It is not possible for all or at least a high percentage of the municipalities in the province to fulfill their obligation to start the new year with approved budgets. The causes over the last few years have been varied, although on this occasion. There are two compelling reasons directly affecting the fact that half of the largest municipalities have not updated their accounts.. The first reason the mayors hide is inflation, on the basis that the imbalances caused by price increases make it difficult to prepare the articles. The other excuse, if it can be called that, is that municipal elections are imminent, so that some consortia are considering the possibility of suspending approval until they know what the composition of the new companies will be.
Tour the state’s main town halls rather bleak picture of approval of municipal accounts. Consulates that fulfill the obligation to update their accounts include Elche, Santa Pola, Crevillent, Villena, Novelda, Petrer, Altea, Calp, San Vicente del Raspeig or Sant Joan d’Alacant, while on the opposite side, Alicante, Xixona, El Campello, Benidorm, Vila Joiosa, l’Alfàs del Pi, Elda, Aspe, Alcoy, Ibi, Torrevieja or Orihuela. Companies of all political colors that, for one reason or another, have not yet finalized their budgets for this year.
And all this despite what is set by legislation, which in some cases is somewhat condescending. For example, when a council has been unable to approve its accounts for a year for certain reasons. However, after this first extension, The law warns that there should not be any consensus whose budget is extended beyond one fiscal year.due to its negative effects on the municipal administrative mechanism and the projects to be developed.
However, this does not seem to have been taken into account by town halls like Torrevieja. made the expansion of their accounts quite common practicel to the point where it works with million-dollar loan amendments. In Orihuela, the complex situation in which the municipal administration finds itself following the no-confidence motion that elevated the PSOE to the Mayor’s Office shows that approving new accounts is currently a very complex task. , you will most likely have to wait until the municipal elections have passed to get started.
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In Alicante, The desire of mayor Luis Barcala to end his term by timely approving some budgets has turned into hell.In this case, energy costs, under the pretext of skyrocketing inflation, among other things, require the items to be adjusted as much as possible. The fact is that since 2015, the City Council in the capital of the province has not been able to fulfill its calculations within the specified time, regardless of party.
And the proof that things are not about political colors lies in the example of two municipalities, Benidorm and Alcoy, the first administered by the PP and the second by the PSOE. The tourist city’s mayor, Toni Pérez, justifies the delay in approval in the current complex situation. “We live in a moment of great uncertainty and also a difficult forecast – he explains. Energy and water costs skyrocket in 2022and we had to make adjustments to see how we assumed that. In our case we decided not to give it to the neighbors but as I said everything is more complicated. The purpose of the directory is to update accounts in the same month of January.
Regarding Alcoy, mayor Toni Frances cites the same reasons. «First of all, we are talking about a complex budget due to the increase in the cost of energy.. Therefore, we had to wait for the liquidation to set the items to the maximum,” he explains. The goal is to get the accounts approved in February, which is usually the usual date, as Frances reminds.
with everything, small municipalities become more cohesive. Adsubia, Agost, Alcosser, Almudaina, Beneixama, Benifato, Benimarfull, Campo de Mirra, Cañada, Confrides, Fageca, Millena, Muro, Novelda, Polop, Sagra, Vall d’Ebo or Vall de Gallinera.