Mayor Federico Gutiérrez delivered a management report this year and highlighted the most relevant achievements.
The first year of Fico Gutiérrez’s government has dedicated various strategies to regain the trust of citizens and strengthen institutions and one of those focuses has been the recovery of finances.. Medellín shows a historic tax recovery, since the city increased 161,000 million pesos compared to the 2023 tax collection and fixed fund expenditure was reduced by 96%.
Regarding combating corruption, the Medellín Mayor’s Office has revealed some 650 findings of possible irregularities that would have been registered between 2020 and 2023. Among these events are the 129 cases of criminal incidence with more than 20 former officials and accused contractors from the previous district administration.
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Health is the sector that cannot deny the crisis it is going through and the Medellín General Hospital is part of that panorama. The entity reflected an accumulated debt that exceeded $34,000 millionas a result of late payments to staff, some specialists and several suppliers. The District is already catching up on payroll arrears to try to alleviate the difficult situation.
One of the main concerns for residents of the capital of Antioquia continues to be security. In this item, Mayor Gutiérrez points out that The homicide rate was significantly reduced, making it the lowest figure in the last four decades.
The figure continues to be high and a cause for concern, and investigations allow us to understand that the majority of these crimes are related to acts of intolerance, confrontations between criminal gangs, theft, gender violence and domestic violence.
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The articulated work of local authorities with national entities has allowed 948 foreigners to not be able to enter Medellín, tourists who were deported and inadmissible from the José María Córdova airport in Rionegro.
Meanwhile, campaigns to prevent cases of people injured by the use of gunpowder have not yielded the expected results. With cutoff to this December 29, of the 105 reports that the health authorities have in Antioquia, 39 correspond to the neighborhoods of Medellín.
The community recognizes the participatory budget mechanism and the allocation of 439,000 million pesos for its execution, which allowed them to take decisions on issues such as education and the implementation of programs to promote mental health.
Regarding road infrastructure, Paisa drivers value maintenance on city roadswork that allowed 8,000 holes to be covered.
Source: Integrated Information System
