Councillors of the City Assembly of Smederevo adopted the Decision on the Budget for 2024, under which revenue and receipts in the city coffers are planned at a total of RSD 4.997 billion, together with funds from other sources of budget beneficiaries amounting to RSD 938,670.
The largest share comes from taxes on personal income, profit and capital gains, which account for 60.1 per cent of all revenue, reflecting a realistic picture of the growth and development of economic activity in Smederevo. Salary tax is expected to bring in budget revenue of RSD 2.639 billion and property tax RSD 605.5 million, while transfers from other levels of government will amount to RSD 460 million.
From this year’s budget, RSD 75.5 million will be directed to drawing up development projects, RSD 505.9 million to the utility services programme, RSD 17 million to employment, RSD 24.5 million to tourism development, and RSD 25.8 million more than last year to agriculture.
This year, the local government in Smederevo will allocate RSD 425.4 million from the city coffers for environmental protection, while RSD 272.3 million is planned for the organisation of traffic and traffic infrastructure.
For preschool, primary and secondary education, the planned allocations are around RSD 1.5 billion, an increase of RSD 168 million compared with 2023.
Funds for social benefits have also been increased by 6.7 per cent and are planned at RSD 372.9 million.
“The priority is to complete the construction of the Transfer Station; we are starting work on the project for the remediation of the city dump in Godominsko polje, we will invest in purchasing the “Oko sokolovo” system, and we will also start and complete other important projects with the help of the national budget,” announced the Mayor of Smederevo, Jasmina Vojinović, assessing that this year’s city budget has been drawn up on realistic foundations and ensures stable funding for the city’s needs.
The City Assembly of Smederevo also adopted a number of other important decisions concerning the adoption of the staffing plan of the City Administration and the City’s public health plan until 2028, the decision on the minimum amount of costs for the routine maintenance of common parts of buildings, the amount of fees for the compulsory professional manager, information on the degree of implementation of the activities of public enterprises for 2023, amendments to their work programmes for this year, the work plans and programmes of institutions founded by the City, current issues of agricultural policy and rural development, and proposed rulings on public-private partnerships for road infrastructure and for animal control services in the city.
