The economic plan of Mayor Marco Aurelio Pérez Sánchez's municipal government for the new fiscal year exceeds the consolidated budget of 2025 by almost 5,7 million euros, allocating more than 9.6 million to real investments focused mainly on the renovation of public housing developments, the improvement of municipal infrastructure, and the rehabilitation of schools and educational centers.
The San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council gave initial approval this Monday to the organizational chart for civil servants, contract workers, and temporary staff, as well as the draft General Budget for the 2026 fiscal year, which amounts to €109.705.816,63 in consolidated terms. This amount, which includes the entity's own budget (€107.250.000) and the projected income and expenses of the municipal companies (Municipal Tax Collection Company, EMURSA; San Bartolomé de Tirajana Housing Company, GESVISUR; and Radio Municipal Tirajana SL, Radio Dunas), represents an increase of approximately €5.688.000 over the 2025 General Budget.
The staffing plan for 2026, unanimously approved by the unions and the City Council's General Negotiation Committee, remains at 712 employees with a cost of approximately €39.237.000, including the 2% fixed increase established by the Government plus the anticipated 0.5% CPI, which amounts to around €857.000. "Last year, the same staff, with 367 civil servants, 333 contract workers, and 12 temporary employees, cost us €38.280.000," stated the mayor.
Regarding the budget, Marco Aurelio Pérez emphasized that it is a “coherent and balanced” economic project in terms of income and expenses, complying with the Budgetary Stability and Financial Sustainability Law and the non-financial spending limit (spending cap) agreed upon by the Council of Ministers on December 2nd, set at €111.932.704,11 for the San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council. The City Council's General Comptroller's Office explains that this budget, which received a favorable report, “is presented without an initial deficit and is balanced (…) thus guaranteeing stability and covering, a priori, all obligations acquired for the proper functioning of the City Council.”
“We have been rigorous in complying with the regulations, and this is the budget we can create. We would prefer a different one, but staff and public services must be paid, and the budget increase is what the government's spending limits for local administrations have allowed us to achieve,” the mayor stated.
In this regard, the City Council's general budget, set at €107.250.000 for the new fiscal year, allocates approximately €92,4 million to cover the costs of public services (approximately €52.155.460) and also the expenses of the 712 positions in the staff (approximately €39.237.000), and allocates approximately €9.664.559 to real investments - which experience an increase of 0,57% compared to the 2025 fiscal year, which represents 9,01% of the total Budget.
This investment is largely financed by the Canary Islands Municipal Financing Fund (approximately €6.291.456) and the Island Council (approximately €1.887.000), of which approximately €876.516 comes from the 2026 Cooperation Plan and €1.010.222 from FDCAN funds. The remainder comes from the Gran Canaria Housing Consortium (€446.854) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) (approximately €143.947).
Investment approach
Mayor Marco Aurelio Pérez's administration is allocating the majority of this year's investment budget, approximately €3,1 million, to the regeneration and renovation of residential developments, specifically Las Llaves Phase I (€412.207), Grupo IFA (€476.750), Las Llaves Phase II (€520.306), La Paz (€333.200), Montaña Clara (€813.084), and open spaces in the San Fernando Urbanization (€550.000). Significant investments are also being made in the rehabilitation and improvement of public infrastructure, such as the nearly €95.322 earmarked for the rehabilitation of the Plaza de Castillo del Romeral public space and its parking area, and over €1 million for general improvements and upgrades to public works and infrastructure. the adaptation and improvement of the Fataga regional multi-purpose building (€361.218,24), the repaving of roads (€496.000), the supply network and regulating reservoir of Huesa Bermeja (€296.000), the improvement of the supply network of Cercados de Araña (€128.444,10), the supply of containers (€428.840), the rural electrification of Tunte (€95.500), the renovation of the Multifunctional Park of San Fernando (€200.000), the renovation of children's playgrounds (€100.000), the repair and adaptation of the Cultural Center and Funeral Home of Aldea Blanca (€380.000), the creation of shade in schools (€246.000); RAM works and renovation and rehabilitation in schools, educational centers and nurseries that add up to almost €880.000; The conditioning of the football field and the athletics track of the Maspalomas Stadium (€650.000); the renovation of the changing rooms and stands of the Juan Grande Football Field (€105.000), remodeling works in the Maspalomas Stadium (€65.731) and, among other planned actions, the renewal of the lighting of the football stadiums of Juan Grande, El Tablero, Tunte, the padel courts and other municipal sports facilities (€105.000).
As for the current income that feeds the General Budget of the municipal institution, 91,68% (about 98.3 million euros) comes mainly from direct taxes (IBI, Rural, Urban, Special, IAE, Vehicles and others) which add up to about 36.645.315 €; from current transfers (about 41.839.362 €); from fees and other income (about 12.811.106 €); From the property income, which is close to 5 million euros (about €4.985.223), and from the capital transfers (about €8.768.995) made by the Canary Fund for Financing, the Cabildo's 2026 Cooperation Plan, the FDCAN Funds, the Gran Canaria Housing Consortium and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), for necessary works such as the bus stop and clean point on Fernando Guanarteme Street in Tunte among others.
Regarding current transfers, these also increase in the new fiscal year by 2,61% compared to the previous one, and of the total amount, some €18.450.663 come from the State's tax distribution; another €974.850 is provided by the Government of the Canary Islands for the development of the Agreed Plan, the Day Center, the Childhood and Family Plan and social intermediation with vulnerable or at-risk family units; nearly €1.329.000 is provided by the Island Council to cover the costs of the Municipal Childhood and Family Plan, the Alzheimer's Day Center, the neighborhood meeting, the San Fernando Day Center, the Day Center for the Mentally Ill, the maintenance of the Tony Gallardo Park, the Maspalomas Summer University and emergency social aid; also from the Canary Fund for Municipal Financing (FCFM), which contributes almost €12.583.000 to the City Council's accounts, and finally from the Canary Financing Block (BFC), which contributes about €14.398.455.
Mayor Marco Aurelio Pérez summarized that the new budget allocates approximately 13 million euros to Security and Urban Mobility, 11 million to Housing and Urban Planning, 9.3 million to Social Services, 6.3 million to Culture, and 4 million euros to Sports.