The Barcelona Provincial Council will bring to the plenary session this Thursday a budget of 1,308.59 million euros for 2025which represents an increase of more than 5% compared to last year’s accounts. The budget will be approved with the support of all the parties represented in the institution with the exception of Vox. In an informative meeting, the delegate president of the General Services and Digital Transition Area, Filo Cañete, stressed that the 82.3% of the budget will be allocated to direct assistance to local governments.
In the section of the income78.30% of them come from taxes managed by the State (IRPF, VAT and special taxes), which add up to a total of 1,024.5 million euros. Next, non-tax income is counted (242 million, 18.5%) and, finally, tax income (42.1 million, 3.2%).
The institution applies a surcharge to the tax on economic activities (IAE) that will be frozen next year. Public rates and prices will also be continuous and will hardly vary compared to the previous year. In any case, the collection for these concepts is testimonial.
On the other hand, The corporation has its accounts healthyan exceptional case in all public administrations. Since 2021, lacks financial debt.
In the personnel chapter, it is planned to increase the total initial budget by 23% to 298 million euros. In 2025, there will be total workforce of 5,500 workersadding all dependent public organizations – the staff of the Provincial Council alone will amount to 4,537 employees -. The bulk of the staff are technicians who provide support to the 311 municipalities in the district.
Main investment: roads
The intention of the Provincial Council is that, throughout 2025, the corporation promotes a set of policies aligned with the strategy defined in the Mandate Action Plan (PAM)as well as with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the Agenda 2030 and the Urban Rural Agenda.
He Xarxa Plan of Local Governmentswith 351 million euros, will continue to be one of the main lines of support for local entities, and will consist of a program that materializes with the Catalog of Services –164.4 million–, the General Investment Program — 157 million– and sectoral or specific programs –26.9 million–.
The main investment in equipment and infrastructure of the institution is spending on the local road network, which is eat 42% of the total planned investments (40.5 million euros). 18.53 million are also allocated to the rehabilitation and maintenance of corporate buildings and close to 5 million in DibaSalus, a program to digitize drinking water supply networks in small towns.
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