informed about the collection schedules garbage.
Concentrations convened
As the hunger strike have initiated several residents of the town, the mayor said that invited the Standing Platform, to a meeting and bring positions on the draft, to which their representatives agreed not saying "do not had nothing to talk about. "
In this sense, the mayor has pledged to bring the project to all citizens in meetings with neighborhood associations and groups, in order to explain the initiative and clarify any doubts that are emerging as a result of "bad intentions of some political parties. "
Another detail that Enrique Jimenez, has denied at the hearing, is the information that the socialist municipal group has published on the report of the Service Contract for the City Council, which according affects the mayor, only spoke of a part of it , information out of context, and implying that the process is not the right one, when Enrique Jiménez explains, concluding that the report concludes, however, "given the significant investment required of the dealer for the implementation of service does not exist at present other contractual figure for the proposed provision that economically viable. Nevertheless, for the reasons given in this report would be useful to publish the notice of the notice in the OJEU, although not required for management contracts of public service, "something the socialist municipal group maliciously omitted.
Finally, the mayor of Jumilla, has called on the residents, confidence, and encouraged the public to "not be swayed by unfounded lies stakeholders that this project does not go ahead."
"I call confidence in government management of Jumilla, and within a year, choose whatever you have to choose, but give us the confidence to demonstrate the ability of management having the Popular Party in Jumilla."
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla