A Guarda approves the 2026 budget with a consolidated total of 9,025,708.64 euros

The A Guarda City Council has definitively approved the general budget and the personnel framework for the 2026 fiscal year, with a consolidated amount of 9,025,708.64 euros. The approval occurs after the fifteen-day public exhibition period elapsed without any neighbor objections, and it is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Pontevedra (BOPPO) number 195, dated October 9, 2026, in the Local Administration section.

The Plenary of the Corporation, in an extraordinary session on September 14, 2026, initially approved the budget and the personnel framework, in accordance with article 169.1 of the Revised Text of the Law Regulating Local Treasuries. The initial announcement was published in BOPPO number 178, dated September 16, 2026, opening a fifteen-day period for claims and objections.

As no objections were presented, the file was definitively approved in accordance with article 169.3 of the same regulation. The budget will enter into force once published, summarized by chapters, in the Official Gazette of the Province of Pontevedra. The definitive announcement bears the signature of the acting mayor, Óscar Alonso Álvarez, while the initial approval announcement was signed by mayor Roberto José Álvarez Carrero.

City Council accounts: 8.79 million euros

The budget of the A Guarda City Council balances expenses and income at 8,789,551.58 euros. On the expenditure side, the most relevant chapters are:

• Chapter I, personnel expenses: 3,557,261.57 euros (40.47 %).
• Chapter II, expenses for current goods and services: 4,567,210.07 euros (51.96 %).
• Chapter IV, current transfers: 449,092.58 euros (5.11 %).
• Chapter VI, real investments: 173,973.89 euros (1.98 %).
• Chapter III, financial expenses: 3,791.38 euros (0.04 %).
• Chapter VIII, financial assets: 20,000.00 euros; chapter IX, financial liabilities: 18,222.09 euros.
• Contingency fund and other unforeseen events: 0.00 euros.

On the income side, current transfers stand out with 4,404,919.11 euros (50.12 %), direct taxes with 2,453,290.22 euros (27.91 %), and fees, public prices, and other income with 1,766,642.34 euros (20.10 %). Indirect taxes contribute 80,000.00 euros, patrimonial income 58,278.44 euros, and capital transfers 6,421.47 euros.

The Monte de Santa Trega Board

The budget of the Monte de Santa Trega Board amounts to 249,000.00 euros, also balanced between expenses and income. Personnel expenses represent 171,921.71 euros (69.04 %) and expenses for current goods and services, 32,339.45 euros (12.99 %). Current and capital transfers total 19,264.42 euros each, and financial assets, 6,000.00 euros. In the income section, fees, public prices, and other income contribute 243,000.00 euros (97.59 %).

Consolidated and verification

The consolidated budget, which sums the accounts of the City Council and the Board of Trustees and deducts internal transfers of 12,842.94 euros, totals 9,025,708.64 euros. In the consolidated budget, personnel expenses rise to 3,729,183.28 euros and expenses for current goods and services to 4,599,549.52 euros.

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The publication of the final approval closes the 2026 budgetary process and enables the accounts to enter into force, allowing the City Council of A Guarda and the Monte de Santa Trega Board of Trustees to execute their spending and investment programs during the coming financial year.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Pontevedra (BOPPO), no. 195, October 9, 2026, Local Administration, Municipal, Guarda, A (official reference: 2026072608).