The municipality of Budva has announced a competition for the allocation of lines for the performance of public scheduled passenger transport in urban and suburban traffic on the territory of Budva. The one who submits the best offer will manage the city transport for the next four years.
The initiative launched by the opposition, primarily the Democrats, for the Municipality to establish a special company for the management of city transport, which received the green light from the parliament, will also be taken into account.
As the Secretariat for Communal Housing Affairs, which announced the tender, officially replied to the "News", the deadline of four years for the transfer of lines can be shorter if the conditions for the formation of a special company are created.
"Bearing in mind that the Law on Road Transport in Article 35 paragraph 6 prescribes that the manner and organization of regular city and suburban passenger transportation is prescribed by the competent body of the local self-government unit, as well as that amendments to the Law on Communal Activities in Article 3 paragraph 1 point 7 recognized public urban and suburban transport as a communal activity, therefore the Secretariat for Communal Housing started drafting a new Decision on public urban and suburban passenger transport that is in line with the above regulations and submitted the Decision to the Municipal Assembly for consideration and adoption. Since the proposal for the Decision was not adopted by the Assembly, and taking into account that Article 3 paragraph 7 of the Law on Communal Activities stipulates that public city and suburban transport services are activities of general interest, the Secretariat, protecting above all the interests of the citizens of the municipality of Budva, as well as the local self-government, is obliged to ensure the continuity of the provision of public passenger transport services and for this reason undertakes activities with the aim of finding an adequate solution in accordance with the law", it is stated in the response of the departmental secretariat headed by Srdjan Gregović.
As it is clarified, for the sake of an adequate solution within a certain period for the functioning of regular Gad and suburban transport in the territory of the Municipality of Budva, due to the limited duration of the parliamentary decision on consent for the operation of transport, which lasts until June 30 of this year, as well as due to the need to enable adequate competitiveness and bringing the organization of transport into a regular flow, in consultation with the Office of the President of the Municipality, as well as with members of the working group and an expert associate for the preparation of the Decision on urban and suburban scheduled passenger transport, the Secretariat undertook activities to find an adequate solution in accordance with the law.
"We believe that it was necessary to initiate a public call procedure for awarding a contract for the provision of public transport services. In the text of the competition, interested entities are informed that the term for which the first contract is contracted is a maximum of four years, and it can be shorter if the conditions are created to call for and implement a new competition in accordance with the Decision that will be harmonized with the amendments to the Law, i.e., the term of four years can be shortened in case of creation of conditions for the start of work of a business company for the performance of urban and suburban transport, the founder of which is the Municipality, which will be specified through the contract concluded with the selected carrier in the competition. Also, the implementation of the public invitation procedure does not contradict the initiative to form a public company for urban transport. This requires a clear program direction of the decision maker, significant funds allocated by the municipal budget, a period of procurement of the necessary funds for work and adequate personnel capacities, as well as the implementation of the system, for which a significant period is required, from when the project is implemented until the final realization itself. . In the meantime, it is necessary to provide continuous transportation for all citizens of Budva and tourists in the coming period", concludes the municipal Secretariat for Communal Housing Affairs.
Radović: It will be interesting with whom Dokić will sign a contract
Democratic leader Krsto Radović said that he did not receive an answer from the current vice-president of the Municipality, Jasna Dokić, to the question he asked at the session of the local parliament where her appointment was voted on.
"I asked Dokić what he would do regarding the establishment of a city transport company and whether her appointment would affect the possibility of contesting the project of establishing a company. You know why I'm asking you, and I'm someone who has been criticizing the city transport in Budva for years," said Radović, alluding to the fact that in recent years, the company "Mediterranean Express", the family company of the vice-president of the Municipality, has been running the city transport.
"Unfortunately, Mr. Srđan Gregović and Ms. Jasna Dokić did the opposite of the decision of the Municipal Council of Budva, which foresees the establishment of a municipal company, and continued to show that the monopolistic interests of individuals are ahead of the interests of the citizens of Budva. It will be very interesting to see who will sign the contract with the "winner" of the public transport competition on behalf of the Municipality of Budva. But don't worry, May 26 is getting closer and the Municipality of Budva will get a functional local administration which, among other things, will solve the problem of urban transport in the coming period," Radović wrote on his Facebook profile.
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