The mayor of El Poble Nou de Benitatxell, Miguel à ngel GarcÃa, detailed yesterday, in the plenary session, all the questions about the acquisition of the Town hall, for 228.000 euros, of an unfinished 800-square-meter estate on Capelletes street, which will be rehabilitated and will group the now scattered municipal offices.
The opposition (RED and PP) forced the convocation of an extraordinary plenary session in which it tried to introduce a point to cancel the purchase of that property. Garcia asked for a legal report on that specific point and the lawyer concluded that the opposition was trying to usurp a comxicotetion that corresponds to the mayor. The opinion insisted that it was inappropriate to debate the annulment.
The former Mayor Josep Femenia, of RED, has expressed his doubts about whether this purchase-sale could be financed with the municipal revenues obtained from the management of public land assets. Miguel Ángel García and the accidental secretary herself explained that a consultation was made to the legal services of the Diputación de Alicante, which endorsed the operation. Likewise, a legal report was requested, which also confirmed the legality of the purchase.
The technical and cadastral reports were also positive. The mayor was authorized by law to sign the acquisition, since the amount did not exceed 10% of municipal resources (of the budget). The mayor has insisted that the current consistorial building will continue to function and will expand with the adjoining house, acquired by the previous government team, "But these facilities will remain small. In the building on Capelletes Street, we will group administrative services."
The mayor has denounced that maneuvers are being carried out to try to paralyze the normal functioning of the City Council.
