With the quorum present at the second appeal, yesterday’s session of the Marsala City Council opened with the “traditional” communications of numerous councillors.
ANDLia Martinico (Strasatti traffic light must be reprogrammed in the sequence of colors; lidi sewerage system not in operation; complains about the safety of the excavations along the provincial road). Antonio Vinci (the convocation of the Professional Associations has been postponed due to changes to the Building Regulations). Pino Ferrantelli (bus transport in difficulty because it lacks staff and requires hiring as for the police). Mario Rodriguez (fiber work carried out improperly and expenses borne by the Municipality). Pino Carnese (requests mayor’s intervention to include closure of Lido Boeo; restore blue lines in Corso Calatafimi; places with tables in public areas that prevent pedestrian passage). Rosanna Genna (lack of cemetery niches and no provision for building new ones; budget commissioner appointed and therefore the branch councilor should resign; restoration of lighting on the stretch of Lungomare Mediterraneo in darkness following theft of cables; verify improper use of invalid badges and compliance with authorizations for public land). Piergiorgio Giacalone (submits a question regarding changes to the traffic on some roads affected by the recently issued ordinance asking for it to be reviewed). Flavio Coppola (announces that he has signed the aforementioned question, underlining that the right of residents to access their homes must always be guaranteed; pay attention to the water billing regulations regarding surcharges on consumption). Lele Pugliese (better regulation on public land, reserved stalls, access to residents, ZTL, in light of Giacalone’s question). Nicola Fici (shares question on viability; Salinella ecological island to be relocated to another area; represent to the commissioner ad acta the reasons for the budget delays).
At the end of the speeches, President Enzo Sturiano announced to the Chamber the appointment of a Ad acta commissioner for the pharmacy plan; while regarding that for the budget, in truth already announced by the Region, he stated that at the moment there has been no discussion. On bus transport, lacking and with a timetable to be improved, the Administration was requested with the proposal of one in-house municipal company to allow the Council to choose the best solution. Finally, he considers the Marsala Schola issue to be serious and has been asked to decide on the closure of the Institution or relaunch it.
In taking the floor, thecouncilor Salvatore Agate reported that public transport is not considered an essential service – like the municipal police – with regard to hiring and therefore the exception to the ban on recruiting new staff does not apply. The summer bus service does not satisfy all needs but priorities have been safeguarded, also starting the procedure to entrust the connection with the airport and kite area to third parties. He stated that the proposal for a municipal company under total public control – currently being examined by experts – will soon be forwarded to the Council for discussion. Regarding the delay in the budget documents, there were difficulties in collecting data relating to the preparatory activities. Finally, he states that the closure of Lido Boeo was ordered by the local Coast Guard due to violations of environmental regulations.
Responses to the councilors’ request for clarification also came from deputy mayor Giacomo Tumbarello: reminders and warnings to third parties to restore fiber road works in a workmanlike manner; agrees with a better harmonization of provisions for roads, ZTL, public land with the rights of residents; the lack of burial niches will be met with exhumations (about a hundred); for the sewerage network of the beaches, testing is underway on the sections that do not present critical issues; for the Salinella waste box, a new state-owned area has been requested to proceed with the transfer; the pharmacy plan is the subject of the Administration’s attention, but now it is necessary to deal with the commissioner ad acta.
Finally, having approved an off-balance sheet debt, the president closed the proceedings, adjourning them until next Tuesday, June 25, at 4.30 pm.
Alessandro Tarantino
