O Barco increases the budget by 755,500 euros with treasury surplus

The Plenary of the Concello do Barco de Valdeorras initially approved, in the ordinary session of November 5, 2026, the credit modification file no. 3/2026 of the current budget in the form of a credit supplement, for an amount of 755,500.00 euros. The agreement, which also includes the modification of the investment annex accompanying the 2026 budgets, is published in the Boletín Oficial da Provincia de Ourense of November 10, 2026, in section IV of local entities, with reference R. 2.704.

The financial operation is fully funded from the liquid Treasury surplus for general expenses, that is, with money already liquidated and not committed from the previous year, and not with new transfers or debt. The announcement is signed by the mayor, Aurentino Alonso Araújo, in O Barco de Valdeorras on November 6, 2026.

The legal framework of the adjustment

The public exhibition is carried out in compliance with article 169.1, by referral of article 177.2, of Royal Legislative Decree 2/2004, of March 5, which approves the revised text of the Law regulating local finances. This is the ordinary route through which local entities can provide additional credit to budget applications that have become insufficient.

The credit supplement is one of the modalities of credit modification provided for in the local finance regulations and requires a plenary agreement, effective financing and, in the case of supplements financed with a surplus, the process of public information before being made definitive.

When the figure is covered by the Treasury surplus for general expenses, the practical effect is the incorporation into the current budget of a part of the accumulated savings, without altering the volume of projected income or the financial burden of the council.

Fifteen days to examine the file

The public exhibition period is fifteen days, counted from the day following the insertion of the announcement in the provincial bulletin.

• Interested parties may examine the file in the municipal offices.
• They may present any claims they deem appropriate during that period.
• If the period expires without allegations, the agreement will be considered definitively approved.

The published text does not detail the specific budget applications to which the money is destined nor the investments added to the annex; that information appears in the file made available to the public in the council offices.

Municipal investments, the axis of the operation

The most relevant point of the agreement is the modification of the investment annex of the 2026 budgets, which is approved along with the credit supplement. This means that the council not only expands current credit, but also reorganizes the investment program for the year, which directly affects the works and acquisitions planned for the rest of the year.

The file is numbered 3/2026, which places it as the third credit adjustment of the fiscal year in the Concello do Barco de Valdeorras, a common sequence in councils that close the year with available surpluses and exhausted budget lines.

Other modifications in the same bulletin

The local entities section of the same edition gathers more budgetary movements. The Municipal Sports Council of Ourense submits for public information modification 5M/CMD/2026, regarding extraordinary credit and credit supplements, for 211,367.00 euros, charged to its own surplus and under file 830/2026.

In the case of Barbadás, the bulletin publishes the final approval of modification 7/2026, a credit transfer of 5,000.00 euros that decreases from the tourism information and promotion line and increases the subsidy to the Alberto García Ferreiro Association, as no claims were filed. These are three examples of the same phenomenon: the closing of the fiscal year becomes a time for accounting adjustments in the province’s councils.

Unlike other files, that of Barco de Valdeorras arrives at this stage in initial approval, meaning its amount may still vary if allegations force the file to be corrected before final approval.

Why it matters

The supplement of 755,500 euros is one of the largest budgetary operations published this week in the province and directly affects the council’s capacity to execute investments before 2026 ends. For residents and companies working with the consistory, the fifteen-day period is the only window to review the file and question the budget lines or investments added before the agreement becomes final.

Source: Official Bulletin of the Province of Ourense, November 10, 2026, section IV. Local entities, reference R. 2.704.