Carlos Mazón, president of Diputación de Alicante, will meet with mayors affected by the fire in La Vall d’Ebo on Tuesday (August 30th) to transfer some of the support measures he has already initiated to the affected municipalities. Institute. It will likewise inform you of other planned actions to be taken shortly to minimize the economic impact of a lightning fire that has devastated more than 12,000 hectares in both the Marina Alta area and El Comtat. A circumference of 100 kilometers.
Mazón will travel to the Vall d’Ebo City Council, where the study session will take place, with Emergency Assistant, Javier Sendra for Highways, Alejandro Morant for Infrastructure, Javier Gutiérrez and Miguel Angel for the Environment. Sanchez. José Mancebo, Chairman of the Provincial Tourism Board, will also attend the session.
The President demonstrated the institution’s commitment to all communities damaged by the flames that spread rapidly in the forested areas of the towns in the northern interior of the province, while at the same time ensuring that the institution was in it “from the beginning”. “to contact the mayors, to take care of the needs of their people and to structure a strategy of economic support in the short and medium term in these difficult times,” he said.
Mazón also wanted to thank the members of the Provincial Consortium of Firefighters for the “enormous effort and courage” in their efforts to extinguish the fire, “because they literally left their skin in extreme conditions, and in addition, they have worked tirelessly to guarantee the safety of people in the affected areas.”
To anticipate some of the helplines the Alicante Provincial Council has implemented, Treasury deputy María Gómez met with a dozen mayors from both districts yesterday afternoon to personally brief them on the first block of measures of an emergency. nature that Enabled through SUMA Tax Management to help municipalities mitigate the damage caused by this disaster.
Extraordinary advances to municipal councils, postponement of installment payments and extension of voluntary payment period to citizens, first three aid operations carried out by the provincial institution to provide liquidity to the municipalities.
José Antonio Belso, deputy treasury and SUMA vice president and organizational director, explained, to provide municipalities with immediate economic resources to deal with any contingency from fire cleanups. construction of roads, replacement of infrastructures, repair of water pipes etc.- “Suma will increase the foreseeable collection advance by 10% in the second voluntary payment period of 2022 (IBI and IAE)”.
It will also offer consulates another extraordinary advance for 85% of the estimated collection for the first voluntary payment period of 2023 (IVTM and fees).
In addition, María Gómez announced that, in view of an exceptional situation open to city councilors, and in the implementation of article 84 of the regulation, “the tax authority will facilitate the issuance of extraordinary deferrals / installments, from which citizens can take advantage of up to 23 installments, to fulfill their tax obligations both in the voluntary and in the execution payment period. to bring.
The implementation of this action will be carried out by joint agreement with the municipalities and will be carried out immediately after the identification of the affected municipalities.
Finally, regarding the extension of the voluntary payment period, José Antonio Belso pointed out that in coordination with the consortia, Suma will offer a one-month extension to the citizens. As in the previous measure, it is an action that helps to mitigate the possible social and economic effects of the fire for the citizens, regardless of the presence of directly affected buildings.
The meeting was attended by the mayors and councilors of La Vall d’Ebo, Planes, Balones, L’Atzúbia, Benimassot, Castell de Castells, Fageca, Famorca, Pego, Tollos, La Vall d’Alcalà, La Vall de Laguar and Vall. galline
Finally, both Gómez and Belso showed that they were “entirely willing” to gather each of the municipalities to examine their concerns and needs individually and, if possible, implement them.
It was brought under control on Saturday, August 13, a week after the fire started, and now members of the Provincial Firefighters Consortium continue to work and provide relief, inspection and surveillance in the area. At the most critical moments, more than 350 soldiers from the state, forestry brigades, firefighters from the Generalitat, neighboring autonomous communities and the UME were deployed.
Source: Informacion
