The initiative was approved by a majority of 20 votes out of 30 and is framed in the context of the labor situation that the department is going through. During his speech in the room, Sarett pointed out that the measure seeks to address the reality of a sector that still has 26 hotels closed in the city of Cologne.
“My vote is, above all, a support for the labor sources of the colonists,” expressed the Mayor, justifying her support for the project. In that sense, he made reference to the current employment scenario in the department, marked by recent company closures. “In a complex context, with the impact of the closure of Yazaki and the possibility that another 80 families will be left without work, it is essential that the State generates tools to sustain activity and employment,” he said.
Sarett also stated that the exoneration does not represent a risk to departmental finances, taking as a precedent similar measures applied since the pandemic. “We are not affecting the municipal coffers; these policies have already proven to be viable,” he indicated.
Finally, he highlighted the multiplier effect of the measure on the local economy. “What is exempt returns to the market. That money circulates in neighborhood businesses, in services and in restaurants, keeping the economic movement of Colonia alive,” he concluded.
The project was submitted to the Court of Accounts for the corresponding report, a step prior to its final implementation.
Press secretary of the mayor Malvina Saret
