The Ministry of Spatial Planning, Urbanism and State Property has no legal options to extend the validity of the old Program of Temporary Facilities for the Municipality of Budva, which expired at the end of last year, warning that the city will suffer negative consequences due to the failure to adopt that document.
This was officially answered by "Vijesti" from the Ministry headed by the minister Slaven Radunović.
At the beginning of August, the vice president of the Municipality Jasna Dokić she sent an urgent letter to the newly appointed Minister Radunović, asking him to give his consent to extend the validity of the expired Temporary Locations Program until the end of the season, so that the local administration could annex the contracts and ensure the collection of fees, as the Government allowed in the case of the Public Enterprise for Sea Management good, which concluded by the end of the year the annexes to the contracts with the old tenants. The municipality was obliged to adopt a new, five-year program of temporary facilities for the period 31-2024 by December 2028, which it did not do, so that all temporary facilities, starting from the restaurant terraces from the Old Town to Petrovac and Buljarica, were illegal, which the municipal coffers were deprived of almost 600 thousand euros of income.
"In accordance with Article 116 of the Law on Spatial Planning and Building Construction, the program of temporary facilities is adopted by the local self-government unit, upon prior approval of the Ministry and other authorities, while the Program of Temporary Facilities for the area of marine resources and national parks is adopted by the Ministry. The program is adopted for a period of five years. Therefore, the authorization of the Ministry regarding the program of local self-governments refers, according to the Law, only to giving consent to the Program", they answered to "Vijesti" when asked if they gave consent to the Municipality's request to enable the annexation of the contract.
Bearing in mind that the Program of temporary facilities for the territory of the Municipality of Budva for the period 2024-2028. has not yet been passed, as Radunović's department clarified, and that the previous Program has expired, it is undeniable that this circumstance has significant negative consequences, both for the budget of the Municipality of Budva, and for the economy of the Municipality itself.
"Therefore, it is necessary to speed up work in the Municipality of Budva on the development and adoption of the Program of temporary facilities for the territory of the Municipality of Budva for the period 2024-2028. year. Since the adoption of the Program of temporary facilities is within the competence of the local self-government, we are of the opinion that at the level of the Municipality, it is necessary, in accordance with the law, to make decisions related to current issues related to temporary facilities", they concluded in this department.
The municipality requested to enable the annexation of old contracts with the tenants of the municipal land on which temporary facilities were erected.
"The Office of the President of the Municipality turned to you as the competent ministry for the field of spatial planning, with a request on June 19 for consent to sign the annex to the existing land lease agreement for the installation of temporary facilities for the year 2024, and according to the Program of temporary facilities for the territory of the municipality of Budva for the period 2019 -2023, according to the model already adopted by the Government as the competent authority, and it concerns the information on giving consent to the signing of the annex to the contract on the use of beaches, swimming pools and locations for the installation of temporary facilities in the zone of the maritime domain", stated Dokić in a letter to Radunović.
The Secretariat for the Economy has already compiled a list of all tenants who use the locations under the old program so that immediately, after the Government or relevant ministry has given their consent to the annexation of the contract, fees will be collected and an inflow into the city coffers will be provided. Bearing in mind that the summer season has practically passed and that most of the tenants are slowly removing the temporary buildings, the question is how the Municipality will collect the rent, because the Temporary Buildings Program has not been adopted.
The Municipal Commission entrusted with the preparation of the Program of temporary facilities, which was formed by the current, detained President of the Municipality Milo Bozovic, did not even finish drafting the Program.
In addition, the failure to adopt this planning document was influenced by the political situation, because in order for the Program to be adopted, it is necessary to give the green light to the local parliament, which was not constituted even after the extraordinary elections in May, and now Budva is expecting a new election cycle in November, so the question is whether the Program will be adopted.
In the meantime, the fair, which was held last year, was repeated on Budva's promenade, as temporary buildings began to spring up, as pointed out by the president of the MZ "Potkošljun" Ivan Markovic, especially pointing to examples of illegal installation of entertainment devices, better known as "pears", which are attached to public lighting poles. Municipal police removed seven entertainment devices from the promenade, but they "appeared" again. The chaos was especially visible on the part of the promenade under the Lugovi stadium, near the "Park" hotel, where the illegal sale of fruits and vegetables flourished.
At the meeting of the Coordination body for the preparation of the season of the Municipality of Budva, the president of the MZ "Podkošljun" pointed out that there is chaos on the promenade. Ivan Markovic who called the Communal Police to react.
"I'm talking about the part of the promenade under the Lugovi stadium, there are night clubs where there are known problems. In addition, we have countless new wild temporary structures. I don't know if the Municipal Police sees it. I don't know if solutions have been given or not, illegal facilities appear there on a daily basis. There are also some newsagents, boxes, a man made a mini market...", Marković pointed out.
Chief of Municipal Police and Inspection Vladan Braunović then he said that he was familiar with the situation on the promenade, and that they had started an action to control temporary buildings, because until now they had been engaged in control of the construction site and the suspension of construction works.
"Municipal police carry out actions bearing in mind that they are in deficit with manpower. We handed over decisions on the removal of 11 loudspeakers from the catering terraces in the Old Town, and the removal of two catering terraces in front of the Jadranska straža in the Old Town was also ordered in the minutes," emphasized Braunović.
Novović to investigate how temporary locations were approved
Chaos on the city's promenade, illegal temporary facilities are what marked this year's summer season, and opposition parties have repeatedly blamed Božović's administration for allowing individuals, close to that political option of the former DF, to set up facilities on the promenade without hindrance.
A criminal complaint against the municipal leadership was recently submitted to the Special State Prosecutor's Office by a local resident, Goran Slovinić, requesting that the prosecutor's office investigators headed by Vladimir Novović investigate who was allowed to have temporary facilities on the promenade during the whole summer in full view of the local inspection services, and that the failure to submit this planning documents damaged the city budget.
Bonus video:
