The most money, almost 60.631 euros, among Pljevlja officials last year was earned by a married couple Milan i Gordana Lekić.
Lekić was the Executive Director of the Coal Mine until August 2023, and then the Chairman of the Board of Directors. After resigning for causing a traffic accident with a company car while under the influence of alcohol, he continued to work at the Mine as a mining engineer.
His wife is the director of the municipal company "Čistoća".
Lekić's income, who is also the president of the Municipal Board of the New Serbian Democracy (NOVA), is six times higher than what he had five years ago, when his party was in the opposition.
Lekić reported earnings of 3.100 euros in this year's report.
As stated in his property record that he submitted for 2020, Lekić, as an adviser to the president of Nova Andrije Mandić He earned 500 euros per month, and 165 euros as a councilor. Lekić reported that he had 64.283 euros in his current account, which is several thousand euros less than the previous year. While he was on the opposition benches in 2020, Lekić had 17.000 euros in his current account. That year, he gave his consent to inspect his bank accounts, while in the asset card for the previous year, he did not allow this.
His wife Gordana earned 1.876 euros per month, while before her appointment she had a salary of 1.000 euros. She is also the highest paid director of all the managers of local public companies and institutions in Pljevlja. In 2020, she earned 540 euros. She has 11.409 euros in her current account.
The Lekićs own a 63-square-meter weekend house and a 120-square-meter house. Milan Lekić also bought a 44-square-meter business space last year. It is not stated where it is located or how much he paid. He owns a 308 Peugeot 2011.
Earnings of the CEO of Rudnik Uglja Nemanja Laković Last year, it ranged between 3.082 euros, which he received in June, and 3.505 euros in December. In November last year, he also received 745 euros in winter food.
Nikola Rovčanin, president of the Municipal Board of the Democrats in Pljevlja and a member of the Parliament of Montenegro, earned a total of 34.869 euros last year, or 2.800 euros per month from his regular job at EPCG and 316 euros per month in the Parliament of Montenegro.
His wife earned 11.130 euros last year.
Rovčanin owns an 88-square-meter house and a 64-square-meter apartment, and has also declared 20.000 euros in cash. He owns three cars, two of which are over 20 years old, and a 2013 Hyundai. He is repaying a housing loan of 72.000 euros.
Before the change of government, Rovčanin worked in Democratic Montenegro, where he received 642 euros per month and had no savings. He was in debt for about 15.000 euros.
More than 32.765 euros were earned by Nova councilors last year Slobodan Radovic and his wife. His average salary at Rudnik uglja, in the Public Relations Department, was around 1.669 euros. As a councilor, he earned a total of 3.505 euros last year. His wife, who works at the city library, earns 761 euros a month.
He is also one of the officials whose current income is significantly higher than when the Democratic Party of Socialists and its coalition partners were in power. At that time, Radović earned around 450 euros per month at the company "Vodovod".
Only for the president of the Municipality of Pljevlja Daria Vraneš (NOVA) can say that he earns less now than when he was an opposition member. Vraneš reported that last year, as the president of the municipality, he earned 1.350 euros per month. As a doctor, his income was higher.
The average salary of his wife, who worked as a pharmaceutical technician at the Pljevlja General Hospital, was around 590 euros.
He did not give consent for access to bank accounts.
Salary of the President of the Municipal Assembly of Pljevlja Jovan Tošić (Democrats), who performs this function professionally, was 1.149 euros to 1.229 euros. She additionally received 270 euros per month as a councilor's fee, and 360 euros for the last two months of last year.
Both Vraneš and Tošić reported that they each earned 450 euros from winter food last year.
Tošić also did not give consent to access the bank account.
Councilor of Nova Snezana Macanović and her husband Vule Macanović, secretary of the Secretariat for Housing and Communal Affairs, Transport and Water, earned more than 38.000 euros last year. The secretary's monthly salary was 1.261 euros, and his wives employed in Čistoća earned an average of 1.066 euros. Snežana, as a Nova councilor, received 3.583 euros.
One of the most active councilors in the local parliament Bozidar Jelovac (Nova) has a modest income. His monthly salary is 800 euros, and his wife's 662 euros.
The Jelovacs bought a 67-square-meter apartment last year and took out a housing loan in the amount of 40.000 euros. Jelovac did not give consent to access his bank accounts.
Vice President of the Municipality Darko Gazdić (PES) reported a monthly salary of 1.296 euros, the lowest he received, up to 1.630 euros, the lowest he received in April last year. As a member of the working group for monitoring the displacement of the Ćehotina riverbed, he received 1.105 euros from the Coal Mine in October last year, and 187 euros each in November and December. As for real estate, he listed a 56-square-meter apartment and a 50 percent share, or 56 square meters, in a house he inherited. His wife, who works as a head nurse in a maternity hospital in Pljevlja, received a salary of 880 euros. He also reported 12.000 euros in cash.
Former President of the Municipality of Pljevlja Rajko Kovacevic (DPS) earned around 1.500 euros per month. Kovačević also earned 270 euros per month in councilor's fees, or 360 for the last two months of last year. His wife earns 870 euros per month.
Annual income of DPS councilor Tanja Dragasevic and her husband, an inspector in the Ministry of the Interior, amounted to more than 37.819 euros. Dragašević earned 3.548 euros from her councilor's fee, 13.046 euros from her regular job in education, or almost 1.100 euros per month, and an additional 1.304 euros from variable and daily allowances. Her husband's monthly salary was 1.660 euros.
Salaries of directors of local companies and institutions last year ranged from 1.020 to 1.350 euros, with the exception of the salary of Gordana Lekić, director of "Čistoće", who earned 1.876 euros.
Monthly income Radivoje Bujišić, the director of Utilities, amounted to 1.220 euros, and the director of “Heating” Government of Tošić 1.183 euros. Director of “Vodovod” Mladen Jaćimović reported earnings of 1.550 euros, Library director Bojana Đacic 1.147, Gallery Director Aleksandar Ostojić 1.202, and the director of the Cultural Center Slavko Tošić 1.234 euros.
Director of the General Hospital in Pljevlja Saša Grbović, who is also the president of the SNP branch in Pljevje, last year earned 2.042 euros per month and an additional 779 euros from additional work.
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