The budget plan, in its general assumptions, follows from the action plan adopted by the Municipal Council for the current term.
The budget adopted for implementation by the Council this year was estimated at PLN 37.650 million on the revenue side, while expenditure was planned considerably higher, closing at PLN 47.200 million. The budget deficit will amount to PLN 9.550 million, and this difference is expected to be covered by the budget surplus from 1994.
As in previous years, the main sources of budget revenue include taxes and fees paid by individuals, legal entities and entities without legal personality: property tax, the municipality’s shares in income tax, agricultural tax and the tax on means of transport.
The smallest item among budget revenues will be the general subsidy from the state budget, accounting for less than 3 percent of total planned revenues.
The budget expenditure plan was prepared on the basis of applications and proposals submitted on behalf of residents by councillors and village heads, as well as by the management of the Office and organizational units subordinate to the Municipal Council.
The dominant item in the overall structure of budget expenditure is continuing and newly launched investment projects, whose planned value amounts to as much as 5X percent of the expenditure plan.
The most important investment tasks include:
a) continuing investments:
-construction of a gymnasium at the school in Ocice,
-water-supply infrastructure for the village of Suszki,
-sewerage system for the village of Nowe Jaroszowicc,
-gasification of the villages of Dobra and Łąka, as well as stage III of the Kruszyn-Łaziska gas pipeline,
-construction of a sports hall for LZS Brzeźnik (purchase of materials)
b) newly launched investments:
-water-supply infrastructure for the villages of Chościszowice and Stara Oleszna-Kozłów,
-preparation of documentation for the construction of sewerage systems in the villages of Kruszyn-Łaziska and Trzebień, and documentation for the construction of gymnasiums for the villages of Kruszyn, Kraśnik Dolny and Żeliszów,
-construction of a village hall for the village of Otok,
-contribution to the costs of constructing a bridge in the village of Krępnica and bus bays along national roads, and modernization of the boiler room at the school in Łaziska,
-costs of establishing and organizing the municipal services facility base.
As part of ongoing operations, the following tasks, among others, are planned:
-support for crop and livestock production, maintenance of drainage infrastructure, and forestry activities,
-modernization of municipal roads by providing asphalt surfaces on roads with a total length of approximately 5–5.5 km, as well as stone subbase and gravel surfaces on roads measuring 5–5.5 km in length.
-subsidizing MZK public transport,
-payment for electricity used in street lighting,
-repairs and ongoing maintenance of municipal buildings,
-operation of OSP fire brigades – organization of firefighting points,
-financing the ongoing operations of preschool departments,
-ongoing school repairs and swimming-pool rental,
-financing the activities of the Municipal Culture and Sports Centre, including community centres,
-subsidizing the ongoing activities of Village Health Centres,
-carrying out the statutory tasks of the Municipal Social Welfare Centre in the field of social care,
-the ongoing activities of the Municipal Council and its bodies, as well as the Municipal Office.
In accordance with the Act on Environmental Protection and Management, it is possible to establish a Municipal Environmental Protection and Water Management Fund at the municipal level. The Fund’s revenues consist of fees paid by organizational units for the commercial use of the environment and changes introduced to it, including emissions of pollutants into the air, waste storage, and the removal of trees and shrubs.
On the basis of the adopted revenue and expenditure plan for the Fund, revenues are estimated at approximately PLN X.X billion, and these funds are expected to be allocated to environmental protection tasks:
-investment and modernization projects serving environmental protection in the fields of air, soil and water protection,
-environmental education and promotion of environmentally friendly activities, mainly among children and school-age youth,
-financing the costs of summer recreation for school-age youth.
Implementation of the presented “Action Programme” of the Municipal Council for the next term, as well as the “Budget Plan” and the “Municipal Environmental Protection Fund Plan” for 1995, will depend primarily on the municipality’s available financial resources.
It is hoped that the ambitious goals and objectives outlined in these plans will be fully achieved, and that councillors, village councils, village residents and everyone interested in the municipality’s development will demonstrate commitment and provide assistance in their implementation.