The commissioners arrive for 147 municipalities in Sicily that have not yet approved the 2024/2026 budget estimates. Lthe councilor for local authorities, Andrea Messina, has signed the provisions appointing the ad acta commissioners who will have to ensure that it is adopted essential economic planning tool to authorize the expenditure of local authorities. This is a necessary and obligatory replacement intervention by the Region since theapproval of the budget estimate by the City Council allows the Municipalities to plan the activities and services to offer their citizens over the three-year period.
Sicily, commissioners for municipalities without budgets
“The appointment of ad acta commissioners is theextreme act which we had to resort to after having tried, in every possible way, to stimulate the Municipalities to do so adopt budget estimates with ordinary procedures, that is, through the proposal of the Council and the approval of the Council”, underlines the regional councilor for local authorities, Andrea Messina. “The deadlines established by law have been largely exceeded and, with them, also the additional window that passes through Department offices we have arranged to check for any inconsistency between the information held by the regional administration and the actual political-administrative activity carried out. Citizens deserve respect and efficient services.”
Investigations before the commissionership
Before taking office the commissioners will once again ascertain the status of the proceedings and, only in the event of verified non-compliance, will take office with the legitimacy to carry out all the activities required by law for the approval of the budgets, replacing the non-compliant bodies and requesting, where lacking, the opinion of theeconomic-financial audit body.
