The budgetary project proposed by the municipality amounts to 26,226,264 euros, which represents an increase of more than 5 percent compared to the current year, “which we will allocate to public policies that improve the lives of residents, without forgetting the financial capacity that “We must continue to guarantee quality public services to offer to the city as a whole”, as indicated by the mayor of Cabra, Fernando Priego (PP).
The councilor appeared yesterday before the media to report on the general lines of the municipal budget project for the year. 2025 which the Municipal Corporation plans to approve during the ordinary plenary session, which was held overnight.
“For the first time, we are advancing this debate in the month of November with the objective that after its approval and public exposure, it can be valid from January 1, 2025,” said the Egabrense councilor, who thanked “the Intervention and the “Treasury Delegation for the great effort and intense work they have done to make this possible.
The mayor highlighted the new freeze on taxes and public fees “which has lasted for more than ten years and to which is added a wide range of tax credits intended to support sectors such as the elderly, young people and families numerous or single parents. This, as Priego explains, “supposes that the inhabitants of Egabre see the tax burden of this Consistory reduced by 26 percent, if we take into account that the tax was not passed on”. CPI We have been applying this fiscal control policy for more than a decade.
Current expenses
In terms of expenses, the main novelty will be the increase in the staff section “due to the dissolution of the social and sports action councils whose professional staff becomes directly dependent on the Town Hall”, as well as its current expenses. In terms of investments, we reach a forecast of 3,455,754 euros, or 3.32 percent less “due to the absence of European funds”, but which “will make it possible to address actions aimed at improving services public and the different districts of the city.
The head of municipal government emphasized that “even if we are entering a year in which we no longer have European funds until the next call for which we are already working, we are able to present accounts that grow thanks to optimization and to the management of expenses that we have shown since our arrival at City hall“.
