(haipo) - Why does the municipality of Haifa need a loan for development works for the year 2023 in the amount of 145 million shekels when the mayor tweeted at the Social Security Authority, only four months ago, its achievements in correcting the economic situation and further added and detailed the state of the development budget, which she said had a deficit of 300 million shekels and now stands at 116 million shekels?
Sarit Golan: "Klish is asking for hundreds of millions in loans and servitude of the Haifa people for projects designed to serve the remnants of her coalition from the ultra-orthodox sector, hoping to gain their support in the upcoming elections..."
As I recall, last April the mayor proudly tweeted a post on social media:
"The financial data of the municipality" and wrote how she managed to "correct", according to her, the financial situation of the Haifa municipality in five years.
Klish wrote:
"Remember how a year ago several members of the city council from the opposition (and even a former treasurer among them) threatened the municipality with financial collapse in the media? What won't be a salary anymore?"
Kalish proudly presented, among other things, that the municipal coffers have very high financial balances, unlike when she took office in 2018 when the coffers were 'almost empty' according to her.
In the inability to use these funds for the benefit of the city's development, she naturally blames the opposition for not approving her budgets.
She also wrote that the money in development fund accounts, whose sources are construction projects, has never been as high as this year. Since the beginning of her term as mayor, they have grown - from 10 million to 53 million, to 247 million, to 418, and today it is more than half a billion shekels.
If that wasn't enough, she proudly and happily shared the development budget that she inherited with a deficit of 300 million shekels and today it stands at a deficit of 116 million shekels. So if this is indeed the case, why is the municipality requesting approval for loans for development works for the year 2023 in the amount of NIS 145 million for a period of 15 years linked to the index and with added interest.
Last Wednesday 2/8/23 the municipal treasurer sent a letter to the members of the finance committee in which he asks the committee to approve a budget for development works for 2023 in the amount of NIS 145 million.
Attorney Sharit Golan Steinberg: "Klish started a liquidation sale in preparation for the elections"
A member of the City Council and a member of the Finance Committee, attorney Sharit Golan Steinberg told Lahi Pa: "Klish has started a liquidation sale in preparation for the upcoming elections, when it is asking for hundreds of millions in loans and enslavement of the Haifa people for projects designed to serve the remnants of its coalition from the ultra-orthodox sector, hoping to gain their support in the upcoming elections.
The procedure of the Ministry of the Interior explicitly states that during an election period it will not be possible to approve development budgets except in urgent and safety cases.
Kalish, on the other hand, brought requests for projects that came up already in 2014. It seems that to this day, Kalish has not internalized what work is according to the rules of the proper manager, and worse, she is asking for everything even before the city council discusses a regular budget, in light of Kalish's refusal to schedule discussions for eight months.
The worst of all is misleading the public - while she is telling the Haifaites that there is a lot of money in the coffers, she is turning to the finance committee to approve loans in the millions. In three months this trolling will stop and I will make sure that the urban development is according to an orderly and budgeted plan as is customary in any proper organization."
The municipality of Haifa said:
"The deficit from development loans has indeed decreased to approximately 116 million NIS by the end of 2022. Loans are part of the funding sources for projects carried out from the development budget and are taken out every year, as part of the municipality's ongoing financial management. The approval requested from the Finance Committee is a formal approval intended for the financing of approved development projects."
I was told by Magneram, who deals with signage tenders in another city, that he estimates that the Haifa municipality lost about 6 million shekels a year due to the lack of signage tenders double the 5-year term, that's 30 million shekels, and that's just one omission, there are quite a few more. !!
It's interesting that now Ototo, the end of the term, and now she's starting to wake up? Hopefully for us, everything can wait until the end of October. I trust the team that remains today.
Also in the field of signage, if you look at the bus stations, you will see hundreds of stations with signage that has not been changed in several months.
If you look at bulletin boards, they are empty - maybe now they will only be filled for two months with election propaganda, but a lot of business entities have stopped using them.
If you look at the bridges, for example the Dago Beach Bridge, you will see that there has been no advertising on them for months.
The municipality of Haifa is losing millions due to the failures of the signage department.
The relevant question is not - the extent of the deficit in the development works - but, what is the extent of the total deficit of the Haifa municipality. In fact, the financial situation of the Haifa Municipality should also be ascertained in terms of debts and obligations - such an examination leads to the clear conclusion that the Haifa Municipality has long since gone bankrupt, it is unable and will not be able to pay its debts. The municipality of Haifa does not collect significant sums of money as part of the improvement levies to which it was supposed to be entitled (which are transferred to the municipal coffers from the local committee for planning and construction), the municipality of Haifa creates traffic jams that today only see the tip of the iceberg, in the future the whole city will be stuck, it will be impossible to move from a construction monster One by one - what Klish called slums - which Klish could not deal with, since a small number of entrepreneurs/contractors bought the municipality and its employees here - and Klish is not the right person to deal with these criminal organizations that have penetrated deeply into the public system, in exactly the same A way that she also failed in other things in the management of the city.
All the best to you Dr. Einat Kalish Rotem Mayor of Haifa.
The instructions of approved plans are law - both in terms of legislation that must be obeyed - Klish proudly carries a doctorate in architecture and is proud of building cities - but where is the law???? Certainly not in Haifa!!! Loans are not taken to carry out criminal activities - destroying Wadi - the granting of loans must be prevented at all costs ' illegal works must be stopped immediately!!!!
'To finance approved development projects' - this is how it is written according to the response of the Haifa municipality - does anyone here live in the film - what approved development projects are we talking about????? After all, the municipality of Haifa is the biggest offender in the district of Haifa and the north, and possibly even in the entire state of Israel. Performs 'development works' in Peres Mizrahn and the southern entrances B - Peres South - without building permits and without paving permits contrary to the law - contrary to the instructions of the detailed plans prepared and approved by the municipality - while totally destroying a part of Wadi Azov - which is stipulated in the HF/2185A plan that must not be violated In it, certainly and certainly not to destroy it - who approved the projects - after all, the projects were not approved - the works are being carried out in violation of the law by the main offender - the municipality of Haifa. Immediately stop the flow of funds - do not allow the city to be mortgaged for the benefit of Wadi destruction contrary to the law - stop the criminals - here and now!!!!!
Cliche, leave us as soon as possible
You destroyed the city in a short time, no one tolerates you, you don't know how to manage and manage
Maybe someone will explain to the citizens of Haifa what the mayor of the city is going home for, NIS 145 million?
Two months before the elections?
Do not confirm anything. Kalish continued Yahav's despicable patent to claim that there is proper management and there is no deficit, and then it turns out that they are taking another rolling loan to hide the deficit from the year according to
The astronomical number of ultra-Orthodox in the city is so abundant that it needs 145 million NIS?
Yes, Sarit Golan?
The problem with the ultra-Orthodox and the Arabs is that they deal exclusively with their sector
A council should be state and not sectoral