The City Council of A Pobra do Brollón has just approved the budgets for 2018 amounting to €1,900,000. These budgets are the result of economic management that allows us to assume this year the contribution of €200,000 corresponding to the City Council for the construction of the residence without the need to go into debt. In the same plenary session, in addition to this credit reserve, the transfer of land to the Provincial Council for the construction of these facilities with capacity for 40 people was approved. The one and a half million euro project will be the largest investment made to date in the municipality of A Pobra do Brollón.
Within the budget for this year, the social policy game is the most benefited with 29% of the budget. These funds will be mainly allocated to social emergencies and home help and will allow the council to continue to focus on basic benefits and to be able to cover the needs of dependent people while they do not receive the corresponding aid from the Xunta. Another item that is experiencing a significant increase is that of Investments which represents 14% of the Budget.
Within the Employment Promotion section, the City Council will create its own prevention brigade for clearing and other conservation tasks. A team of 7 people will be hired for this purpose.
The promotion of Tourism and the promotion of own resources continues to be a priority objective of the government team and in this sense an agreement has been approved with the Xunta de Galicia through which a International Work Camp in Castro de San Lourenzo. About twenty people, most of them from the Czech Republic, will carry out archaeological excavation work for 15 days in August. The activity will continue to highlight the Castro and make it known beyond our borders.
The last plenary session of A Pobra do Brollón also served to approve a agreement with SGAE Therefore, the City Council pays a flat annual fee that covers all public musical events in the city council, with the corresponding benefit for the parishes for their festivals.
