The Mijas Town Council held an extraordinary plenary session on Tuesday the 5th to, among other matters, give final approval to a budget amendment of 18.49 million euros. The measure, first presented in March, has now been approved following the government team’s dismissal of the only objection received.

As explained by the councillor for Economy and Finance, Mario Bravo (PP), a local resident submitted the objection to the March budget amendment, criticising its urgency as it had received an unfavourable report from the Comptroller’s Office. Furthermore, the objection pointed out the failure to include butget lines for social housing (VPO) or a care home for the elderly. “The government team has rejected this objection based on reports from municipal technicians; therefore, today we are voting to ratify that rejection so that this budget allocation can come into force and we can continue with the operation of this Council”, argued the councillor.

 

The item was rejected by the opposition, Ciudadanos and PSOE. The spokesperson for Cs at the Mijas Town Council, José Carlos Martín, pointed out that “in four months we have had one ordinary budget, three budget amendments and countless surplus incorporations. It gives the impression that the government team is not clear about what it wants to do”. In response, the councillor for the Economy clarified that “for us, everything is urgent and, whenever we can meet a need, we will do so as quickly as possible, for example, with amendments of this kind.”

For his part, the spokesperson for the socialist group, Roy Pérez, spoke about the Comptroller’s report, “which once again stresses the need to promote an economic and financial plan, of which nothing is known even though we are already in May 2026, because it seems you are just kicking the ball down the field”.

 

Bravo argued that “the economic and financial plan consists of justifying that the expenditure incurred in excess of revenue has been financed through the surplus, that is to say, no debt has been created and furthermore it does not entail permanent or ongoing expenditure”, adding that, “although we do not yet have this document, in such cases, the legislation also allows the government team, as the majority in this plenary, to overrule this audit objection and authorise the expenditure”. 

The amendment includes several items, such as 4.5 million to bolster the Basic Income service and another 2.12 million for the installation of CCTV cameras in the municipality. It also provides almost 400,000 euros for the Home Care programme and around 430,000 euros for sports facilities. Further investments are included for energy installations, machinery and equipment for the Civil Protection and Fire Brigade services, public road infrastructure and telecommunications.

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