This document includes 75 measures, endowed with more than 1.5 million euros, for the social and economic recovery of San Pedro del Pinatar, in order to address the crisis caused by COVID-19 and offer citizens real solutions and concrete from the local administration. The mayor of San Pedro del Pinatar, Visitación Martínez, and the spokesmen of all the political groups that make up the Municipal Corporation (PP, PSOE, Ciudadanos and Vox), have signed today the plan "Reactivate San Pedro", which was born from consensus and the unity of all the political representatives of the municipality to support and promote the municipality from a double perspective, social and economic. Visitación Martínez thanked the involvement and work of all the political groups to make possible this great pact that supposes "an exercise of responsibility with all our neighbors".
Thus, he pointed out that this document draws up "a roadmap for recovery, which translates into more than 1.5 million euros and 75 concrete measures, with extraordinary actions in the fiscal, economic and social areas, as well as aid and initiatives to support the most affected sectors and aimed at reviving the local economy.
" At a fiscal and economic level, the plan includes the extension of the payment period of all municipal taxes, in addition to bonuses and aid in rates and taxes for companies that have had to cease their activity, such as the IBI, the IAE or the rate of water and sewerage, among others, to which the ICIO bonus is added for those works and reforms carried out to comply with the measures established during the COVID crisis19.
In this area, the Contingency Fund of the 2021 budget will also be expanded for future needs of the coronavirus. In the social area, a bonus is introduced to all Pinar del Río households for a quarter of the water consumption in the first block; In addition, the municipal budget for Social Services planned for the financial year 2020 is tripled, with a reinforcement in direct aid to vulnerable groups for the acquisition of basic necessities, more financing for food aid associations or the improvement and extension of services such as Home Help. The retail trade has various support measures to facilitate its digital adaptation and online sales, the creation of campaigns and plans for promotion and customer loyalty, and aid for the acquisition of anti-pollution material, an extensive action for the entire business network of Pinar del Río . At the tourist level, actions aimed at hotels, hotels and transport are defined, in order to mitigate their losses, helping them in establishing security measures, adapting to different phases and promoting the national and regional scope of the destination. Among other measures, the expansion of terraces for bars and restaurants is facilitated, and the City Council will acquire 200 overnight stays for 2 people in hotels in the town, which will be raffled later.
In addition, detailed information will be offered to the visitor both on beaches and through the municipal website on security and hygiene measures.
Among other Employment policies are another of the axes of this document, so a municipal office will be created to help entrepreneurs, mechanisms will be adopted to facilitate job search, training will be promoted and the files that lead to the creation or prioritization will be prioritized.
maintenance of employment. The mayor has concluded that the objective of the measures included in "Reactivate San Pedro" is to reach each and every one of the people of Pinar del Río that have been affected by this health, economic and social crisis, and to forcefully boost the local economy to mitigate the effects of it. The plan "Reactivate San Pedro" has been signed in the plenary hall of the City Hall by the mayor, Visitación Martínez, and the spokespersons of the Popular groups, Ángela Gaona; Socialist, José Lorenzo Martínez; Citizens, José Luis Ros, and Vox, Pedro Fenol.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Pedro del Pinatar