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| In the session the municipal budget for 2020, the exemptions to markets and terraces until December 31 and the use of the surplus have been definitively approved | The plenary session of the Cartagena City Council, chaired by the mayor, Ana Belén Castejón, has supported the municipal government in its requests before the Regional and National administrations as a previous step to the judicial complaint in the event that its inaction in the competences that are given to them continues claims to practice in the Mar Menor.In the motion, the Government of Spain is also urged to comply with its obligations in the removal of sludge and dry as soon as the environmental conditions allow it, to communicate the deadlines for carrying out these works and to establish immediately any measure that may reduce its impact.

on the healthiness of the beaches and the safety of bathers.The agreement has been adopted by means of a joint motion of the councilors of the municipal government that has had the support of Mc Cartagena and Vox and the vote against United We Can Izquierda Unida Equo.The initiative has been presented as an emergency as well as another, also from the councilors of the municipal government on the use of the municipal surplus to face the effects of COVID19.

In this case the Government has counted on the vote against United We can left Unida Equo and the abstentions of Mc Cartagena and Vox.The motion asks to respect and guarantee the constitutional autonomy of local entities for the management of their resources, while making the rules more flexible so that these same entities can use their surpluses to implement those services and measures that allow action against the pandemic, always in coordination with the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia and the State.In the case of the City Council, it is requested that the central government allow the 3.2 million euros, from the surplus of the year 2019, that the consistory was going to allocate to help families and companies affected by the crisis, to be used to save jobs and help families who are having a hard time due to the crisis caused by Covid-19.Likewise, if it is proposed to modify any of the laws that affect the autonomy, finances or financial stability of local entities, validate said modifications in the Congress of Deputies, before the legitimate representatives of all Spaniards, given that the state declaration alarm does not interrupt the normal functioning of the powers of the State.And lastly, comply with what was agreed at the bilateral meeting between the President of the FEMP and the President of the Government of Spain, held on April 20, 2020, and in which it was agreed that no changes would be proposed in Congress without previously agreeing with local entities. GREEN LIGHT TO THE BUDGETSThe plenary session of the Cartagena City Council has also approved the 2020 municipal budgets, after rejecting MC Cartagena's individual vote on the opinion of the Treasury Commission and the five allegations made during the public exposure period.In the first place, the individual vote of Mc Cartagena that sought the separate vote on the different allegations has been rejected.

It has been with a vote against the councilors of the municipal government and the abstentions of Vox and United We Can Izquierda Unida Equo.Subsequently, the five allegations, one of them from the CSIF, presented after the deadline, were rejected en bloc.

The other four came from the SIME and UGT unions, related to the lack of staff to comply with the agreement signed with the officials; the DAPHNE heritage defense association, which asked for more items to recover the heritage; and of a citizen, who questioned the period of exposure to the public during the state of alarm and its publication.All these allegations have been answered by the Councilor for Finance, Esperanza Nieto, who has reviewed the arguments in the reports of the municipal technicians.The final vote has had in favor the votes of the councilors of the Government; while Vox has voted against; and Mc Cartagena and Unidas Podemos Izquierda Unida Equo has abstained.The Corporation has also given the green light to the modification of the Fiscal Ordinance for the use or exploitation of public roads, which will exempt from the payment of terraces, markets and kiosks until December 31, 2020, as a measure of support for bars, shops and autonomous due to the COVID19 crisis.The initiative has had the only abstention from Unidas Podemos Izquierda Unida Equo and the support of the other groups and councilors.The amendments to the Information Security Policy Regulations have also been initially approved, with the abstentions of Mc Cartagena and VOX, and the Municipal Ordinance on Electronic Administration, with the abstentions of Mc Cartagena, VOX and Unidas Podemos Izquierda Unida Equo .Said modifications try to adapt the municipal regulations to the legislative changes in these matters and will be the subject of public exposition so that citizens can present allegations.MOTIONSIn the section on motions, the plenary unanimously approved the one presented by Mc Cartagena so that the municipal government again requires the municipal government to prepare a regulation of the Cultural Heritage Law of the Region of Murcia, which it has lacked since its promulgation.

in 2007.Likewise, another of this same training has been approved, also unanimously, for the immediate implementation of a plan to de-escalate public transport, recovering all the services budgeted for 2020.

The Councilor for Infrastructure, María Casajús, has indicated that this de-escalation is already underway and that on June 1 practically all of the usual services will be in service, although it has made clear the decrease in the number of travelers, from 18,000 per day, in the current year it does not reach 7,000At Vox's proposal, a motion has been approved urging the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia to carry out a COVID-19 screening test for pharmacists and pharmacy auxiliary personnel.

The initiative has had the abstention of the municipal government, who through his councilor for Health, Manuel Padín, has indicated that they should also be done to much more workers who have been on the front line of the pandemic.Three initiatives have been approved from the municipal group of United We Can Left United Equo.a primera de ellas por unanimidad para la realización de una campaña de concienciación ciudadana, informando de los perjuicios e inconvenientes que supone dejar en la vía pública guantes y mascarillas, no gestionando los residuos adecuadamente.

La concejal de Infraestructuras, María Casajús, ha explicado que esta campaña ya se inició el pasado 13 de mayo en redes sociales y que se va a seguir incidiendo en ello.La segunda, también por unanimidad, instando a la Comunidad Autónoma a la continuidad del transporte escolar en el IES San Isidoro; una cuestión que según la concejala de Educación Irene Ruiz, ya se ha hecho junto con el del Bohío.La última, con la abstención Vox, instando al Gobierno regional a la mejora del Centro de Salud Mental de Cartagena mediante la ampliación o refuerzo de las Unidades de Tratamiento del Centro de Salud Mental de Cartagena y la creación de un nuevo Equipo de Tratamiento Asertivo Comunitario con el objetivo de garantizar el servicio de salud mental a domicilio de pacientes y usuarios.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena