The Ayuntamiento de Puerto del Rosario has recently completed the financial closure of its 2025 budget, showcasing impressive indicators that highlight a robust economic position and a commitment to effective management from the governing body. The closing statement reveals a treasury surplus allocated for general expenses of €26,875,644.90 and an adjusted positive budget result of €17,463,576.22. These figures underscore the municipality’s solid liquidity position and its capacity to generate savings.
Global budget execution reached 74.86%, demonstrating the Town Hall’s ability to successfully implement its public policies, ensuring service delivery and facilitating critical actions within the municipality.
David de Vera, the Mayor of Puerto del Rosario, emphasized that “these figures reflect the diligent and unwavering work carried out by the Town Hall to enhance municipal economic management. Having a surplus of nearly €27 million and a positive result exceeding €17 million, all while maintaining zero debt, allows us not only to be solvent but also to ambitiously plan for the future, optimizing public resources and prioritizing actions that directly benefit the community.” He further noted that “we continue on a path of stability and responsibility, laying the groundwork for improvement in execution levels in the upcoming exercises.”
Juan Manuel Verdugo, the Councillor of Economy and Finance, also commented on the budget closure, stating that “the 2025 outcome illustrates rigorous planning and ongoing monitoring of expenditures. We achieved a positive net saving of €4,057,721.55, indicating that our current revenues sufficiently cover operating expenses. Coupled with a debt level of 0%, we position ourselves as an efficient and transparent administration.” Verdugo added that “the Town Hall continues to work on improving internal procedures and streamlining administrative management to progressively increase execution levels and better respond to the municipality’s needs.”
Extraordinary Spending Impact on Stability Objectives
Technical reports have highlighted a formal breach of budget stability objectives and spending regulations. However, this outcome is exclusively due to a significant and unforeseen extraordinary expenditure of €7 million, related to a court ruling concerning events from previous fiscal years, specifically the expropriation of Matorral through unlawful means.
This payment, being non-recurring and unexpected during the preparation of the regular budget, has distorted the final calculation. Nevertheless, the financial robustness of the Town Hall allowed it to meet this obligation without resorting to debt mechanisms. Excluding this external factor, the Town Hall’s ordinary management would have adhered to stability objectives, indicating that the imbalance results from an unavoidable legal obligation unrelated to the fiscal planning of the year. Nonetheless, current quarterly projections illustrate the strength of municipal finances and the balance between revenues and expenditures.
Thus, the Town Hall reaffirms its commitment to responsible, efficient economic management that serves the community, solidifying a continuous improvement path and robust financial health that ensures its capability to embrace new projects and promote the development of Puerto del Rosario.
