"Good management of areas such as current expenses has enabled us to continue with our policy of increasing investment."
The Mayor of Yecla, Marcos Ortuño, along with Councilman Finance of the City of Yecla, Angel Pino presented the draft Municipal Budget 2016. A project of Mark Ortuño "highlighted by the sharp increase in investments by 30% and containment of current expenditure, the result of a serious and rigorous management. "
The 2016 budget grows by 1.11% compared to 2015 reaching a total of 26,437,763 € and devoted to capital investment € 1,604,600, 27.7% more than last year.
"We are committed to putting people at the center of our political management and that is reflected in many details in this draft budget. Take for example our childcare that is going to be collected in various activities including € 300,000 worth noting that we will devote to the remodeling of parks and gardens, the design of these spaces for smaller games "-has said the Mayor of Yecla.
Also within the investment chapter include the more than 50,000 € dedicated to education, 180,000 € dedicated to investments in culture or investments of € 240,000 allocated for the sports area.
"We have the ability to increase investment by 30% thanks to a rigorous economic management which has led, for example, to decrease by 2.7% in current expenditure" stressed Marcos Ortuño -. "This has been possible thanks the renegotiation of several contracts for supplies and services, and especially with the results begin to give other investments in fields such as public lighting, which is us an important economic savings, while making us a much more respectful municipality with the environment".
Finally Marcos Ortuño has highlighted the increase in areas such as social policy in more than 16%, tourism promotion with 55% or 47% youth, "all without increasing the tax burden on yeclanos".
As he underlined what has been the priority at the time of preparing these budgets: "realistic budgets and adjusted to the possibilities of our City Council and the needs of yeclanos, where we have taken into account the data and experience in the final settlement of other years. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Yecla