The implementation of the municipality’s financial and material plan in the first half of 1992 was assessed by the Municipal Council in the second half of July this year. The Council’s resolution provided for the adoption of the half-year report on the implementation of budget revenues and expenditures, as well as changes to the plan resulting from higher-than-planned receipts.
This year’s budget, like last year’s, is based mainly on own revenues collected by the Municipal Office and the Tax Chamber. The Tax Chamber also collects state revenues representing a percentage share of the municipal budget. The general subsidy, transferred in instalments for current expenditure and additionally reduced by 50 percent compared with the previous year, as well as grants for tasks commissioned by the government administration, account for an insignificant share of the budget.
The planned budget revenues were estimated moderately and prudently, primarily because of the unstable economic situation of enterprises located in the municipality, which make a significant contribution to our budget. It was necessary to continue taking into account, as in the previous year, the liquidation of some workplaces and the reduction in tax receipts from their operations.
The expenditure of budget funds was planned with consideration for individual economic fields, including:
- current expenditure, including the commencement this year of funding for preschool departments, transporting children to schools, and targeted subsidies to co-finance MZK and PKS transport,
- ongoing and newly commenced investments this year, including the construction of a water supply system for the village of Brzeźnik and completion of the expansion of the Primary School in Ocice.
The project of tasks in individual fields was prepared on the basis of an assessment of essential needs reported, among others, by village self-government bodies.
Budget revenues were collected in the first half of the year in accordance with the plan, exceeding the adopted plan for certain types of taxes and fees. As anticipated, the planned receipts from property tax and corporate income tax were not fully achieved. In addition, the municipal budget received funds from the sale of the municipal enterprise in Trzebień, interest on fixed-term deposits, and partial reimbursement of funds spent by us on road repairs. Beginning this year, revenues from the forest tax and the extraction fee for extracting minerals from deposits are also being directed to the municipal budget.
Within the revenues collected, we spent funds on carrying out the planned scope of tasks. The lower-than-planned expenditure in the first half of the year was mainly due to the fact that most tasks, particularly investment and renovation projects, were still in progress.
During the past half-year, the Provincial Water Services Company for Agricultural Needs in Lubin carried out the construction of the rural water supply system in Brzeźnik, completing approximately 3 km of water-supply network. In the last two months—July and August—a further approximately 6 km of network was completed. The investment is proceeding according to schedule despite earlier temporary delays, and there is a chance that the contractual deadline for completion at the end of October this year will be met. In addition, a decision was made to begin another investment in the south-western area later this year: a water supply system for the village of Kraszowice-Nowa, including preparation of technical documentation and selection of contractors through a tender.
This year we continued work on the expansion of the Primary School in Ocice, carrying out the necessary scope of work in order to complete the investment at the end of August and open the facility for the new school year. This project, previously financed entirely from our own funds, received financial support from the Education Office toward the end of its implementation. We had sought these funds during the preceding period, requesting that they be provided as partial co-financing of the investment. Although they do not represent the level of participation in the total project costs that we expected, they at least partially cover payments for finishing work.
At the remaining educational facilities—including Kraśnik Dolny, Kraśnik Górny, Łaziska, Brzeźnik, Nowa Wieś, Kruszyn, and School No. 5—renovation work was carried out as needed, financed from the municipal budget and implemented with substantial involvement from parents’ committees.
As part of road repairs and modernization, road surfaces were upgraded this year by paving communication routes with asphalt, helping to improve the technical condition of the roads and increase road safety. Asphalt surfaces have so far been laid over a total length of more than 3.5 km on municipal roads in the villages of Dąbrowa, Chościszowice, Kruszyn, and Ocice–Mierzwin. In the second half of the year, within the secured funds, a further approximately 3 km of planned surfacing is expected to be completed, and the scope of work is to be expanded to a total length of more than 4 km using savings in the transport section and financial support obtained from the Provincial Land Reclamation and Protection Fund. The municipal budget also financed the construction of bus bays in the villages of Kruszyn and Łaziska.
Roads with stone subbases and slag or gravel surfaces were constructed over a total length exceeding 4 km in the villages of Kraśnik Dolny, Kraśnik Górny, Brzeźnik, and Bożejowice. The road subbases were made using aggregate supplied by Zielonogórskie Mineral Raw Materials Mines from nearby gravel pits. The asphalt road surfaces were laid by Poznańskie Przedsiębiorstwo Robót Drogowych and Przedsiębiorstwo Robót Drogowo-Mostowych “DROBUD” in Lwówek Śląski, which also repaired the bridge in Parkoszów.
The continuation of the budget report, covering the implementation of tasks in telecommunications, health care, culture, sport, and social welfare, will appear in the October issue.