A record administration surplus of 86 million euros, of which 24 are available for new investments, a reduction in management expenses of as much as 2 million euros, despite the increases in energy and raw material costs, a cash fund of 180 million, the real estate assets which increase by 12 million. These are some of the salient data from the 2023 management report approved by the Province of L’Aquila. The document represents an assessment of the actual income and expenditure of last year, compared to what is reported in the budget forecast, in order to verify deviations and possibly to bring the accounts back into balance. “As with the budget forecast approved in December, once again ahead of what was required by law, with the green light for the 2023 final budget we have recorded an extraordinary result – comments the president of the Province, Angelo Caruso – I 24 confirmed millions will be used for activities in the various sectors, already planned and emergency. The decrease in current spending should also be underlined: over the years we have managed to recover staff, hiring mainly technical and administrative units, we have purchased vehicles for the management of roads and despite these investments we recorded a decrease of 2 million for ordinary management, a figure that goes against the trend of many other public administrations”. In the economic availability of the Province there are also the funds of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (Pnrr) relating to school buildings for 12 million, which reach 16 with the participation of the Province, to which are added 7 million from the complementary fund to the Pnrr, reserved for seismic craters and for the roads under the authority’s responsibility. “We are not limiting ourselves to ordinary administration – continues Caruso – but we will continue to plan and invest. The resources of the Pnrr are an important lever, to be used quickly and well to give impetus to public works, to the advantage of the territories: pending our skills, for the energy efficiency of schools and gyms, with thermal insulation, replacement of old fixtures, installation of photovoltaic panels in our school buildings. Interventions that will lead to important savings in terms of maintenance and operating costs”.
“The results of the Report are extremely positive and not at all predictable, from both a financial and economic point of view – comments the manager of the General Accounting sector, Paola Contestabile – The institution also records an increase in real estate assets of 12 million euros and from from a movable point of view for almost 800,000 euros, an increase compared to the past. There are proven revenues of 77 million, also in the face of an increase in tax revenues of approximately 180 million, which guarantees full solvency towards suppliers”.
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