The Municipality of Pljevlja will earn over 180.000 euros in revenue from renting premises in the Trepca building over a five-year period

For the lease of office space measuring approximately 300 square meters, Erste Bank submitted an offer of 3.002,55 euros per month for a period of five years with the possibility of extending the contract.

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The Trepca building, which houses the premises used by the DPS, Photo: Goran Malidžan
The Trepca building, which houses the premises used by the DPS, Photo: Goran Malidžan
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The Municipality of Pljevlja will generate over 180.000 euros in revenue over the next five years from the lease of business premises in the Trepca building, which until last year was used free of charge by the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS).

The Mayor of Pljevlja, Dario Vraneš, said that Erste Bank submitted the best offer in the public call for the lease of premises that the Municipality of Pljevlja announced in March last year.

For the lease of office space measuring approximately 300 square meters, Erste Bank submitted an offer of 3.002,55 euros per month for a period of five years with the possibility of extending the contract.

The DPS Pljevlja Municipal Board used the business premises in the city center for free for 25 years, causing the local government to lose significant revenue.

"These premises are in an exclusive part of the city and are the property of the Municipality of Pljevlja. It is unacceptable for any party, even the DPS, to use them for free. Bank owners, pharmacies, lawyers, and one of the retail chains are already interested in this space. The municipality can collect a lot of money from the lease of these premises. We must finally learn that there are no privileged people, even if it was the all-powerful DPS until yesterday. For us, the interests of the citizens of Pljevlja come first," Vranes said earlier.

Vraneš said that he will soon advertise for the lease of a hatchery in the Vodice city park, which has so far been used free of charge by the Lipljen Sports Fishing Club.

He also said that the expert will determine the starting price and that a public tender will be announced afterwards.

The decision of the local parliament, which annulled the decision of the former mayor of Pljevlja, Mirko Đačić, signed in 2019, on the free transfer of hatchery land to Lipljen, entered into force on December 31.

Although the decision was made a few months ago, the mayor of Pljevlja, Dario Vraneš, requested its postponement until the end of the year, so as not to harm the grayling, who organized the production of indigenous brown trout in the hatchery.

Vaso Knežević from Lipljen told Vijesti that they will only decide whether to submit an offer after seeing the terms of the advertisement.

"It depends on the conditions of the ad, the starting price of the lease first of all," answered Knežević.

He said they were working as before and that the fish were spawning.

Lipljen was given an 82 square meter pond building, a 500 square meter yard, and a 336 square meter meadow.

The fishing club in Vodice invested around 50.000 euros in equipping the hatchery.

The explanation for the annulment previously stated that it was being repealed "in order to achieve the overriding public interest of the local community."

During its adoption, Vranes claimed that the previous contract signed by Djacic was illegal.

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