At the meeting of the municipal executive branch, President Ricardo Gonçalves (PSD) regretted that no more time was devoted to assuming this responsibility, in order to update the values contained in the transfer notice, which refer to 2018.
The advisor in charge of health, Diogo Gomez, explained that after the proposal arrived, in November 2021, municipal services asked the Regional Health Department in Lisbon and the Tagus Valley for additional information, specifically on costs related to staff, maintenance and cleaning expenses. , which is not yet available.
Diogo Gomez also added that the technical opinion issued by the services confirms that the fact that constant values have been out of phase for at least four years “could lead to serious imbalances”, as it does not include the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the current crisis. In Ukraine, prices do not develop during this period.
Voted for competencies in education, and today a portion of it is passed on to school groups in the municipality, highlighting the fact that the “key work” on the buildings continues to be the responsibility of the Ministry of Education.
At today’s meeting, the transfer of Alkaned Castle was also approved, the ownership of which was transferred from the Ministry of Culture to the municipality, and the municipality will receive about 10 thousand euros annually for the operation of the monument and about 26 thousand euros for small businesses.
From 1 July, the municipality of Scalabit will also guarantee a range of competencies in the field of social work, such as the responsibility for drafting social pacts, including the mapping of municipal social facilities and the expression of national and regional priorities. To develop animation and family support activities for children enrolled in pre-school education.
It will also, among other functions, prepare technical reports to monitor and allocate cash benefits in cases of economic need and social risks and conclude and monitor listing contracts for social inclusion income beneficiaries.
To perform these new functions, protocols will be established with institutions that already provide social assistance and monitoring, such as the Santarém/Cartaxo delegation of the Portuguese Red Cross and Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Pernes, and monitoring contracts for the inclusion of RSI beneficiaries, namely, Misericórdia de Santarém, the Inter-diocesan Social Center of Santarém and the Association Social development in Santarém.
The remaining competencies will be guaranteed by the municipality’s Department of Social Work and Health.
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