The Councilor for Ecological Transition, Maite Pérez and the Councilor for the Treasury, Paco Roselló, have presented the general lines of the new garbage and street cleaning contract of the Dénia City Council.
After yesterday, during the plenary session, it was announced that there will be a substantial increase per dwelling with respect to the bill for this service, both councilors have explained today that the rise in the rate, «no es plato de buen gusto, pero es la única manera de ofrecer la mejora que demandan los ciudadanos».
Maite Pérez has outlined that the current contract dates back 16 years, «por lo que está totalmente desfasado y no cumple con las necesidades del municipio». So that, «los 25 euros (precio estimativo según un estudio) supone un gran aumento pero hay que tener en cuenta que se implantará el quinto contenedor de residuo orgánico, se sustituirán todos los contenedores (más de 600 baterías), los contenedores tendrán sensores que facilitarán la información de su limpieza, averías, etc, ampliación de zonas de limpieza y calles, cambio de la maquinaria, etc», has detailed the mayor to explain the reason for this rate increase.
For his part, the Councilor for Finance of the Dénia City Council, Paco Roselló, has indicated that with this rate increase it is expected, at least, to cover, if not all, 70% of the debt, since the new Solid waste collection represents an increase of 1,7 million euros in spending (before 6 million 300 thousand and with the new one the amount is estimated at 8 million).
Likewise, Pérez has outlined that after assessing the situation, «era quedarnos como estábamos o mejorar, y sino se estimaba una subida de la tasa era difícil que una empresa se presente aportando todas las mejoras de servicios».