Yesterday, Friday saw the El Ejido City Council hold the regular general meetings of the “Ciudad de El Ejido” Geriatric Residence (Ciudad de El Ejido) and the El Ejido Urban Development Company, (DUE) in which the annual accounts for the financial year 2021 were approved.
According to the Ejidense Consistory both entities ended last year with an average budget for DUE at 11.9 million euros. An extraordinary contribution of 300,000. euros was added for covid. The Residence had a budget of 1,260,000 euro and an extraordinary contribution 420,000 euros.
Francisco Gongora, the mayor of the DUE, spoke out about the “great work” done since 2015’s partial rescue of maintenance services. This was followed in 2020 by others connected to the drinking water supply system. He pointed out that there have been two milestones that have resulted in 100% service provision from the public sphere as well as an increase in quality and transparency.
The PSOE from Ejido did not share this vision. Jose Miguel Alarcon (general secretary and councilor) argued that the management of the water service must be completely independent of all other services because it does not have to do with cleaning, pruning or painting buildings. While the Socialists insisted that the service be managed directly, they said that it must be considered a canon and not a tax and that large infrastructure projects and projects are expected to be implemented. It would be more convenient to keep these services separate.
Residence
The Government team highlighted the Geriatric Residence’s “good management” since 2011. It also noted the “remarkable effort to “redirect” the situation. They recalled the Consistory that the public firm was in need. This situation has only been overcome by efficient management and the responsible and understanding of staff about the 2011 decisions.
Francisco Gongora, the mayor, stated that “from the City Council, we are rigorously managing both businesses, making use of the economic resources allocated to their development, improving day-to-day and giving a good accounting of the control and efficient administration that is being done.”
According to a statement, the PSOE intervened as well. They assured Maribel Carrion that they had been decrying since 2019 the shortage of places in residences and day centres of the municipality. It even took a plenary meeting to move for the extension. “A proposal was approved by the local government with no response.
