If voted on at the Municipal Assembly session on Saturday, the budget of the Municipality of Bijelo Polje will amount to 28.811.000 euros.
This is provided for by the Decision on Amendments to the Decision on the Municipal Budget for 2025.
The explanation states that the reasons for the decision on budget amendments are the funds transferred from 2024 to 2025, the fact that the initial deposit planned in the 2025 Budget Decision in the amount of 3.200.000 euros was realized in the amount of 7.055.000 euros or 120,47 percent more than the original plan, as well as the establishment of the Spatial Planning Agency, whose financing will be partly provided from the budget.
The budget decision for this year planned funds in the amount of 25.471.000 euros.
The revised budget plans total revenues in the amount of 28.811.000 euros, which is 13,11 percent more than the revenues planned under the 2025 Budget Decision, or 3.340.000 euros.
In the period from 1.1. to 31.8. 2025, the total budget revenues amounted to 20.538.063 euros, and the expected revenue collection by the end of 2025 will amount to 28.811.000 euros.
"Own revenues according to the rebalance are planned in the amount of 5.006.000 euros, while the budget plan for 2025 was planned in the amount of 5,071,000 euros. The higher estimate of own revenues according to the rebalance compared to the budget is for fees for communal equipment of construction land, by 55.000 euros, as well as for the surtax on personal income tax by 20.000 euros," the explanation states.
Following the realization of revenues until August 31, the estimated revenues from real estate taxes, revenues from fines imposed in misdemeanor proceedings, revenues from loans and credits, as well as other revenues, are at the same level.
The revenues assigned by law according to the revised budget are planned in the amount of 8.170.000 euros or 0,37 percent less than planned, or 30.000 euros less.
A lower estimate of assigned revenues according to the rebalance compared to the planned budget is planned for fees for the use of goods of general interest, which was planned in the budget of that municipality in the amount of 750.000 euros, and with the amendment to the Decision it was reduced by 50.000 euros, which is 6,67 percent in percentage terms, and a higher estimate of assigned revenues is also expected for real estate sales tax by 9,38 percent.
According to the revised budget, donations are planned in the amount of 480.000 euros less than the budget plan of 870.000 euros.
The funds allocated for transfers from the budget of Montenegro are planned in the amount of 2.200.000 euros, which is 10 percent more than planned according to the budget, while the Equalization Fund is planned 4,4 percent more than planned according to the budget decision for this year and according to the rebalance it amounts to 5.900.000 euros.
Funds carried over from the previous year were planned to amount to 3.200.000 euros, and after amendment they amount to 7.055.000 euros.
The revised budget allocated total planned revenues of 28.811.000 euros to current budget spending of 15.006.200 euros, debt repayment of 4.212.000 euros, and the capital budget of 9.592.800 euros.
The capital budget is planned to be 9.592.800 euros, or 26,89 percent higher than the 2025 budget.
"The increase in the capital budget relates to the paving of municipal roads, the construction of sidewalks in Loznice, the retaining wall in Lipnica, the adaptation of the staircase in Mali Polje, the relocation of the existing water supply system in Gubavče, the implementation of works on the reconstruction of local and village roads, the adaptation of the athletics track at the stadium in Nikoljac, and more."
Transfers to institutions, individuals, NGOs and the public sector are planned in the amount of 7.532.540 euros and are 12,17 percent higher, while expenditures for the Sports and Recreation Center have been increased by 160.000 euros, the Cultural Center by 72.000, the Museum by 15,000, and for student scholarships by 35.000 euros...
Debt repayment according to the rebalance is projected to be 1,69 percent higher than planned in the 2025 budget. Debt repayment based on long-term debt is set by the rebalance at EUR 1.100.000 or EUR 45.000 more than planned in the 2025 Budget Decision and relates to the repayment of loans to residents.
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