CASERTA – The City Council, in this morning’s meeting, approved the budget forecast. This is a total maneuver of approximately 312 million euros. Among the most significant items, there are approximately 61 million in revenues which are part of the so-called “Prime Title”, i.e. deriving from the proceeds of Imu, Tari, and other tax revenues; 18 million in non-tax revenues, i.e. regional and national funds; 15 million in property income such as, for example, fees, active rents, proceeds from violations of the Highway Code, from parking, and from the San Leucio Belvedere; 115 million in revenue for investments, both European (primarily the Pnrr funds) and ministerial and regional.
As regards expenditure, among the main items we have a sum of 81 million euros for total current expenditure, made up of citizen services, sensitive and non-deferrable mandatory expenditure; a total of 17.5 million for expenses related to mortgage repayments.
The programming contained in the Budget, which however refers to the three-year period 2024-2026, focuses on 3 fundamental directions: social development, economic development, environmental development. Each project has at its core respect for these three principles: the objective is the creation of an integrated territorial development program, which must take into account the aspects of social cohesion and environmental sustainability.
All this happens mainly by intercepting all possible forms of investment that are focused on these three themes. The Administration has already carried out the projects and is ready to include them in the new programming. The objectives are: the improvement of services to combat poverty and protect vulnerable categories; the development of the territory, ensuring the creation of structures that enhance existing services (school, sports, meeting places); the implementation of adequate infrastructure maintenance and the strengthening of a sustainable mobility system, also through new school transport; environmental recovery, the strengthening of territorial security and surveillance systems, the removal of architectural barriers. Furthermore, there will be a large economic commitment to strengthen the Municipality’s Social Policy Sector. In this sense, two million euros will be invested, with at least 25 new hires.
There will be no new debts, because the Administration’s priority is to pay off previous debts. The Tari will not increase, nor will all services on individual demand (canteens, tariffs on sports facilities, etc.).
The company is then being formed in house for the management of the integrated waste cycle and the special company for welfare policies is about to become fully operational. By the end of the year, a first mortgage will be completed and resources of 2.3 million euros will be freed up, which can be used for the maintenance of roads, greenery, schools and to ensure greater urban decorum.
“Every budget – explained the Mayor of Caserta, Carlo Marino – is made up of two elements: current spending, i.e. the proceeds deriving from taxes paid by citizens, and investments, made through European, national or regional funds, which do not burden municipal coffers. In this case, according to the data reported by the State General Accounting Office, as far as the Pnrr is concerned, the City of Caserta is in percentage terms the city in Campania that manages to intercept the most funds, in relation to the number of inhabitants. This testifies to the strategic vision that this Administration has, which is projected into the coming years. This is demonstrated by all the interventions that we are already carrying out and which, within two or three years, will change the face of the city. The philosophy behind this Budget, then, is very oriented towards recovery. We have chosen to settle the debt situation, inherited from past Administrations, thinking about the future of our young people. In fact, we do not believe it is permissible to mortgage the future of new generations with economic-financial choices that lead to new debts. I want to underline the fundamental role played by the majority municipal councillors, who have worked constantly on the drafting of this budget”.
“This is a budget – added the Councilor for Finance, Gerardina Martino – which documents important rehabilitation work that has already taken place. Next year’s and those of subsequent years will certify an even better situation. I want to thank Mayor Marino, who immediately believed in the need to implement work based on the ethics of responsibility, leaving a healthy, prosperous budget, without the risk of the onset of a financial crisis. The accounts are safe, there is great confidence in the future, we are going in the right direction. I also want to thank the city councilors, who have always been proactive and proactive in bringing the community’s needs to our attention.”
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