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Cehegín Mayor Jose Rafael Rocamora, appeared in today at a press conference in his first month in office, accompanied by Maravillas and Ismael Fernández Abellán, First and Second Deputy Mayors, respectively.
At first it explained how it has been the municipal organization and delegations made in the council, noting the change in the Department of Communication assumed Wonders Fernandez and Employment to Francisco Chico Molina, leaving the rest as previously reported in note Press.
Rocamora explained, in detail, the releases approved at the first regular full last Friday, where his salary was set at € 31,235.65 (compared to 46 275, € allocated to former Mayor), with a release of 75%, it has made stresses clarify the situation of 75% of its release is purely administrative, dump it to the people of Cehegín 200% and that this partial release is due to be Mayor is possible, you have to continue to maintain their professional activity for when finished his time at City Hall, which is the form of "not become a parasite of politics as happens in many cases."
Gross wages of the other two councilors are released € 31,619.97 and € 28,271.98.
3 people released (mayor and two councilors) representing a total cost to the City of € 119,284.52 (including the cost of social security), that compared to previous spending PP government team (€ 141,882.32) resulting in a saving of € 22,597.80, or what is the same, almost 16% savings.
Rocamora said he does not understand the vote against the PP in the last full respect of hiring his secretary to replace the press officer, and personal trust, when in crisis, in 2010, the PP had hired three people confidence and that added to the releases of the government team involved a cost of 300,000 € as of 2003-2015 has increased the organic staff of the City on a 44.56% (from 92 to 133 employees) and the cost one 122.53% (from € 2,594,837.60 to € 5,774,514.80).
Then, the mayor has come to analyze, roughly, the financial situation of the City, saying that needs urgent reorganization and austerity in spending and a "real" estimate of the revenue.
Rocamora explained that the PP has been developing budgets based on spending, that is, are the costs that have committed and accordingly, to comply with the law to balance the municipal budget, decide revenues, remain very high these about what actually enters the end of the year.
This has led to year after year, it has caused a large budget deficit.
As an example pointed out the 2014 budget deficit has exceeded 800 thousand euros.
The mayor added that "the PP has been irresponsible and wasteful spending."
As an example of this, he noted that only in regard to the 2nd phase of the construction of the Auditorium, the previous Popular Party government has spent 3.5 million grant "finalist" in the region and the 3.3 million municipal contribution in current expenditure rather than leaving him in a plant has to execution of the work.
The expense of these about 6.8 million euros (sum of two contributions) without performing the work for which they were intended, causing a serious problem because there is no money to do it and if it is not done there to return the subsidy Autonomous Community.
These are just two examples to illustrate that in the case of the City, there is € 243,383.83 and the City's financial debt is € 12,885,739.73, to which must be added 3.5 million grant the Autonomous Community, referred to above, resulting in a debt of around 17 million euros.
However, José Rafael Rocamora added that the known data are scarce and that today has arranged for an external audit to ACAL, company has hired legal counsel to the City for years, so that his place within current lease with the City and not involve extra expense to the City, as of commissioning another company cost would range between 30 and 50 thousand euros, cost, as explained Rocamora, can not afford right now the City of Cehegín.
It is estimated that the audit is completed by October or November.
When asked by the media present, Cehegín Mayor Jose Rafael Rocamora, he has called the understanding and the effort of all.
He explained that if the City could not afford to pay the debt, the law requires the institution to pay the banks before the payrolls of staff.
Then he said that measures are already in place to mitigate these four years of the debt, although revenue available to the City Council are very limited.
Therefore, it will be inevitable that any reduction does not occur in the tax bill as intended, although it undertakes not to raise.
He also announced that already in place other actions such as the creation of a central purchasing to save on supplies of the City;
saving on holidays, but this year, because they are already over, will remain more or less in line with what is being done, but at lower cost.
Jose Rafael Rocamora, Mayor of Cehegín, has called for all residents of Cehegín next July 24, at 8 pm at the House of Culture where he appear to explain in more detail the situation of the City which he described as very serious and which will answer all questions put to them.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín
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