Petrer reviews the fees for nursery schools and two social services

The Petrer City Council has initially approved the modification of three tax ordinances that set the prices for basic social services for families and dependent persons in the municipality. The agreement was adopted by the Plenary in a session held on October 29, 2026, and is published as an edict in the Official Gazette of the Province of Alicante number 216, dated November 12, 2026, with reference 8562/2026. The text is digitally signed by the mayor-president, Irene Navarro Díaz, on November 4, 2026.

The edict affects three regulations of different legal natures: one fee, that of the nursery schools, and two public prices, those of the municipal “Menjar a Casa” program and the Home Help Service. The processing complies with Article 49 of Law 7/1985, of April 2, regulating the Bases of the Local Regime, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 17 of Royal Legislative Decree 2/2004, of March 5, which approves the revised text of the Law Regulating Local Treasuries.

In the same plenary session on October 29, other municipal agreements were adopted, including the modification of the list of job positions, published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Alicante number 211, dated November 5, 2026 (8569/2026).

The three affected ordinances

The plenary agreement comprises, individually, three initial approvals:

• The modification of the tax ordinance regulating the fee for the provision of services in Nursery Schools.
• The modification of the tax ordinance regulating the public price for the provision of the service of the municipal “Menjar a Casa” program.
• The modification of the tax ordinance regulating the public price for the provision of the municipal Home Help Service.

The latter two are benefits aimed at elderly or dependent people cared for in their homes, while the first affects families with young children enrolled in the municipality’s first-cycle early childhood education centers.

Thirty days to examine and appeal

The three files will remain open to the public for a period of thirty days, calculated from the day following the insertion of the announcement in the provincial gazette, that is, from November 13, meaning the process would conclude on December 12, 2026.

• Place of consultation: the Intervention office of the Petrer City Council.
• Electronic consultation: the municipal website https://petrer.es/concejalia-de-hacienda/.
• During this period, interested parties may examine the files and submit any claims they deem appropriate.

Final approval without a new step through the Plenary

Once the public exhibition period has closed, the local corporation will adopt the appropriate final agreements: it will resolve the claims submitted and approve the final wording of the ordinance, its repeal, or the modifications referred to in the provisional agreement. If no claims have been submitted, the agreement shall be understood as definitively adopted, without the need for a new plenary agreement, in accordance with article 17.4 of Royal Legislative Decree 2/2004.

The edict is published “for general knowledge,” as stated in the official text itself, which does not detail the amounts or the new tariff rates, as these are contained in the files submitted for public information.

The review affects two groups with limited capacity to react to price changes: families with children in municipal preschools and dependent persons who receive home-delivered meals or personal care at home. The period for submissions opened with this publication is the only direct means of participation before the new economic conditions are definitively established.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Alicante, No. 216 of 11/12/2026, section III. Local Administration, pp. 1-2 (official reference: 8562/2026).