It’s official. The waste tax for Marsala residents increases. Yesterday, the city council approved the new Pef with deadlines and Tari rates which, as we have reported in recent days, foresee fairly significant increases.
There could be a glimmer of hope, however, because if there were to be an extension for the approval of the PEF in parliament then there could be more time to examine and review something.
What does it mean. The TARI tariffs are determined in the PEFs, the economic and financial plans, of the waste management service. The deadline is currently June 30th, which is why there was a rush in the city council. But an extension should arrive, so much so that already in the Budget Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, both the majority and opposition group leaders have signed an amendment that moves the deadline to 20 July. The Superbonus Decree had already postponed the deadline for approval of the plans from 30 April to 30 June.
Without the determination of the PEF, the individual Municipalities have no reference elements for setting the waste tax.
As stated on the website of the Ministry of Economy and Finance regarding the determination of the Tari ‘the tariffs are determined by resolution of the Municipal Council on the basis of the costs identified and classified in the PEF’.
So if there is an extension there is more time to examine the costs and see how to reduce the TARI. This is the commitment that councilor Salvatore Agate made in the city council. In reality, there isn’t much room for maneuver. “We too are forced to suffer these increases,” says councilor Salvatore Agate.
“We have the same concerns as you, but we are tied to a deadline. If there were to be an extension, the administration is committed to intervening to try to reduce the tariffs” added councilor Grillo.
Rates increase and by a lot for citizens and businesses. The Pef of the waste management service has increased by about 1 million euros in 2024 and by almost 500 thousand in 2025, for fee adjustments as required by ARERA, additional services and bonuses, as motivated by the deputy mayor.
After a brief suspension of the works, they resumed with the vote and approval of the PEF. The House then moved on to vote on the 2024 tariff rates, which were also approved. The city councilors could not help but vote in favor of the Tari increase (there were those who abstained, but the result was always the same). The councilors trust Agate, who has guaranteed a return to the chamber to review the tariffs in the event of an extension.
In the last session we returned to the clash of a few days ago,very heated between Flavio Coppola and Rino Passalacqua. Passalacqua himself intervened to reject the accusations made against him regarding the management of the urban bike path project, emphasizing that his actions have always been transparent and legitimate.
Passalacqua took the floor to clarify his position following the episode in which he left the council chamber, emphasizing that his actions were not motivated by personal intentions or bad faith. During the last session of the city council, Passalacqua explicitly rejected the criticisms of his colleague Flavio Coppola: “I have never disrespected my role or acted in a non-transparent manner. The accusations made by Coppola not only surprise me but deeply offend me.”
The councilor also explained the controversial episode in which he left the council chamber, specifying: “My reaction off the microphone, as I was preparing to leave the council chamber, does me no honor and deeply regrets me; I take advantage of the The opportunity you are giving me, President, to apologize to those who were present in the room and witnessed my unorthodox reaction.”
Passalacqua reiterated that he was never directly responsible for managing the funds for the project in question during his tenure in the Di Girolamo administration, stressing that the current problems should not be associated with his work. “I remember that the undersigned was an Assessor in the Di Girolamo administration, but he did not have the powers to deal with the funds from which the project then arose; finally, the path that we all see today is not the path that was designated,” Passalacqua explained.
Concluding his speech, the councilor announced his intention to take legal action against anyone who continues to defame his name: “I also announce that, after consultation with my lawyer, I will take in the appropriate places any action that may be necessary to safeguard my honorability”.
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