The Puerto Lumbreras City Council has made payments to suppliers for more than 200,000 euros since the approval of Royal Decree 463/2020, of March 14, which decreed the state of alarm and that involved a reorganization of public services and consistory human resources.
The municipal government has prioritized paying self-employed workers and companies that provide services to the City Council, so that providers do not see the effects of the health and social emergency worsened by COVID-19.
The spokesperson for the Government team and Councilor for Finance, Raquel Rodríguez, explained that "although payment to suppliers has always been one of our main concerns, with the state of alarm we have considered it more necessary than ever to focus economic management efforts on give stability to the lumbrerense business fabric ".
Thus, since last March 14, invoices have been paid to suppliers for a total amount of 200,000 euros.
"In the next few days, an extraordinary plenary session will be convened, which we will hold electronically, to approve the recognition and subsequent payment of invoices to suppliers," says Rodríguez.
In this way, in the next few days some 570,000 euros will have been paid in total to suppliers, since to the 200,000 euros already paid, it would be necessary to add 180,000 corresponding to extrajudicial recognition, 150,000 to be paid in the coming days and 40,000 euros corresponding to the services of the municipal societies Urbanizadora de Puerto Lumbreras and Pequecultura.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras