Authorities confirm that it is a high item and that this is only for the central plant of the Cabildo, without taking into account municipal companies
The budget of the Municipality of Quito for 2022, approved on Tuesday, December 7 by the Metropolitan Council, will be $ 830.96 million. Of which $ 214.11 million will be earmarked for staff compensation expenses.
The approved value for salaries corresponds to the 25.77% of the total budget, which includes $ 152.73 million for the Metro.
However, if leaves aside the special item for the Metro, the payment to municipal personnel will represent the 31.57% of the budget.
The global current expenditure, which in addition to salaries includes administrative expenses and services necessary for the operation of the Municipality, adds up to a total of $ 314.39 million, which is equivalent to 37.83% of the entire budget and 46.35% without taking into account the amount allocated to the Metro.
The concilor Eduardo del Pozo, President of the Budget Committee, explained that the Municipality has more than 22,000 workers, but that the $ 214.11 million correspond, only to the staff of the central plant. That is, he said, in that figure those who work in municipal companies are not considered, who manage their own budget for the payment of payroll.
He pointed out that it is the the first time the budget is transparent, because “before, (funds for personnel) were assigned to social projects; he got people, but they passed it as an investment item, not as human resources ”.
At the solemn session for the 487 years of the founding of Quito, on December 6, the Mayor Santiago Guarderas indicated that they met irregularities in the administration of former mayor Jorge Yunda. Among them, the increase in the number of municipal workers.
“What they did achieve and with great agility (referring to Yunda’s team) was increase the bureaucracy of the Municipality of Quito: a thousand officials; yes, ladies and gentlemen, One thousand people were added to the Cabildo’s payroll between May 2020 and September 2021, staff who, for the most part, lacked proper training to carry out the assigned functions, but which, politically, served perverse purposes against our city ”, he emphasized.
According to the data of the citizens’ initiative Quito How do we go? In 2020, the total number of officials of the Municipality was 19,536 and according to the declarations of the councilors, it currently exceeds 22,000.
Daniela Chacon, coordinator of this initiative, pointed out that despite the existence of a group of officials who are operational, the same that are necessary for the day-to-day management in the city, she is concerned that the Most of the officials are administrative and non-operational.
As a measure to lighten the large payrolls, he said that you can take into account workers who have already served their time and requested a retirement. “This does not harm labor rights and would not cause the negative effects of carrying out massive cuts ”, added.
According Leonardo Gómez Ponce, coordinator of the Public Expenditure Observatory, the Municipality of Quito is the most expensive of the 24 provincial capitals, based on payroll expenses. “Both the number of collaborators and the budget allocated to payroll are, at the end of October 2021, higher, even at times before the pandemic,” he said. (I)
The figures of the Municipality’s budget for 2022, by expenditure group
Source: 2022 proforma report, prepared by the Budget Unit of the Municipality of Quito.
| Expense group | Proforma 2022 ($) | % of participation |
|---|---|---|
| Personnel expenses | 214′115.08,17 | 25,77 % |
| Consumer goods and services | 35′818.703,42 | 4,31 % |
| Financial expenses | 22′902.895,94 | 2,76 % |
| Other current expenses | 26′376.576,33 | 3,17 % |
| Current transfers and donations | 15′283.644,32 | 1,84 % |
| Investment goods and services | 68′020.787,89 | 8,19 % |
| Public Works | 188′131.668,76 | 22,64 % |
| Other investment expenses | 8′590.959,80 | 1,03 % |
| Investment transfers and donations | 186′840.405,12 | 22,48 % |
| Long-lasting goods | 17′331.693,11 | 2,09 % |
| Amortization of public debt | 42′375.346,06 | 5,10 % |
| Other passives | 5′171.836,49 | 0,62 % |
| Grand Total | 830′959.535,41 | 100,00 % |
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