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The municipal budget for 2016 amounts to 78.8 million, increasing 90% investment, reducing current expenditure and left in less than half the municipal debt.
The City Council focuses its efforts on helping families most affected by the crisis and the training of workers to stimulate the labor market and employment.
December 28, 2015. The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, said that the municipal budget for 2016 presents a rigorous, realistic and credible, focused attention to families and the economic stimulation of the town, watching a remarkable rise in investments thanks to the commitment of the Autonomous Community Lorca.
The municipal budget for next year amounts to 78,878,665.77 euros, representing an increase of 8.51% over this year.
In total numbers, we are talking about an increase of 6,183,087.57 euros.
The mayor explained that this is a particularly beneficial for Lorca budget, which enhances the delivery of services to citizens, and which again focuses its efforts on the protection of families from two aspects;
on the one hand by the attentions of our social services, and on the other, enhancing the training of workers Lorca and the arrival of new investments that will allow us to boost our labor market.
We are talking about figures that ensure that citizens will be able to enjoy all resources and municipal services, and launch new projects that will allow us to continue improving our neighborhoods and streets, roads, infrastructure ... generally cement New Lorca is rising thanks to the common efforts of all Lorca.
Lorca grows
The budget for 2016 allows us to deal with all Lorca founded hope and new dreams a year that will be key to Lorca.
We will have a stage in which we will see more were demanding infrastructures become reality, while the overall improvement of large urban areas and services in districts continue their march.
I want to emphasize, in this sense, especially years ago when we beat stronger the crisis and were suffering the effects of natural disasters, all Lorca making redoubled their efforts to open a new era in which we begin to have multiple improvements streets, neighborhoods, roads and infrastructure care and public use.
The reality is that Lorca grows, the economic movement is recovering, just as we are getting create new jobs month after month, consolidating a trend that is reflected in the increased consumption also at the municipal level.
The crisis and its effects have been very hard, but now it seems far behind and that the benefits of recovery come into our families.
That reality also extends to the municipal accounts, which increased for the second consecutive year.
Investments for 2016 are double those of the year, standing at € 10,137,739, and chaining three consecutive years in which the allocations for the implementation of new projects will increase significantly.
Among the most important projects that will be developed over the next year include improving the urban areas of Santa Quiteria, Saint Kitts and Eulogio Periago (5.79 million) the first year of the works of Juan Carlos I (2, 87 million) and improved cultural heritage by € 425,000, in sports facilities € 120,000 and an extra reserve of 60,000 for other interventions for improvement.
Towards a more healthy economy
Thanks to successive development plans optimization of spending, saving and austerity that are being implemented in recent years, in 2016 was cut to less than half, falling to 63.5 million, for a total decrease of 52 1 million.
Notably, precisely during the 2015 municipal debt has been reduced by 7 million.
Correction of inherited problems.
Because of the need to continue solving problems inherited from previous administrations, the City is obliged to block certain economic items to meet the payment of costs of these errors, as will be the case the expropriation of the Merced (300,000 €) and money back Conventions "trap" (€ 2,000,000).
Concept Budget 2016 (million €)
Social protection and local development € 11.8
New investment projects € 10.1
Administrative coordination and finance 8, 8 €
Public safety and mobility € 7
Supplies supply € 5.4
Cleaning streets € 5.8
Education € 4.8
Culture € 2.5
Sports € 3.5
Emergency 2 €
Gardens and parks € 1.3 environment
Extraordinary Full Council that was held this morning approved the municipal budget for next year by 13 votes in favor (PP) and 12 against (PSOE, IU and C`S).
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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