Totana City Council has informed the social groups and associations of geriatric field and educational work in the city this year will not be made the call for grants for the year 2011, given the current economic situation in the Consistory and in measures austerity set for the sanitation of the municipal coffers.
The mayor, Isabel Maria Sanchez, and the councilors of Social Care, Education and Citizen Participation, Josefa Maria Sanchez, and the Health and Women, Eulalia Sandoval, held an informational meeting in the plenary hall to explain the new measures associative temporary and transient to be applied to overcome the liquidity available.
The authorities realized the economic and financial situation of the Consistory and the new organizational and administrative structure for the 2011/15 term, and the municipal government salaries and staff confidence and exposed the inability to split the payment of debt to the negative associations of banks.
Similarly, it was explained that the priority is to go gradually paying municipal debt with the association until 2011 and establish channels of coordination and support for the development of programs and activities that do not involve a cost added to the municipal coffers.
Furthermore, they insisted that they are unpopular but necessary measures to clean up municipal accounts and showed willingness to address the municipal debt as possible in order to continue working on the same line in subsequent years.
They also explained to be paid, as there will liquidity priority to those payments associations promoting social emergency measures, ie those serving people with basic needs.
More measures to parties neighborhoods and districts
The municipal government has already explained a few weeks ago to neighborhood associations and mayors-headman new measures logistical and material support to take effect from next year to celebrate the festivities.
It was reported that upon completion of the entire calendar of festivals in neighborhoods and districts, as of October 5 this year, will agree with the associations and neighborhood groups, a document that will determine the logistical support offered by the City Council to celebrate the festivities as material elements and scenarios, electrical and lighting supports, cleaning device and security, among others.
The City Council has cut more than 50% of the budget in the festival program of St. James, from nearly 50,000 to 22,000 euros.
