The Tuineje City Council will process an extrajudicial credit recognition and a budget modification to pay over four million euros to companies and freelancers.
The Plenary of the Tuineje City Council has green-lighted a motion that will allow the unlocking of pending invoice payments to municipal suppliers. The operation, which will be executed from the treasury surplus, exceeding 20 million euros, aims to expedite the payment of a debt that exceeds four million euros.
A debt that has been dragging on for months
The mayor of Tuineje, David Herrera, explained that the problem is not liquidity, but rather administrative difficulties. Numerous files had been stalled as they were processed through an official review, an exceptional procedure to declare contracts null and void, not to manage ordinary payments. This caused delays of months and even years.
According to the opinion of the Advisory Council of the Canary Islands, these invoices should be resolved through the extrajudicial credit recognition, a more agile route with legal guarantees. The local government opted to elevate the motion to the Plenary to gather support and expedite the procedures.
“The proposal aims to normalise municipal economic management, overcome the situation of administrative paralysis, and regularise accumulated obligations,” Herrera stated.
Three-month deadline for payment
The approved motion sets as a priority to complete the processing and make the pending payments within a maximum period of three months. The mayor acknowledged the harm that the delays have caused to companies and freelancers, many of whom have been waiting for invoices for months.
The initiative also includes strengthening the personal and technical resources of the Intervention Area. The City Council may request, if necessary, the collaboration of other public administrations to expedite the files.
Furthermore, the agreement includes specific measures if an unjustified administrative inactivity situation persists, without prejudice to any responsibilities that may arise.
Support in the Plenary and abstention from the PSOE
The motion passed with the six votes from AM-CC, while the Socialist Party, a governing partner, abstained. The absence of three of the six PP councillors in the opposition was also noted. Herrera lamented that the initiative did not receive support from all groups, as he believes it aims to respond to the affected companies and professionals.
For the residents of Tuineje, this measure represents relief, as local suppliers will be able to collect their invoices and maintain their activity. The City Council hopes that, once management is normalised, similar situations will be avoided in the future.
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