The City Council of Reggio Calabria approved the 2024-2026 budget forecast today.
The city meeting, which met on second call, started the work with the interventions of the budget councilor, Domenico Battaglia and the manager of the Finance Sector, Francesco Consiglio, who illustrated the technical aspects of the accounting document. After a brief interruption during the simultaneous presence in the city of the Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi, the works resumed with the interventions of the majority and opposition councilors and, finally, of the Mayor Giuseppe Falcomatà.
Three agendas proposed by the League group were subsequently unanimously approved. The first two were presented by councilor Antonino Minicuci. With the first, the Northern League councilors referred to the TARI contribution foreseen for some categories of citizens and foreseen in the Budget, for a total amount of one million euros and a maximum percentage of 25% of the tax. According to the councilors who signed the agenda, “the amount established is very low, insufficient for people in difficulty”. For this reason, the councilors invited the mayor and the council “to provide for an increase in the percentage to 50% of the tax, doubling the available amount, where the revenue from the taxes and those from the fight against tax evasion should be increased compared to those foreseen in the budget”. With the second agenda, however, the League councilors asked to provide for an increase in the amount foreseen for interventions for those at risk of social exclusion, program 1204, «if the revenue for taxes this year were to reach a significant increase.”
The third agenda approved unanimously, again proposed by the League group, was presented by the group leader Giuseppe De Biasi. With the approval of this agenda, the amount of the external service allowance of the Local Police of Reggio Calabria was increased to ten euros per day, providing for the amount of 12 euros when the service is carried out during night shifts and/or holidays, «as happens in all the other capital cities of the Metropolitan City».
Finally, we proceeded to vote on the budget estimate approved by the Council with 16 votes in favor and 11 against.
