Approved budget of the municipality of Rezekne in 2015
On 29 January, the most important issue of the agenda of the emergency council was on the publication of the general budget of the municipality of Rezekne and the consolidated summary of the special budget for 2015. As the chairman OF the council informed Monvīds Švarcs during the meeting, the revenue planned by the municipality is EUR 25 198 348 THAT year, most of which is drawn up by personal income tax (7.78 mln lats). EUR) and payment from the municipal financial equalisation fund (7,77 million EUR), as well as a target grant for the remuneration of teachers (4,78 million lats EUR). In turn, EUR 33 628 953 ARE entered in the expenditure section. It includes expenditure on education (13,15 million EUR), for the provision of economic activity, including for implementation of projects, for the operation of the construction board, for local government road repairs – LVL 7.43 million EUR, while the social protection area is estimated at 3.90 mln lats EUR. “The difference between the revenue and expenditure share of EUR 8 430 605 consists of the balance of funds and the borrowing from the national treasury, which was taken over for the renovation of four secondary schools,” explained M. Schwartz.
As the Municipal Executive Director Janis Troška noted, expenditure on general government services has been reduced by 11 per cent: “this has been achieved by increasing financial discipline, as well as by preserving the budget sections by precise headings.”
From the basic budget expenditure, 48 per cent or 16.33 million is the expenditure of the municipality administration (implementation of projects, maintenance of buildings, social service allowances, financing of the special economic zone of Rezekne, as well as funds for unforeseen cases), 41% or 13.67 mln lats. EUR for parish administrations, while 11 per cent or 3.64 million EUR is planned for the maintenance of boarding schools, social institutions and sports schools.
After approval of the budget, the President OF the Rēzekne municipality council Monvīds Švarcs thanked the local government administration and parish administrations for the work they had invested in developing the new budget: “special thanks should be given to the leaders of the parish administrations who also involved in the development of the budget the leaders of their parish institutions – schools, pre-school educational institutions, cultural houses and libraries – because they are best known for which works the budget resources should be allocated first. I'm glad we can work as a team. '
Madara Laksa
Public relations specialist of the municipality of Rezekne