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The budgets have been prepared with the utmost rigor, and include new "Measures of Control and Innovation in Local Government" with the aim to "introduce new actions of austerity, management, innovation and control of public spending."
The municipal accounts represent a strong commitment to social services in a particularly difficult time for families and citizens, increasing the game at 20% compared to last year.
Thursday December 29, 2011.
The full City Council has approved Puerto Lumbreras municipal budgets for 2012, providing over 26.7% of the total budget for operation and management of municipal services and facilities "to ensure and improve the quality of life the lumbrereses, and create new employment opportunities. "
The Councillor for Finance, Genaro Perez, along with the Councillor for Economy and Employment, Juana Guirao, presented this morning at a press conference in 2012 municipal budgets, with which the municipality prioritize "social policies and measures conducive to job creation "
So, Perez explained that "at a time of economic crisis, optimize and leverage resources effectively and efficiently all the money lumbrerenses. We try to do more with less, through good management to not stand Puerto Lumbreras and be one of the first municipalities to overcome the crisis. "
In this sense, the budgets for 2012 have 12,360,331.75 euros, representing an increase over the 2011 budget.
In this regard, Councillor of Finance, Genaro Perez, explained that "the new municipal budgets prioritize their goals in 5 main areas: Social Policy, Employment and Economic Development, Investment, and Public Services."
Thus, social policy, it increases the game in almost 20% compared to last year's budget.
So, Perez explained that "it is in budgets which provide greater support to those who are experiencing difficult economic situation. The percentage is increased social spending because we are aware of the importance which is to help those who especially need our support and social protection in these times of particular difficulty. "
Also, one of the main priorities of the City Council is to continue creating employment opportunities and further reducing local unemployment rate that is 12 points behind the national average after more than one consecutive year registering significant declines.
To do this, go to 9% of the total budget for the implementation of specific measures to create employment in the municipality through training programs, new programs for Center for Entrepreneurship and Local Development Centre, and plans employment counseling, among other measures.
On the other hand, the budgets allocated mostly to the management and implementation of public services to ensure the quality of life of lumbrerenses.
Thus, the consistory lumbrerense intends to launch and improve public services and infrastructure "that have been created over the past 4 years through investments in public works in excess of 50 million euros."
In this regard, the City maintains a significant investment chapter, amounting to 2.2 million euros, which represents almost 18% of the total budget and "that will make Puerto Lumbreras continue to grow one more year in services and infrastructure, which improve the quality of life for our citizens, and contribute to job creation. "
Finally, Perez concluded by explaining that "the budget reflects the continued growth of an entrepreneurial city with great challenges for the future development and progress designed by and for all lumbrerenses".
Control Measures and Innovation in Local Government
The 2012 budgets have been prepared with the utmost rigor and according to various criteria of austerity to further improve the financial management of the City Council.
Therefore, these estimates "are linked to new 'Control Measures and Innovation in Local Government' that will result in the Second austerity plan which aims to encourage savings through optimal management and control of public expenditure" .
In this regard, the City Council and launched a series of austerity measures and control of public expenditure, which together with the recovery plan under the new budget and an Austerity Plan II will result in effective economic management, responsible and austere, optimizing local resources and balancing the income and expenditure budgets.
These measures highlighted the utmost restraint of current spending, optimizing the resources available to the City Council.
Stresses the chapter on reduction of government organs, allocation to political groups, and cost reduction progress in optimizing outside services contracted.
Furthermore, it has given a spending ceiling, and 2012 budgets provide for a reduction of current spending almost half a million euros in the 2012 budget.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras
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