The Mayor of Totana, Isabel Maria Sanchez, today announced an immediate reduction of their pay salary from 20 percent earlier this term in saving measures to the municipal coffers in terms of staff, resulting in savings total of 8,400 euros per year.
This measure was approved in June next regular full with other similar decisions in this area, so it will go from 3,100 euros a month which he received from earlier this term to the current € 2,500 net per month.
The councilor said that given the widespread effort being requested to set totanera society and public employees in particular, in this time of crisis, "my duty is to champion the collective sacrifice and generosity, and act more effort and more work with less burden on the damaged municipal coffers. "
Sanchez recalled that in the first year in office have been taken "numerous adjustment measures and budget cuts" in Human Resources policy in the Consistory, and some of them cited as the freeze on public job and the stock work as well as removing the exception of contracts that are one hundred percent subsidized.
In addition, stressed the suspension of social benefits to public employees, freezing of the complementary target and the elimination of the additions to the service chiefs, whose savings amount to more than 110,000 euros a year in the latter case.
Also referred to non-renewal of the service commissions and the payment of overtime workers, and has reviewed other cost saving measures implemented as reducing the council released (8 to 3.5) and staff selection from (6 to 4) which has resulted in savings of 450,000 euros.
Sanchez Ruiz reiterated its availability at City Hall is 24 hours a day, how could it be otherwise for who holds this responsibility, he has said.
The mayor explained that Totana remains one of the municipalities of the Region in relation to its population, in which public officials have economic returns and lower fees, and noted that, of all municipalities with 21 corporate, this Jumilla is with the fewest councilors have released and lowest salaries.
Also reported that his group will file a motion in the June plenary session urging the Ministry of Finance and Public Administration and the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) to be fixed by law the salaries for elected office in local government and establish a framework of senior salary "based on technical criteria and linear."
