The municipal councilors in Dryanovo decided to freeze their salaries, i.e. not to receive the higher amount, after the salaries in the municipal administration are updated.
The decision was made at the proposal of seven municipal councilors – Eng. Svetoslav Minchev, Nikolay Minchev, Lyubomir Yordanov, Plamen Obreshkov and Tihomir Trifonov from the Bulgarian Socialist Party, Aleksandar Makedonski from “Citizens for the Municipality” and Dr. Vladimir Vanev from the local coalition “Levitsata”.
A reasonable measure against the background of the insufficient funds in the municipal treasury in 2024, called the proposal one of the submitters, municipal councilor Aleksandar Makedonski. According to him, the financial difficulties come mainly from the increase in salaries in the municipal administration, which also leads to an increase in the salaries of municipal councilors.
Salaries in the Dryanovo Municipal Council are formed as a percentage of the average gross salary in the Dryanovo administration. According to the local authority’s work regulations, 50% of the average salary in the administration is received by councilors for participation in meetings, and 20% for their participation in the work of the standing committees.
This means that with each increase in salaries in the Municipality, the salaries of municipal councilors also increase.
With the new decision, the Dryanovo Municipal Council sets a ceiling for the percentage of the average salary in the administration – 65%, on which the councilors’ salaries will be determined for 2025.
The change will come into effect after the adoption of the Dryanovo budget for 2025.
“Let there be no wrong impression that the municipal councilors are almost cutting their salaries,” Preslava Yonkova (GERB) assured before the vote.
“Vote and whatever you decide, it will not distort the budget much,” commented Dryanovo Mayor Trifon Panchev.
