Molins de Rei appoints Roser Castellote as Director of Economic Development Services

The mayor of Molins de Rei, Xavi Paz Penche, has decided to appoint Roser Castellote Campamà as professional management personnel as the director of services for the Economic Development Area of the Molins de Rei City Council. The appointment was made through the system of free designation and appears in Mayoral Decree 2613/2026, dated November 5, 2026. Announcement 207/2026/NOMEN is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona (BOPB) on November 11, 2026, with the official reference CVE 202610170068.

The decree specifies that the designation was adopted “in accordance with the principles of merit and capacity and criteria of suitability,” according to current regulations and the call for the selection process. It is, therefore, a discretionary appointment within the category of professional management personnel provided for in local public employment legislation, and not an ordinary competitive examination or merit-based process.

The text signed by the mayor is dated November 10, 2026, in Molins de Rei, one day before its insertion in the provincial gazette, and sets the start of its effects on Sunday, November 9.

A management position of subgroup A1 and destination level 26

The decree precisely identifies the characteristics of the job position that the new director will occupy:

• Position code: 5000.50.
• Assignment: professional management personnel of the Economic Development Area.
• Classification group: A, subgroup A1.
• Destination level: 26.

These data place the position in the upper segment of the municipal classification, reserved for higher university degrees and service management functions.

Economic and administrative effects from November 9

The appointment is not limited to the organic aspect: the decree explicitly establishes that it produces “economic and administrative effects from November 9, 2026.” This implies that the taking of office and the remuneration associated with the position are counted from this date, two days before the decision was made public in the official gazette.

The publication on November 11 completes the formal process of the designation, which was already effective at the time of the announcement.

The second management appointment published this autumn

This is not the first movement of this type in the municipal organizational chart this year. The BOPB of October 14, 2026, published the appointment of Olga Mosquera Costoya as director of services for the Sustainability and Territory area, agreed upon by Mayoral Decree 1800/2026, dated July 24, with effects from August 1, 2026, and official reference CVE 202610152855. In that case, the announcement was signed by the acting mayor, Miquel Zaragoza Alonso, and bore the code 18/2026/CONLA.

Both decrees follow the same pattern: appointment by free designation, invocation of the principles of merit, capacity, and suitability, and the assignment of a four-digit position code with the suffix 50, typical of municipal command positions. The difference in timing between the signing of the decree and its publication—three months in the case of Sustainability and Territory, six days in the case of Economic Development—shows that insertion into the bulletin does not always coincide with the date of entry into force.

Why it affects the reader

The appointment of Roser Castellote Campamà fills the leadership of one of the council’s economic areas with a political trust profile, a common move following the constitution of municipal governing teams that conditions the management of the services depending on this area. For residents, businesses, and entities in the municipality, the name of the person heading the area’s technical structure is the reference point for local economic impulse policies in the coming years.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona, November 11, 2026, section I (Personnel and Organization), p. 1-1 (official reference: CVE 202610170068).