The Arrecife City Council has presented its budgets for 2023, amounting to 62,605,091.00, which represents an increase of 11.60% compared to 2022. These accounts will be approved in the ordinary plenary session to be held next Friday, March 31, and according to the Government group, they "are committed to eminently social and balanced budgets in terms of expenses and income, where the well-being of citizens is prioritized."
For the mayor of Arrecife and head of Finance, Astrid Pérez, "we must continue to strengthen the protection of the most vulnerable families and social actions, while we must continue to strengthen quality municipal public services, with new necessary provisions planned in this municipal budget and promoting public investment to reactivate the local economy and employment in our municipality."
In Revenues, in this fiscal year, indirect taxes increase by 30.68% and capital transfers by 19.66%. Thus, once again, the Government team "maintains its commitment not to raise tax rates, faithful to its responsibility to improve the living conditions of people and to promote the economic opportunities of the people of Arrecife."
They also prioritize continuing to incorporate measures to reduce the tax burden on families and businesses with less economic capacity, administrative simplification, and employment promotion. In this budget, of the Expenses, 44.13% will be allocated to the provision of basic public services (Collection and Treatment of MSW, Sewerage, Conservation and maintenance of public roads, Street Cleaning, Public Lighting, Urban Planning, Housing, Parks and Gardens, Cemetery and funeral services, etc.), and General Environmental Administration, increasing by 17.66% compared to 2022.
"Expenses on Social Services and Employment promotion increase"
It should be noted that "in this fiscal year, expenses on Social Services and Employment promotion increase by 12.74% compared to the 2022 budget, so the items allocated to charitable and welfare care for the most vulnerable families, the elderly in the municipality, and aid for school supplies are increased." Also, "economic actions such as Commerce, Tourism, SMEs, and Public Transport also suffer an increase of 25.94% compared to last year."
With respect to expenses on economic actions, these amount to 435,000.00 euros and translate, among other actions, into subsidies to SMEs, the tourist and commercial promotion of Arrecife,
the promotion of employment and the subsidy to public transport for the adaptation of adapted vehicles and the modernization of the taxi service.
Chapter 6 of Investments of the 2023 Budget amounts to 3,942,019.79 euros, which includes several economic items in the Area of Public Services for the improvement of Basic Public Services and, among other actions, the beautification and adaptation of the beaches of the municipality and the improvement in parks, gardens, and children's areas are specified; the construction of a fountain in the roundabout of Triana street corner Rambla Medular; the paving plan; works in the Tinasoria neighborhood and the adaptation works of the Argana Sports Palace.
Finally, Astrid Pérez assures that "this budget includes the necessary items to continue with the city projects that began in this legislature and guarantee stability, transparency, and improvement in management to move towards the city model that we really want and deserve."
