Start Time: 8:33 a.m.
End Time: 10:46 a.m.
Topic:
Compliance Proposition No. 50, which invites District officials to give further illustration about the draft agreement n ° 122, which seeks to restructure the District Administration.
Guests attending: Secretary General, Director of Human Resources, Financial Secretary and Secretary of Planning.
The Project Agreement No. 122 seeks to modify the overall structure of Cartagena de Indias. Within the new structure highlights the following:
· be deleted DADIS Administrative Health Department, and created the Ministry of Health.
· disappears Administrative Department of Traffic and Transportation, and establishing the Ministry of Transportation.
· Foundation of the new Department of Economic Development, which will address issues of economic planning and competitiveness.
· It provides the Secretary of Habitat, which will address environmental policies.
· Creation of the Ministry of Women and Gender, by tending to be equal opportunities between women and men.
· Establishment of the Directorate of Pensions, with the aim of meeting the District's pension system.
· Legal Secretariat is formed, in order to address the procedural legal issues and advice on legal matters.
· The Home Office becomes the Department of Government, and create branches in the various departments of the District.
District General Secretary, Alicia Sáenz , argued that the initiative is an effort that combines technical and legal aspects for the pursuit of efficiency in the provision of community service. Indicated that the staffing is "inefficient", as there are no amount of administrative unification of criteria. The secretary mentioned that the problem could be the restructuring was in 2003 when adjusted to limits of the law 617, in which 249 positions were eliminated.
Consecutively, the Secretary of Finance Roberto Useche, reported that operating expenses compared to 2011 would increase from 132 to 136 billion dollars annually, and that the indicator "expenses Operating income streams free destination "of the Law 617, states that one should not exceed 65%, in this case would increase from 44% to 45%, with a downward trend as time passes due to financial guidance, which which means that the initiative is sustainable.
citizens participated in the meeting representatives of the Union of the Mayor, the Association of Workers of Colombia, Cartagena environmentalists and Women's Social Movement, who converged on the approval of the initiative, and consider it an institutional strengthening that seek to meet community needs. Meanwhile, the representative of disabled Bolivar gave a glimpse of his concern not within the project include a unit that is dedicated purely to the needs of disabled persons in the city.
Councilman Lorenzo Hodges (Partido de la U), socialized which has several concerns about the fate of service delivery orders, the total cost of the new units, and how much would the staffing levels assuming wage. For this reason requested this information to make a more clear. Alberto Osorio (Colombia Democrática), asked about the priority that will have staff who are in administrative careers compared with the new ones arrive. Torres Duvinia (Partido de la U), suggested that takes into account the body's lifeline in the project, and asked the officials concerned to explain the benefits and difficulties that would be obtained by changing the administrative departments and secretariats. Vicente Blel (Cambio Radical), stressed the importance of studying the powers of the EPA to be more precise about the needs to create the Habitat Secretariat.
Councilman William Amin (Cambio Radical), said that the presentation is not commensurate with the project, as in the comparative table in budget changes at $ 3 billion, and the report of medium-term fiscal framework shows that the variation is $ 4 billion, for this reason the information demanded one billion that are not reflected. He also stressed that the project takes into account investments, and thus would not have new tools Ministries to meet the needs that arise. Finally, he announced that the new charges would pay an average of 100 million pesos a year, which seems excessive.
Councilman Henry Algiers Democratic Pole, said the sub and Tourism Competitiveness within the new Department of Economic Development should be renamed as "competitiveness", so that will cover all economic activities in the city. Jorge Cárcamo (for Single Cartagena), recommended that the study is done based on payroll costs from 2009 to 2010 and currently based on 2008 to 2009.
The District Council Chairman, Antonio Quinto Guerra (Conservative Party), said to be involved tomorrow the Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Planning, Director of the DAD, and the Directorate of DATT. For Friday will be answered all the concerns of the council.
Finally, the Secretary General District Council, read a statement submitted by all the benches and was approved, where lamenting the death of writer David Sanchez Juliao, who was noted for his novels, fables and stories within which highlights "The Pachanga". In tribute to him, there was a moment of silence.
ended the session and called for tomorrow, Thursday February 10 at 8:00 am in District Council facilities.
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