Palma.Public Administration Director, Ana Garcia said yesterday that for several days now, inventories from each government department have been arriving on her desk, detailing just what property, fixtures and fittings it either owns or rents. We're trying to ascertain exactly what we have and what we need, said Garcia, making no secret of the fact that many rentals that the government currently pays for will either be given up altogether or negotiated down to a lower figure. The tactic has become commonplace in recent years.
Government property and how buildings and offices are used are to undergo a radical shake-up, something that it has not had since the Balearic Islands were first self-governing in 1983. But Garcia acknowledged that there are still difficulties. The first problem we have to deal with is relocating personnel and reorganising what use is made of each government building, she said. What we want to do is have as many people working for the same department under one roof. At the moment there is a tendency for people to be spread out all over the place, incurring unnecessary cost.
We're looking at giving up some rentals altogether, said Garcia, which will affect some very extensive government operations. Examples, she said are the buildings of the old Commerce Ministry (on the road which leads in to Son Rapinya) and the Ministry for Education which is spread over several floors of offices in Calle Alfons el Magnanim. The restructuring, said Garcia will affect the whole of the Balearics and the government is not ruling out discussions with other regional authorities such as the Island councils to consider combining use of property.
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