Budget approved by PP only.

BUDGET 2010

Finally last week at the special pleno on Thursday the Budget 2010 has been approved with the sole votes of the PP.

Here some details of it:

As you know Orihuela town has one third of the inhabitants, and Orihuela Costa also has one third, the last third are the citizens living in suburbs like Torremendo, La Murada etc.
The investment for Orihuela town is 4,3 million euros. For the Coast it is 700.000 euros. From Los Verdes we are strongly criticising this, especially as the Coast is the most important tourist focus of the municipality. This again shows very clearly that our ruling party PP is only interested in the votes of the Coast, but not in the real necessities of the area.
From Los Verdes we made a number of specific requests for Orihuela Costa to be included in the budget, such as
- a Youth Center
- Adaptation of the parks and roundabouts with so called "zerojardinería" (zero gardening, proposition of Los Verdes of 2007, approved by PP but it never came to action) local plants, easy to maintain and with a very low cost.
- Improvement of the accessibility of the beaches
- Children's play ground in Campoamor
- Offices at the Town Hall in Playa Flamenca for the opposition parties
- Improvement of the street signs and many more.
The full list ist published here on the blog.

ALL THIS HAS BEEN DENIED BY OUR RULING PARTY PP.

We from Los Verdes want to offer a different way of "ruling" Orihuela and we are convinced that the time is there to regenerate the way Orihuela is managed.

Budget 2010

On the Pleno of April 27th 2010 Los Verdes did ask again about the balance of the year 2009 and the budget for the running year 2010. Both have not been presented yet.
Los Verdes did ask if this might be due to the fact that the balance of last year is so bad that it needs “to be corrected”, but Monica Lorente answered that “tha balance is ready” and “looks very good”.
So we ask why at the end of the month of April of 2010 the balance for the past still has not been presented and due to this, no budget for 2010 has been yet presented.
As usual our ruling party PP is acting based on their own schedule….

Propositions to Budget 2010

Propositions of Los Verdes for the Orihuela budget 2010.

The budget of the running year was supposed to be decided at the monthly meeting (Pleno) in February 2010. Unfortunatly until today the budget for the running year has not been discussed at all.
Our propositions are not included in the existing budget for 2010. º

1. Installation of a Youth Center (already applied for by Los Verdes and also promised by the ruling party PP in their electoral programme in 2007)
2. Build an additional pedestrian-way or a separat footbridge to crossing the Autovia at Lomas de Cabo Roig. (promised by the ruling party PP in their electoral programme in 2007)
3. Foundation of natural areas/Parks in the coastal-area. (promised by the ruling party PP in their electoral programme in 2007)
4. Make sure that the existing accesses for disabled citizens, as for example to the bridges crossing the N332, are actually really accessible for wheelchairs.
5. Additional crossing of the N332. (from PP promised, however the construction of another bridge with moneys of the government fund was nevertheless refused).
6. Listing, labeling and protection of the " Vias pecuarias " (old livestock-ways, that are protected in Spain,) in the community area Orihuela, incl. coast.
7. Bus connection of Orihuela Costa and the other suburbs to the city Orihuela and to the hospital Vega Baja.
8. Installation of solar pannels and Fotovoltaik in public buildings (for example also swimming pools, changing rooms etc)
9. Introduction of a council-owned bicycle-distribution (like for example in Barcelona) in the city and at the coast.
10. Creation or expansion of a team, who`s task would be to mark the public woodlands of the municipality and to keep these clean.
11. Installation of public toilets in parks etc where necessary, in the city and in the coastal-area.
12. Improvement of the existing bus stops through installation of sun/rain protection.
13. Budget for the realization of integration-activities, distributes over the entire year, for foreign citizens.
14. Improvement and repair of street signs, like for example crosswalks, parking places etc in different streets of Orihuela Costa.
15. Construction of a connection-street between lot Balcones and Orihuela Costa.
16. Extension, improvement and completion of the Paseo of Agua Marina.
17. Municipality sports courses also in Orihuela Costa.
18. Citizen-ticket
19. Budget for the realization of integration-activities for foreign teenagers.
20. Information signs at those building sites which are denounced.
21. Purchase of decibel-measuring instruments for the Policia Local.
22. Disposal of municipality premises for the opposition parties in the Town Hall in Orihuela Costa.
23. Budget for a staff-plan through which certain overtimes of the town hall-personnel can be achieved by unemployed citizens.
24. Produce a plan with funds to help for renewable energies at buildings in the municipality.

Budget 2010, March 2010

Budget 2010

Until now the budget for the running year has not been discussed or approved. The opposition parties have issued a leaflet together showing some of the disastrous and useless expenses which our ruling party did make during the years 2007 and 2008.
For example 1,8 million euros to external companies for “technical reports”. Do we not have sufficient qualified technicians working for the town hall?
For example 2 million euros for publicity…..
For example 4.000 euros for a course for “directive capability” for councillor David Costa….???


Regarding the money from PlanE and Plan Confianza which comes from the Government and from the Valencian Generalidad to give work in times of crisis to the local companies and support the local economy, we have to point out that most of the work is carried out by companies which are not from Orihuela and also all jobs always go to the same few companies – this also applies for most of the projects which the town hall carries out.