The Councillor of the Treasury, Ginés Campillo, has explained that 600,000 euros will be contributed by the Town Council and the beneficiaries of the plan will save 494,000 euros with the exemption of tax payments

600,000 EUROS CONTRIBUTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL

▪ 85,960 euros for:

▫ Domestic care (29,980 euros).

▫ Supply of basic necessity and food (29,980 euros).

▫ Supply of pharmacy costs and special food for children (14,000 euros).

▫ Agreement with 6 taxi drivers to bring drugs or basic food to citizens (12,000 euros).

▪ 514,040 euros for:

▫ Purchase of sanitary material and products for the different departments of the council.

▫ Direct economic aid and subsidies that are being articulated for the self-employed, businesses and SMEs.

4494,478 EUROS FROM EXEMPTION FROM TAX PAYMENTS

▪ 103,956 euros. Refuse fee exemption for shops, bars and restaurants

▪ 163,043 euros. Exemption rate of occupation of public highway.

▪ 167,288 euros. Zero Fee. Refuse fee exemption for low-income families.

▪ 60,191 euros. Extension of the reduced rate of refuse rate.

 

The Treasury councillor, Ginés Campillo, has announced that "we have drawn up an economic aid plan endowed with 600,000 euros that, in the first place, is intended to alleviate the situation of families disadvantaged and with few resources”.

 

Specifically, 85,960 euros will go to four contracts to be managed by Social Services in 4 areas for a period of 4 months. 29,980 euros are allocated to domestic care, the same amount as for basic necessities and food. The third area will be the supply of pharmacy costs and special food for children worth 14,000 euros.

 

Finally, in fourth place, an agreement has been reached with 6 taxi drivers so that they can deliver drugs or basic food to citizens of Mazarrón for 5 euros and for Camposol, Country Club and districts for 10 euros. In the case of people without resources, the payment will be borne by the Town Council. A measure taken "in anticipation that a worsening situation may be suffered, fortunately, Civil Protection and the Red Cross have been offering this service in an excellent way at the moment," said Campillo.

 

The rest of the budgeted plan, 514,040 euros, will be used to buy sanitary materials and products for the different departments of the Council such as the Municipal Brigade, Local Police, Civil Protection and minimum services of the Town council in order to continue to take extra safety precautions. Also within this amount, direct economic aid and subsidies are being articulated for the self-employed, businesses and SMEs in the municipality.

 

A second phase will revolve around the exemption from paying taxes for a period of 6 months, such as the refuse collection rate for shops, bars and restaurants, for which establishments will save 103,956 euros. An exemption is also contemplated from the payment for the occupation of public roads by the establishments, supply squares and flea market with which these will save 163,043 euros.

 

Low-income families also benefit from the garbage rate reduction tax. Ginés Campillo explained that “the increase in the minimum wage approved by the Government of Spain has been taken into account, expanding the range of the Town Council's zero quota among beneficiary citizens that have gone from 1053 to 2000, which will save 167,288 euros. There has also been an extension of the reduced rate of this payment that will mean up to a saving of 60,191 euros among neighbours who go from 89 to 1,200 beneficiaries, "explained Campillo," reaching 494,000 euros of savings in homes and businesses. "

 

Ginés Campillo summarized that “all these measures represent an injection of more than 1 million euros into the local economy, both from the part contributed by the Town Council and from the savings from tax exemption”. This morning the Mayor has signed the decree to implement all these measures that will be implemented by tomorrow by the Social Services.

 

The Councillor responsible for the Treasury has remarked that "since our town hall has healthy public finances, this is the time to make this effort, quickly and agilely, to alleviate the economic crisis that the effects of the exceptional situation we are living in will bring to citizens and businesses. He also highlighted that “it is done for a period of 4 to 6 months, and not just the 3 months that this situation is expected to last, so that once businesses open, the town hall will continue supporting their economic activity for three extra months, and not just during the period in which they are closed”.