That Budva is the infamous champion in Montenegro when it comes to the number of employees who are in the city manger, i.e. at the expense of the citizens, was confirmed by the data of the Ministry of Finance, according to which as many as 1.771 employees work in the Municipality and public enterprises, cultural institutions and local media , and the estimate is that there are 500 more.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Finance Novica Vuković at the parliamentary session, answering the question of the representative of the Democratic Party of Socialists Nikola Milović.
Thus, the metropolis of tourism, which has 26 inhabitants, has the largest administration in Montenegro, which annually allocates almost ten million euros from the budget just for the salaries of the employees of the Municipality and its services, and at least another four million are allocated by the companies of which it is the founder.
The information provided by Milović to "Vijesti" refers to September 30, 2024.
According to these data, as many as 519 workers work in local self-government bodies, 394 of whom work for an indefinite period, 95 of them have contracts for temporary and casual jobs, while 30 workers are engaged through work contracts. A total of 217 workers work in public institutions, of which 192 work for an indefinite period, 17 for a fixed period, five under a contract for temporary and occasional jobs, and three through a work contract.
Most of them, when it comes to public institutions, are employed in the Museums and Galleries of Budva. In that institution, 75 workers are employed for an indefinite period of time, five are under temporary and casual work contracts, and three are under part-time contracts, which means that there are 83 of them in total.
The National Library currently has 21 employees, 20 of whom work for an indefinite period of time, and one for a fixed period of time. 17 workers are employed in the Day Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities and Difficulties in Development "Biseri", 11 of whom work for an indefinite period of time, and six for a certain period of time. 31 employees work for an indefinite period in JU Grad Teatar, while 65 employees are employed in RT Budva, 55 of which are permanent and 10 are for a fixed period.
A total of 165 workers are employed in TO Budva, of which 53 are employed for an indefinite period, 70 for a fixed period, 40 are engaged under a contract for temporary and occasional jobs, and two workers have part-time contracts.
Certainly, most workers are employed in companies founded by the Municipality of Budva, as many as 870 of them.
According to the data of the Ministry of Finance, there are 290 employees in the utility company. Of that number, 153 are permanent, 43 are permanent, while 94 work through an agency. A large number of workers also have Water and Sewerage, a total of 245, and all of them have contracts for an indefinite period.
The Parking Service employs 116 workers, of which 78 are on an indefinite, 17 on an indefinite, and 21 are hired through an agency. There are 28 employees in the municipal company Otpadne vode Budva, of which 24 are permanent, three are permanent, and one employee has a work contract. 23 of them work in the company Pogrebne usluge, 22 of them for an indefinite period and one for a certain period of time. There are 61 workers in the Mediterranean Sports Center, 53 of whom work for an indefinite period, seven on the basis of contracts on temporary and occasional jobs, and one on the basis of a work contract.
In Mediteran advertising, 50 - 45 are employed for an indefinite period, one for a fixed period, and four through contracts on temporary and occasional jobs. There are a total of 39 workers in SRC Budva, 37 of them on an indefinite term and two on a work contract, while 18 workers are employed on an indefinite term in the Academy of Knowledge.
Although there is a large number of employees, the Municipality and its companies have been advertising for the recruitment of workers for the past six months during the election campaigns, first for the May and then the November elections.
Until now, "Vijesti" has repeatedly written about the overly cumbersome administration, because the Municipality building itself is practically insufficient in terms of space to accommodate all the workers, who in the past eight years, since the fall of the DPS government, and especially in the past two years, have been employed, mostly by party, godfather, friendship, kinship relationship. The Municipality almost always responded by noting that advertisements are published for filling positions which, as they claim, are systematized by the Rulebook on Internal Organization and Systematization of Jobs, and that each advertisement is published and implemented in accordance with the law.
Milović: Ten percent of Budva's adult population works in the municipality
Milović, who normally leads the list of the Democratic Party of Socialists in the November local elections, told "Vijesta" that the problem of party employment is extremely present in Budva.
"So, of the 19.000 registered voters in the Municipality, about 1.800 work, that is, almost 10 percent of the total population. If we compare it with Podgorica, it would be when about 15.000 people work in the capital's system. So, it is obvious that this is a classic misuse of the resources of the Municipality of Budva to settle party and personal obligations. However, this is not the biggest problem, but rather the fact that the municipality is managed unprofessionally and irresponsibly. So, despite so many employed people, Budva is in chaos, the greenery is not maintained, garbage at every step, unresolved traffic issues, lack of parking spaces. It's time for this to change and for a good manager to come to the head of the municipality who will know how to lead the municipality in a homely and responsible manner", emphasized Milović.
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