Terni, budget and collections: now it’s the salary that disturbs Bandecchi

22 May 2024 1.42pm

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The infinite and tortuous story of Cospea Alta? The constant tussle over stadium-clinic? Dissatisfaction with the long administrative paths in ‘grounding’ the procedures? There are not only these aspects which, at this stage, are a bit tormenting the thoughts of the mayor Stefano Bandecchi. Now another issue is added which, apparently, has set off the alarm bells in the mind of the Livorno entrepreneur: the premium for the payment of the collection activity to the subjects with whom the Municipality has a contract in to be. To bring up the curious topic – an adjustment had already taken place at the end of 2023 – it was the same 63-year-old on Sunday afternoon in Cospea.

NOVEMBER 2023: 290 THOUSAND EUROS IN ADDITION FOR THE UPGRADES TO DEALERERS
JULY 2020, THE MAXI CONTRACT AT MUNICIPIA: RATE OF 4.46%

The million euros

Well, what would have happened? Bandecchi was talking about the problems for completing the subdivision of the Cospea Alta neighbourhood, then out of the blue he changed his aim: «Can I give you some news that will be ‘nice’ for everyone and will soon arrive in the Municipality? There are citizens of Terni – he attempted to explain to those present, the matter is very technical – who pay what they owe and others who do not pay. Justice will require us to organize ourselves to best collect what we are owed. Every year the Municipality should collect an amount, sometimes it collects it and other times it doesn’t. On average there are 20-25 million left out and to date the organization has to collect around 100 million. We have created a collection system that works.” And so far all is well, after all the story – net of the figures – is known. Then the disappointment: «An embarrassing situation is happening. In four months we collected double what the Municipality collected in a year”, is the estimate (the real situation can then be seen from the documents). “They came to me and asked for 1 million euros to pay the premium.” In a nutshell, this is the compensation for the collection agent calculated as a percentage of the total amount. A question that evidently creates some concern for the mayor.

DECEMBER 2023: THE MAXI LOADING LIST FOR ICA AND THE UPDATE

The Ica headquarters

Collections, services and budget

Bandecchi thus puts the Palazzo Spada accounts back in the crosshairs: «The financial statements made previously, perhaps, are technically not accurate. Otherwise that million would already have to be set aside. But it is not in Terni’s budget. It’s a little ‘atomic bomb’. I find myself embarrassed that, if I continue to collect to provide services to citizens, I will have to remove money from some items because they are not foreseen. Only an imbecile – he concluded – can make a budget like that. If someone comes from agriculture, he doesn’t have to hold the public budget in his hands. Now we will put it right, we will present this thing to the Court of Auditors.” It is difficult not to expect a discussion on the topic in one of the next city council meetings. The feeling is that there is a lot to do for the manager (and general director) of the single revenue office Claudio Carbone.