Councilors unanimously—with 21 votes in favor—adopted the city budget submitted by Bolesławiec Mayor Piotr Roman.
In 2016, property tax and motor vehicle tax rates in Bolesławiec remained unchanged, as they had since 2012. Despite the finance minister’s reduction of the maximum rates for property tax and motor vehicle tax, the rates in force in Bolesławiec remained lower. In 2016, the Bolesławiec City Council resolution of October 29, 2014, exempting residential buildings and parts of such buildings, as well as other land, from property tax remained in force. Resolutions providing assistance to investors also continued to operate, supporting the creation of new jobs through a package of investment tax reliefs in property tax. Market fee rates also remained unchanged.
With regard to the dog ownership fee, two rates were introduced: PLN 30 for a dog permanently identified by implantation of an identification microchip—a reduction of PLN 5—and a new rate of PLN 120 for a dog without permanent identification.
The revenue plan included, in addition to tax revenue, all possible sources of income, including funds for the implementation of tasks co-financed by the European Union and other non-refundable funds, earmarked grants, payments from the Rural Municipality for tasks related to educating young people in lower-secondary schools, payments from municipalities for tasks related to preschool education, and subsidies from the state budget.
The budget prepared in this way closed on the revenue side at PLN 142,052,464. Total planned expenditure for 2016 amounted to PLN 135,448,742.48.
Current expenditure on financing the municipality’s own tasks, set at PLN 120,352,107.22, represented their optimal levels and was allocated to the activities of the municipality’s organizational units. The resolution also provided PLN 1,318,977.22 for interest payments on loans taken out in previous years from the Voivodeship Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, commercial loans, and interest on issued bonds, as well as PLN 400,000 in expenditure related to guarantees for TBS loans (loan installments due in 2016). Revenue of PLN 150,000 consisted of another installment of a loan granted to Bolesławiec County to repay the liabilities of ZOZ in Bolesławiec. Expenditure totaling PLN 6,753,721.52 comprised repayments of installments on loans and credits taken out in previous years and issued bonds. The submitted budget closed with a surplus of PLN 6,603,721.52, which was allocated to the repayment of long-term liabilities.
As of December 31, 2016, debt arising from loans and credits taken out in previous years and issued bonds amounted to PLN 34,977,838, representing 24.62% of revenue.
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