Six years after the creation of the Tax on Public Lighting in the department of Colonia, the Councilors of Colonia Call (Broad Front) submitted a Request for Reports to learn more about their current situation.
It emerges from the last rendering of accounts of the year 2021 that the collection for said tax amounted to $186,907,743.62 and the final expense of the Administration for “Public lighting and facilities” during the same year was only $27,717,363.00.
What is done with the 150 million pesos that are “left over”? What are they spent on? Why isn’t more money invested in lighting? Why aren’t the tax amounts reduced?
There is no doubt that we colonians have the right to ask ourselves these questions, points out the argument made by the councilors
PANDREPORT DIED
Last Friday, December 16, 2022, the six (6) years since the creation of the tax to Public Lighting in the department of Colonia (Decree No. 034/ 2016 of the Departmental Board), which taxes the urban and suburban properties and populated centers that have said service.
Its disputed approval had as -prYoThe main point of discussion is the legal-tax difference between the new tax that was created and the old tax for lighting that was charged together con the contribution real estate.
In your opportunity, ityes repairs of Forehead Broad be centweird in the amounts taxI vos of the different bands fixed and the eventual excesses that could occur with the collection of the tax, while, for its part, the Departmental Executive declared orno commitment not to collect more than it necessary to comply with the obligations accrued with UTE for the provision of the service, knowing that existedno previous debts -unpaid by the Intendancy – and the natural ones that they would go generating periodically.
No.either however, arises of the last rendering of accounts for the financial year 2021
-como had already arisen from other previous renditions – that the collection for said concept -in the year 2021- amounted to $186,907,743.62 (hundred eighty-six million nine hundred seven thousand seven hundred forty-three Uruguayan pesos with sixty-two hundredths), and the expense –offinaleither– for this concept – of “TOilluminated publicico and facilities“– during the year 2021 it amounted to only $27,717,363,00 (gointriguing million seven hundred seventeen thousand three hundred sesenta and three Uruguayan pesos).
Being evident then that, to this day, the the colonians are paying for he tax to the Lighting Public considerably more than necessary, having the right -Yonaiscutiblemente- to know what such excessive collection is spent onYoon and because HE haEC that way.
By it exposed, HE requests to inform the sYonext:
1) To as collection has risen by he tax to public lighting and he respective expense by the provision of the service in these six (6 years from his createion, in general and differentiating by each year (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022).
- Ha how much has risen the difference from the previously expressed concepts (collectedgiving tax – lighting expense) in these six (6) years from its creation, in general and differentiating by each year (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022).
- What has that difference been spent on in these six (6) years from creation of the Tax, in general and differing by each year (twenty17, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022).
- If as of today the Municipality of Colonia maintains previous debts with UTE -in case affirmative informing how much ascend- or Yeah it was settled and is up to date ..
- What is the number of contadoryes or users of the department of Colonia who, the date, are againstibuyentyes of the tax. In general and detailed for each strip.
- Why hasn’t more money been invested in ininstallation of lighting public existsgoing that excess of recaudation
7) Why haven’t they reduced heyou amounts tax of the respective bands existing that excess collection.
- What progress has had the replacement of lighting publicico current to luminary LEDs. How much does it cost to complete the replacement and for when it is projected to be finished.
- HE ha considered the possibility of elaborating “plans special” with the remaining money, for the purpose of installing public lighting in areas of thes ciYoubye that lack of this.
