The cost of the councils, councils and councils: more than 1,100 million in public salaries

• DANIEL VIAÑA

  @DanielVianaR

• GABRIELA GALARZA

  @ggsueiro

Updated on Friday, 15october2021-02: 09

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The 40 provincial councils -including the leasehold-, the three island councils and the seven island councils represent an expense, only in

euros a year.

It is the result of adding the perceptions of the presidents, deputies, councilors and officials of these organizations, which in many cases have a very relevant and tangible role, as can be the case of the Canarian councils, but in many other cases, As in the case of the provincial councils, it is far from that.

In addition, these intermediate areas of the administration are the ones that accumulate the highest expenditure.

And on many occasions, the need for its existence has been highly questioned given that the autonomous communities and municipalities already exist, which could take over the tasks of the provincial councils.

The data of the Salary Information of Administration Positions (ISPA) relative to 2020 that the Ministry of Finance and Public Function published yesterday allow us to observe, in addition, that there has been a

in the total cost compared to the year above despite the fact that the number of staff has been reduced. What has happened, therefore, is that average salaries have increased as a direct consequence of the salary improvements registered by public workers. An example: the average salary among officials of the provincial and provincial councils in group A-1, which is the highest, has gone from something 53,400 to something more than 56,000 euros.

The department headed by María Jesús Montero also points out that "the concepts considered are those directly linked to the job, base salary, destination supplement, specific supplement and the corresponding extraordinary and additional payments." But "neither personal bonuses, such as seniority, nor those of variable perception such as performance productivity or rewards are not included." That is,

since these other items are not taken into account.

Analyzing the data in more detail, it can be seen, for example, that the Diputación de Barcelona is the largest in terms of deputies and councilors with a total of 50. Of them, 29 are dedicated exclusively and

. Those of Valencia, Alicante, Malaga, Seville and La Coruña, as well as the Cabildo Insultar de Tenerife, have up to 30 deputies although, as in almost all cases, not all of them have that exclusive dedication. But among those who do, the most common salaries easily exceed 50,000 or 60,000 euros.

Higher are the figures among presidents, and especially striking are the cases of the Provincial Councils of Vizcaya and Álava and, once again, in Barcelona.

, who is the general deputy of Vizcaya and belonging to the PNV, has a salary of 111,249 euros.

It is followed by

(PSC), head of the Barcelona Provincial Council, with just over 106,000 euros.

And he closes those first three positions

, deputy general of Álava, also of the PNV, and with a figure that exceeds 100,000 euros.

To contextualize how bulky these data are in the public sphere, it is enough to observe that the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, will receive 84,845 euros next year while the ministers will stay at 76,000 euros.

On the opposite side are the presidents of the Cabildos of El Hiero and La Gomera, who do not have exclusive dedication and receive, respectively, 7,600 and 16,150 euros.

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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