147 Sicilian municipalities have been placed under commissioners who have not yet approved the budget forecast for the three-year period 2024/2026. Of these, some municipalities are part of the province of Ragusa and are Acate, Comiso, Giarratana, Modica, Monterosso, Pozzallo. The councilor for local authorities, Andrea Messina, signed the decrees appointing the ad acta commissioners responsible for adopting the necessary economic planning tool, essential for authorizing the expenditure of local authorities.
The measure
This replacement measure was considered necessary and mandatory by the Sicilian Region since the approval of the budget by the City Council is essential to allow the Municipalities to plan activities and services for citizens over the three-year period.
Councilor Andrea Messina declared: «The appointment of the ad acta commissioners is the extreme act we had to resort to after having attempted, in all possible ways, to stimulate the Municipalities to adopt the budget estimates with the ordinary procedures, or through the proposal of the Executive and the approval of the Council. The deadlines set by the law have been largely exceeded and, with them, also the additional window that we have set up through the Department offices to verify any inconsistencies between the information held by the regional administration and the actual political-administrative activity carried out. Citizens deserve respect and efficient services.”
Before taking office, the commissioners will once again verify the status of the procedure and, only in the event of proven non-compliance, will they proceed with the activities required by law for the approval of the budgets, replacing the defaulting bodies and requesting, if necessary, the opinion of the body of economic-financial audit.
