Saving measures, framed in the Second Economic and Financial Plan, launched by the City Council of Totana have reduced by 2 million current expenditure in 2009.
This was announced the council of the Presidency and Institutional Relations and deputy spokesman of the government team, Trini Cayuela, who has announced these measures and those that are under development for this year.
This result in savings as the mayor said, "has not been readily available and has been a great effort with the implementation of major internal reforms" and the reorganization of services.
Regarding the Personnel Policy, the mayor explained that he had deleted almost all of overtime, allowances have been contained, wages have declined by 2 percent to municipal officials and politicians have eliminated 13 headquarters in different Councillors negotiated, and have not been called vacancies for the municipal staff, among other issues.
According Cayuela, "for two years, is actively working for the team of the Government in reducing current expenditure and the realignment of services without sacrificing the quality of them."
Thus, explained that the purchases and are managed in an orderly and exacting, have reorganized municipal vacation for a savings of 30,000 euros a month, have been redesigned mobile telephony costs, it is implementing an Energy Saving Plan different municipal departments whose results will begin to materialize soon and have been very significantly reduced costs and advertising protocol, eliminating the per diem expenses, among many other actions.
It has also significantly reduced the figure for advertising and communication while reducing the number of hours available Reinforcement Special (RED) and the amount of local police in 2009, going from 209,000 euros to 180,000 euros, including New additions to the template agents.
Similarly, announced that it will continue to deepen in forms of management of some services and reduced by 40 percent contracts external advice, regardless also of some legal services, and has been reorganized and administrative policy of the government team to deal more streamlined and rational economic and financial situation.
All this, just the mayor said, "has led us to that target and intended mainly budgetary allocations to municipal actions necessary and unavoidable, long-reducing wasteful spending and unnecessary."
Proof of this is that 45 million municipal budget that was established in 2008, in 2009 it dropped to 36 million euros and is now working on a more austere budget and appropriate to the terrible fiscal year to be live, not only in Totana but in the rest of the country, he said.
Therefore, the government team is drafting a budget, which will be around 30 million euros, which will further reduce current spending in order to decrease by 30 percent over these expenses for this year and will transfers substantially cut subsidies, how could it be otherwise.
In this regard, we also noted that the Local Government Board, held yesterday, was agreed to by "The General" Service company awarded the Solid Waste collection and street cleaning, will be a readjustment in the study service to reduce by 30 percent of the charges incurred without impacting on the quality of the service.
Another important initiative has been the outsourcing of various services such as maintenance of parks and gardens, the swimming pool or residence for the elderly, which in his view "has been a clear example of the good done by the team Government, and that this outsourcing have managed to dramatically reduce current spending while improving service to users. "
Finally, and in the social alarm generated by the opposition in the collection of payroll for workers in the City Council referred, reported that payrolls this month have been paid and that work is a priority to arrive in a timely manner.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana. Foto: Totana.com