Index – National – Millions of rewards on mayors account

The end of the year is approaching, which is best seen in the extra pay of mayors. According to one of the municipal representatives

and the mayor will not function better or worse depending on the reward.

We have compiled which are the settlements where, according to our information, the managers have worked not only for their monthly allowance, but even for the reward of several months, and that means millions of items in their checking account.

Difficult track

This year, municipal representatives and municipal leaders worked in difficult conditions. Urban institutions and organizations have been hard hit by austerity measures and withdrawals, and huge budget losses are constantly affecting local government budgets.

However, before declaring the emergency, the assemblies voted for a multi-month reward for city leaders. This was not an obstacle even after the emergency was declared. Legally, they have the opportunity to decide individually during emergency matters, in which otherwise only the general meeting can decide. This ensures that even without a board decision, they provide a small salary increase for themselves or others.

Lake Balaton, you are wonderful

The mayor of Balatonalmád voted for himself with a million. Lajos Kepli receives just over a million gross guilders, to be exact

He explained that, in recognition of the work carried out in 2020 and the extra performance derived from the emergency, he deserved this amount in addition to the monthly apanace, whose net amount

Ferenc Pandur, the deputy mayor who introduced the resolution, said it was customary in the office to give rewards at the end of the year.

– veol.hu reported about it.

The Fidesz mayor of Gyál, Pest county, Mihály Pápai was not as modest as the leader of the settlement on the shores of Lake Balaton, Lajos Kepli.

At the end of November, it turned out that he was the Fidesz leader of the settlement.

voted a reward for himself. ATV Híradója addressed the deputy mayor of the city, József Elek Nagy, who said that the mayor’s decision was justified and acceptable, the items on the agenda adopted on November 26, including the award, had a majority in the organ of representation. Television also searched for Mihály Pápai, but did not respond to questions until the newscast.

The mayor originally reported on his Facebook page what decisions he had made on behalf of the municipality, but did not mention the award that he had voted for himself among them, only that

end of the year rewards are awarded,

In this way, the police, teachers, nurseries and kindergartens are also awarded, as well as the institutions that manage the business with the municipality and its leaders. The reward he gave himself can be found in a resolution uploaded to the city’s website.

It is no different along the Danube

According to Hang, the mayors of Dunaföldvár also used their additional powers provided by the emergency to provide each other with a small salary increase, citing the additional tasks.

Mayor Zsolt Horváth awarded his deputy mayor the equivalent of three months ‘salary to Árpád Róbertne Sveges, while the mayor awarded the mayor a remuneration equal to five months’ salary, on the same day, of course.

The exact amount corresponding to several months’ salary is not apparent from the published decisions, nor is it clear what the deputy mayor deserved.

– read in the article.

According to the official justification, the mayor

receives the money, which is quantified for Zsolt Horváth

while for the deputy mayor, Róbertné Árpád Sútores, a decision was made on a gross reward of HUF 807,600.

Sződliget, located on the bend of the Danube, also adheres to the pre-Christmas traditions introduced at the town hall. According to information from the Hungarian Nation, the authorized mayor of Sződliget, Béla Juhász, rewarded himself with the authorization received in the epidemic situation. Quite

While the power of a single person empowerment serves to enable the mayor to make immediate decisions to defend himself against a coronavirus epidemic, the momentary politician has rewarded himself with this opportunity.

In the same video, Béla Juhász, instant mayor, complains that the local government is in a difficult situation due to the “government withdrawals”. At that point, they said they already had to deplete their reserves.

Many in Sződliget find it scandalous that as long as the leader of the momentary settlement is constantly

Until then, it has its own source of reward. A coronavirus epidemic would also be a more important goal than rewarding the politician. They find it particularly brazen that the leader of the instant settlement does not even give the form and decide on his own extra money, writes Vác Online.

Deer proposal over millions

In November, we wrote about the fact that the city administration had proposed a reward of almost four million florins in Szarvas. On the community side, Tamás Gábő Samu, representative of the city of the county of Békés, reported that the city management a day before

It is clear from the representative’s position that although no decisions were made at the meeting, the board Mayor made a proposal, the last point of which was the payment of a performance incentive for municipal employees.

However, not only the office workers were affected by the reward, but also the mayor and the deputy mayor. Compensation will be decided by the board at the post-emergency board meeting. In other words, now the money was only reserved for the mayor and Etele Molnár, more precisely for the mayor Mihály Babák, 4,188,000 HUF, while the deputy mayor would receive only 942,300 HUF.

The reward also goes to small settlements.

Puppetn The mayor’s work was also highly valued, so in June for Klára Horváth

In recognition of his successful work, the General Meeting established a gross remuneration of 1,645,500 HUF corresponding to his 3-month salary.

Baranya County KozármislenyThe mayor’s work is also appreciated. In March this year, half a year after the elections, Károly Bíró was able to enjoy a reward of more than one and a half million florins. The amount was covered by life insurance paid by the municipality to the mayor, but it expired last year.

Veresegyházan less burdened by budget. In the Pest county settlement, the extra money was voted for by the two deputy mayors instead of the mayor. According to the protocol of the end of September, an additional amount of 400,000 HUF and 200,000 HUF will be paid to the two city leaders.

SzigetcsépAt the meeting at the end of June, the general meeting also evaluated the work of Judit Kriszt Judit Tóth, the proposal establishes that

In recognition of his work for the community, he will be rewarded with an amount equal to his two monthly salaries.

Fundraising

He also benefited from the summer Budaörs Mayor Tamás Wittinghoff in extra amount. It has been reported in the Hungarian Nation that after the emergency

Fidesz in Budaörs announced on the party’s local official Facebook page. They added that the Budaörs left, led by Tamás Wittinghoff, introduced serious financial deductions to urban institutions and non-governmental organizations due to protection against the epidemic. According to Fidesz in Budaörs, he is the mayor of the settlement

Painting the horror of financial bankruptcy, he began fundraising in one of the richest settlements in the country during the viral period.

It’s not just city leaders who are valued

It wasn’t just city leaders who received the reward. In early December, we reported that

employees of outpatient clinics, kindergartens, nurseries and supervision of public space, the local authority of the Baranya county seat told MTI.

The decision, which involves a municipal expenditure of more than 50 million florins, provides for a one-time net reward of 25,000 florins for more than 1,700 employees.

At the end of November, the Index announced that they would receive a reward of 100,000 HUF. The capital helps social institutions with hot food and calls a judicial tender for the greening of residential buildings with a budget of thirty million – decided Mayor Gergely Karácsony, acting within the tasks and powers of the General Assembly of the Capital.

Gergely Karácsony presented a proposal on Social Work Day, so the Budapest City Council

the extraordinary sacrifice of those who work in nursing homes and homeless shelters during the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic.

The award is given to all employees of social housing maintained in the capital, more than 2,500 employees, for which the capital allocates around 300 million HUF.