Municipality of Terni, economic development: «There is no expenditure item, it is limiting»

16 Apr 2024 7.20pm

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Terni and economic development, there is something to fix. Not that it wasn’t clear, but on Tuesday afternoon it was councilor Sergio Cardinali who clarified it further due to the discussion in the third commission on the 2023 budget statement. The bottom line is that the wallet needs to be loaded a bit. Unmissable exchange on Ast and the program agreement.

THE 2023 FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND THE AUDITORS’ OPINION

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The first seconds of Cardinali’s presentation were enough to understand that, in general, the situation needs to be recalibrated: «There is little to say about economic development. There is no expense item regarding this thing. I believe that it is a bit restrictive for a city like Terni not to have any influence on economic development. It must be financed because it is necessary. If you don’t feel like doing it, it’s difficult to imagine positive results”, the debut of the former trade unionist. “We are working on several things.” At Palazzo Spada there are also highly qualified budget positions (Andrea Giuseppe Stentella), one-stop office for production/commercial activities (Sandra Proietti Divi) and office for planning and management of environmental interventions (Giorgia Imerigo): «It will be possible to identify various types of expenditure – the words of the first regarding the budget – based on the administration’s guidelines. The Municipality is ‘young’ because we still have the separation of accounts and with the next financial statement there will be a meeting (reference to the post-dissolvement, ed.): some situations will be taken head-on and we will have a fuller overall picture. We will be able to pay attention to finding resources.” Elena Proietti Trotti (FdI) spoke out for the opposition: «Economic development is everything, the councilor should dialogue with colleagues and try to manage the resources, she has all the budget chapters». Cardinali’s reply was immediate: «My reference to specific expenditure items is because I believe that this item has been penalized in the idea of ​​the Municipality, I assure you that it is my intention to work with my council colleagues. We are doing it. The institution relies on important aspects such as industry, craftsmanship, trade and tourism to bring benefits. A city stuck on itself because it has probably seen little attention for various issues, in the last eight months I believe there has been a positive turnaround starting from events and a city that appears more lively. It gives a different image of itself on the outside.” Restrained laughter from the former referee herself and from Francesco Maria Ferranti (FI) in reference to the visibility coming from the mayor Stefano Bandecchi and an exchange that continued. Also on the Ast program agreement and the perennial diatribe on the Valle vocabulary landfill.