The new budget of Mairena del Aljarafe, approved on 23rd July, increases investment in social participation and security, revives its own Civil Protection group, and allocates over 10 million euros to modernise services.
The Mairena del Aljarafe Town Council has greenlit a budget that increases investment in social participation and security with the aim of "consolidating the coexistence of the municipality," in the words of the mayor, Antonio Conde.
The budget, approved by the Plenary on 23rd July, includes a new allocation of nearly 90,000 euros to establish and revive its own Civil Protection group. Additionally, the allocation for Social Participation grows by 2.3% to reach 392,000 euros, in order to support local associations and groups.
In terms of security, the budget increases resources for this area by 7.5%. This allocation includes 192,000 euros to renew the fleet of the Local Police and 80,000 euros to incorporate a new radio transmitter. Antonio Conde explained that "we continue to strengthen the coexistence we enjoy in Mairena, on one hand, by supporting our associations and groups to keep creating meeting spaces, and on the other, by ensuring the normal development of these activities and the daily tranquillity with more resources for our Local Police and reviving our own Civil Protection group."
The mayor emphasised that data from the National Police, Civil Guard, and Local Police show that Mairena maintains crime levels lower than those in its provincial and regional surroundings. During the first three months of the year, the municipality recorded a rate of 8.72 crimes per 1,000 inhabitants, compared to 12.31 in the province of Seville and 11.25 for the Andalusian average. Thus, the local rate is 3.59 points below the provincial rate and 2.53 points below the regional rate.
The municipal accounts also boost the local economy and support families, with over 10 million euros allocated to modernising everyday services through the Mairena Al Día plan. Furthermore, they strengthen the capture of external funds, nearly quadruple investment in employment, more than triple support for businesses, double housing policies, increase resources for youth by 18%, raise policies aimed at the elderly by nearly 40%, and elevate investment in educational programming by more than 80%.
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