The Provincial Council of Ávila closes its 2026 budget at 122.2 million

The budget of the Provincial Council of Ávila for the 2026 fiscal year is definitively approved at 122,199,514.96 euros, once the files for Extraordinary Credit 5-2026 and Credit Supplement 3-2026 have been closed. The Official Gazette of the Province of Ávila publishes the summary by chapters in announcement number 2247/26, corresponding to issue number 220 of November 13, 2026, within the Provincial Administration (Audit) section.

The text appears signed in Ávila on November 5, 2026, by the president of the corporation, Carlos García González, and is limited to the summary by chapters of the General Budget, without detailing the specific budgetary applications. Both credit modification files had received initial approval from the Corporate Plenary in the ordinary session of September 29, 2026, according to the agreement published in issue number 202 of the gazette, dated October 19, with reference 2043/26.

A balanced budget in expenditures and revenues

The settlement of the published table shows an identical amount in both columns, such that the General Budget is balanced at 122,199,514.96 euros in both expenditures and revenues. The breakdown by chapters is as follows:

• Chapter 1 (personnel): €24,200,189.16 in expenditure and €3,306,912.93 in revenue.
• Chapter 2 (current goods and services): €27,715,720.74 in expenditure and €3,188,322.20 in revenue.
• Chapter 3 (financial expenses and revenues): €38,600.00 in expenditure and €3,464,900.00 in revenue.
• Chapter 4 (current transfers): €20,484,803.66 in expenditure and €78,435,992.66 in revenue.
• Chapter 5 (contingency fund): €935,000.00 in revenue, with no expenditure allocation.
• Chapter 6 (real investments): €29,307,533.83 in expenditure.
• Chapter 7 (capital transfers): €20,252,667.57 in expenditure and €8,366,213.24 in revenue.
• Chapter 8 (financial assets and liabilities): €200,000.00 in expenditure and €24,502,173.93 in revenue.

Investments, the second largest expenditure block

Chapter VI, which covers real investments, reaches 29,307,533.83 euros and becomes the second largest expenditure item of the provincial corporation, only behind Chapter 2. Capital transfers add another 20,252,667.57 euros, meaning that the total expenditure destined for investment and third-party support exceeds 49.5 million.

Current expenditure and personnel figures concentrate the remaining majority: personnel (24.2 million) and current goods and services (27.7 million) total slightly over 51.9 million, while current transfers stand at 20.4 million and Chapter 8 of financial assets at 200,000 euros.

Financing and comparison with the previous modification

In the income section, chapter 4 aggregates 78,435,992.66 euros, nearly two-thirds of the total, reflecting the weight of current transfers in provincial financing. This is followed by financial assets (24,502,173.93 euros), capital transfers (8,366,213.24 euros), and income from direct taxes (3,306,912.93 euros).

The comparison with the last published summary allows for the measurement of the effect of the two modifications now closed. Announcement 1788/26, disseminated in the bulletin of September 8, 2026, following the final approval of Extraordinary Credit 3-2026, set the budget at 120,133,629.49 euros in expenditure. The new table increases this figure by 2,065,885.47 euros and adds 842,150.47 euros to chapter VI for investments.

Only contentious-administrative appeal

The announcement warns that a contentious-administrative appeal may be filed directly against the final approval of the agreement in the form and within the timeframes established by the rules of said jurisdiction, therefore without opening a prior administrative route. Publication in the official bulletin is the starting point for any challenge.

In the same plenary session on September 29, the corporation approved the modification of the regulatory bases of the Extraordinary Investment Plan of the Provincial Council of Ávila for the year 2025 and the Provincial Plan for Cooperation in Works of Municipal Competence for 2026, in addition to the Extrajudicial Recognition of Credits No. 4-2026 and the final approval of the technical project for the conservation of provincial roads Zone I.

The final closing of the budget occurs while the fiscal year is still ongoing and turns the published table into the economic reference for the Provincial Council for the remaining months of 2026. For the municipalities of the province that benefit from the provincial cooperation and investment plans, the figure of 29.3 million in investments and 20.2 million in capital transfers mark the available margin for municipal works and equipment until the end of the fiscal year.

Source: Official Bulletin of the Province of Ávila, no. 220, of November 13, 2026, Provincial Administration (Most Excellent Provincial Council of Ávila), announcement number 2247/26.