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The Mayor of Yecla, Mark Ortuño, accompanied by Councillor of Finance, Alejandro Palao has presented at a press conference the draft municipal budget for this year 2013 that yesterday was handed over to local groups.

Thus began the debate on the appropriate committees informative, so it is expected that in the month of March can be debated and approved by the full City.

The Mayor said that "despite the economic difficulties being experienced by government, the city of Yecla is in a healthy financial situation. Charging fund does not even reach 7%, even declined compared to last year. We have a positive net savings, greater than that of 2012. Yecla Town Hall, in general, continues to pay its suppliers, in less than 50 days. Provisional Settlement 2013 budget, once recorded expenses and income , has posted a surplus of 750,000 euros "

Ortuño Marcos remarked that the government team "is no stranger to the economic difficulties we are all facing.'s Why the draft budget 2013, complies with the principle of economic stability, ie it is not spending more than you are enter "

Budgets totaling the amount of EUR 25.3 million which represents a reduction of almost 600,000 euros over budget last year 2012.

Despite this reduction, the Mayor stressed that "it continues to maintain the same level of activity."

These budgets that "think especially those that are suffering the effects of the economic crisis. This will spend nearly 5 million euros for those closest to the citizen councils. Councillors as education or social services should have greater role in these difficult times "has indicao Mayor.

For the second consecutive year the chapter reduce current expenditure in an amount of close to 250 000 euros.

This would have reduced spending councils as celebrations and has revised downwards several services contracts.

Ortuño stressed that despite the reduction in revenues in the municipal budget for the year 2013, there has been an increase of 7% of what the City Council receives input from State taxes by the Government of the Nation .

The Mayor has indicated that one of the priorities of this budget focuses on implementing active employment policies to mitigate the effects of the economic crisis with three very specific initiatives: the commitment to training, to improve access opportunities labor market of the unemployed, the launch of a special employment plan their intended just over 180,000 euros, trying to help those unemployed with a very complicated family situation, and the implementation of the business incubator, as a measure of support to new entrepreneurs and start-ups.

Budgets have a party of more than 450 thousand euros to investments, to be undertake without having to go to banks to borrow.

One important item of this investment is intended to save energy by installing biomass boilers in public schools.

Also contemplated heading for paving streets or repairing sewers.

In the words of the council of finance, "not the time for major investments in works, but investing in care of what we have."

The budgets allocated nearly 2 million euros to reduce debt.

Thus in the last two years has reduced the municipal debt by 4 million euros

Councillor of Finance, Alejandro Palao has qualified these budgets as "realistic and closer to the citizen. Applies the precautionary principle in the income and expenditure, as is being demonstrated with the latest control measures of the Government of Spain for administrations public, and we deliver. Moreover rather than hard adjustments, you opt for lower contracts, leases or expenses of government organs, maintaining the level of services to yeclanos "

The Mayor has stated that "the economic management of the PP government has reduced debt, undertake major investments in our city and not increase the tax burden to yeclanos. We have reduced the tax rate of property tax and other taxes and fees or even now the IPC "

"In conclusion - is complete-it is easy to save privatizing services or closing facilities, as they are doing in other municipalities. In our City, this Administration is introducing budgets in line with the current situation, responsible, austere, but above budgets that maintain all the services provided to yeclanos.'s the best budget we can have in the circumstances we are facing. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Yecla