| Summary of matters approved by the October Plenary | The San Javier City Council was the only municipality in the Region that did not charge the rate for the collection of urban solid waste The Plenary of the City Council of San Javier has approved the establishment of the garbage tax, which has not been charged in the municipality since 2000, as well as the ordinance that regulates it, which is initially approved and will be exposed to the public for 30 days before final approval.
The garbage tax will cost 4.94 euros per home per month and 59.31 per year, "one of the lowest in the Region of Murcia and the lowest in the region," said the Councilor for Finance, Héctor Verdú He recalled that "San Javier is the only municipality in the Region where this service is not charged." The mayor of the Treasury explained that the establishment of the garbage rate was one of the most important measures of the 2020 and 2021 Economic-Financial Plan that was approved by the Plenary of last August, without any vote against, with the intention of be able to recover budget stability.
The expenses caused by the last Danas, the fall in income in the City Council planned for this year due to the pandemic and the fiscal aid approved to mitigate its economic effects, aimed at both individuals and the commercial sector, require stabilizing the budget "in order to continue providing essential services to citizens and accessing grants and loans under favorable conditions," said Verdú. The collection of the fee, the amount of which varies depending on the use of the property depending on whether it is a home, a shop, a hotel or a factory, will raise 3 million euros, which coincides with the annual cost of the new waste collection service awarded in 2014 , which has led to a substantial improvement in the management of urban solid waste.
The Councilor for the Treasury, Héctor Verdú highlighted the bonuses that have been approved in the payment of the garbage rate as a 50 percent discount for pensioners and retirees and families with limited resources and 100 percent for non-profit entities and religious entities.
Second-degree large families will benefit from a 45 percent discount and first-degree 65 percent.
Also, in addition to a 3 percent discount for direct debit,the new garbage tax has been included in the "Payment a la carte" that allows dividing the amount into 2, 3 or 6 installments during the year, without surcharges. The councilor for the Treasury, Héctor Verdú, recalled that the garbage tax existed in the municipality until 2000 when 62 euros were paid, 2 euros more than the new tax.
Then it was eliminated to compensate the neighbors for the rise in the IBI bill that caused the upward revision of the cadastral values.
The good economic situation of the City Council has allowed not only not to implement this rate since then, but to apply a reduction in taxes and fees that in the case of IBI receipts reaches 12 percent, Héctor Verdú recalled.
The mayor of the Treasury pointed out that now the San Javier City Council is no stranger to the current situation and the drop in income, the extraordinary expenses of the last DANAS and the pandemic are added, so recovering budget stability is an exercise of responsibility.The recovery of the garbage rate was approved with the votes of the government team and the votes against the rest of the municipal groups for considering it inappropriate in time. Motions approved by the Plenary Constitutional Order The plenary session held yesterday approved a motion of the Popular group in which the Government of Spain is urged to defend the constitutional order, vindicate the 1978 Constitution as the basis of democracy and unequivocally respect the separation of powers as one of the foundations of the State of Law, among other things.
The motion was approved with the votes in favor of the Popular, Socialist, VOX and Citizens groups and the abstention of the Mixed group. Bronze Medal of the Villa de San Javier for the Eagle Patrol Unanimously by all municipal political groups, a motion presented by the Popular group was approved to initiate a file with the aim of awarding the Bronze Medal of the Villa de San Javier to the titular pilots of the Eagle Patrol in recognition of "the immense value representing the Eagle Patrol in the municipality of San Javier, and as a token of appreciation and gratitude to all those who have made up and make up the great team of the Patrol, both pilots, mechanics and all the civil and military personnel of the General Academy del Aire that have allowed the development of their great work ".
The motion includes a request to the Government of the Region of Murcia to grant the Eagle Patrol "a public recognition as a reward for his 35 years and his great contribution to the municipality of San Javier,to the Region of Murcia and to Spain ". Against illegal occupation of houses The San Javier City Council expresses its commitment to defending and guaranteeing the right to private property against the illegal occupation of homes compatible with the "undoubted support and protection of those neighbors and families who are in a situation of social emergency due to housing ", in the motion presented by the Popular group.
The motion against the occupation approved with the votes in favor of the Popular, VOX and Ciudadanos groups agrees to urge the Government of Spain to "urgently approve a law that guarantees the right to private property and effectively combats the illegal occupation of homes ".It also asks you to support the legal modifications and measures included in the Organic Law Proposition against illegal occupation and for neighborhood coexistence and the protection of the safety of people and things in the communities of owners, presented by the Popular parliamentary group in the Congress of Deputies and the Senate. San Javier, an egalitarian municipality free of gender violence All municipal political groups, except VOX, voted in favor of the motion presented by the Popular group in which the San Javier City Council undertakes to carry out "a transversal equality policy in which all areas of the City Council are involved, endowed with sufficient resources and implementation of projects that involve the involvement and participation of all areas of the City Council and not only the area of ??Women and Equality ".
It also undertakes to promote citizen participation and social agents in projects and actions in favor of equal opportunities between men and women to achieve a rejection of gender violence and promote alternative models of coexistence based on respect and equality,eliminating all types of discrimination based on gender and situations of violence against women definitively. Twinning between San Javier and Ponte de Sor (Portugal) With all the groups in favor and the abstention of VOX, the formal declaration as sister municipalities of San Javier (Spain) and Ponte de Sor (Portugal) and the start of the twinning protocol and the Cooperation Agreement signed between both municipalities was approved.
This twinning is part of the "San Javier, city of the air" project since Ponte de Sor is a Portuguese municipality characterized by its aeronautical activity with which it is intended to promote reciprocal collaboration, exchange of experiences and cooperation in common projects. Support to the hospitality and nightlife sector The Plenary approved a motion presented by the Citizens group with the support of the Popular group and VOX, the abstention of the Mixed group and the vote against the Socialist group, in which the Central Government is urged to develop a support plan for the hospitality and nightlife sector.
The approved agreement requests measures that include the extension of the postponement of taxes and Social Security and the moratoriums on personal loans, the recovery of the extraordinary benefit for cessation of activity for the self-employed who have to close their business or see their income collapse due to the restrictions that are decreed by the health authorities and the extension of the extraordinary aid for ERTEs until the moment in which the situation prior to the impact of the COVID19 crisis can be recovered.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier