The government team of the City of Ceuta could not move forward on the regular full Tuesday November by the lack of support from all opposition parties a proposal setting out the sale of a municipal lot that would have meant income 871,000 euros.
The public auction of this area, located behind the school "Aledo Event" in the town, had a price of 80 euros per meter, above the assessed value of the same, very favorable conditions for ceutiense City Council could have even improved .
"The starting price was higher than the appraised value, but being an auction could rise depending on the offers made," says the mayor, Juan Felipe Cano.
"The opposition has denied the people of Ceuta an important shot in the arm for our battered municipal accounts, we remember that store an inherited debt against which we fight and now is around 44 million euros," says the mayor, adding that this operation could lead annexed a job to 60 workers.
"There is a company interested in building in this area a commercial area that had been a great boost to our city work," emphasizes the mayor.
Folding arguments
Cano dismantled one by one the arguments put forward by the municipal opposition groups for this refusal.
"Change Ceuta objected and explained that the land should only be used for classification has, educational purpose, but we should all know that school space can be relocated as needed location," says the mayor.
"For its part, the Socialist group also voted against raising his lack of land prices in that area and the main reason explaining the assumption that the residents of La Tejera 'will do them grace' the location of a commercial space in the area, "he sums Cano, who criticizes a mere supposition is enough to knock a project as benefit to the municipality.
Finally, Citizens Ceuta abstained, "arguing that the value was very low, but in modern times the fixed price is more than fair," Cano values.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Ceutí