The administration (Partido Popular, Vox, Unió per Alcudia) has approved a budget of 43.5 million euros. It is the first budget since 2022's. This was rolled over into 2023 as there was no approval for the 2023 budget before the elections in May last year.
María Ramos of Unides Podem, stated that it was "an illegal budget" because personnel spending is to increase by 27.85%, when the maximum permitted is 7.64%. "This quadruples what is allowed by law and violates the budgetary stability law approved by the PP itself. It is the first time that an illegal budget has been presented by Alcudia town hall and with the negative report of the auditor for not respecting the spending laws."
Joan Gaspar Vallori of PSOE observed that the accounts exceed the spending rule by 4.5 million. In reference to the EMSA municipal services agency, he said that the numbers didn't add up. "They have raised the price of sunloungers when this summer there will be no beach bar services. They will not finish the works in time for the summer and therefore won't generate any income."
Vallori recognised the fault of the previous administration (PSOE-Més-El Pi) for not approving the 2023 budget. "But you have taken a year to present your own budget and we do not see a single major project. You have not planned a single euro for works that you had announced, such as the day centre, the residence for senior citizens, Avenida Pedro Mas y Reus or the boulevard on the Arta road."
Finance councillor, Juan González, insisted that the administration will not be accumulating money in banks as the socialists had. "Our political project is to take the budget surplus* out onto the street.” Among investments, he announced the purchase of land for the day centre, a sports area and an extension of the cemetery, as well as other investments to make land available in the future.
* This is currently said to be 120 million euros.
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It’s a world heritage site. Graffiti has been on the ‘historic walls’ for months. No new bins. No new bin trucks. No real support or infastructure to deal with a mass of tourism. And oh, no real support for local people fighting the hideous ‘el cable’ that the council themselves don’t agree with…. It’s insane. Whilst 120 plus euros sits in the bank of Alcúdia. You couldn’t make it up!
Alcudia has 120 million Euros in the bank. Yet there’s graffiti on the walls, been there for months. The bins are a total mess and broken, been like that for years. The cables around the town are spaghetti junction and give crappy internet connection to many, plus regular power cuts. Alcudia is becoming synonymous with all that is wrong. Lazy, greedy and incompetent and…lazy, greedy and totally incompetent. Disgusted by them.