Transfer

Deputies of the City Duma approved at the 42nd session a new structure of the administration of Pskov.

The explanatory note to the draft decision of the City Duma "On the reorganization of the structure of the city administration", signed by the manager of the administration, P.I. : block of urban economy (V. N. Ivanov, V. A. Petrov); development block (I.E. Smirnov, A.V. Pykhtin); social bloc (I. E. Kalinin). The main principles that guided the administration when developing a new structure were to reduce duplication of structural divisions and cross-links, strengthen control over the implementation of decisions made, strengthen executive discipline, as well as reduce the number of managerial personnel by about 15%, strengthen the vertical of power, reduce maintenance costs administration, scientific approach and so on.

The Committee for Administrative Practice and Consumer Protection and the Committee for Food and Trade have been transformed into the Consumer Market and Services Committee; the legal committee was reorganized - a more enlarged structure was created, which decides both the legal issues of the administration and the protection of the rights of Pskovites. The functions of the Committee for Housing and Communal Services are transferred to the Committee for Municipal Economy, and the Directorate of the General Customer is created. The department of ecology, the committee on communal energy and the committee of housing and communal services were liquidated. On the other hand, a committee of information and analytical work is being created, which includes an analytical department that will deal with "analysis of the state of public consciousness and public opinion", a department for working with the public, an information and technical department, and a press service.

According to our sources, many experienced employees of the administration are collecting things.

Commentary by City Duma deputy Nikolai Sobol.

I think that it is necessary to reduce the expenses for managers, first of all, by reducing the share of expenses for their financial maintenance in relation to the city's income. In recent years, the regional authorities have been reducing the share of income remaining in the Pskov budget. Compare: in 1998 it was 49.4%, in 1999 - 36.2%, and in 2000 the city budget deficit amounted to 434 million rubles (56%). Now let's see how the well-being of city officials and legislators is growing against this background. In addition to monthly salaries, for example, for a deputy working on a permanent basis, this is 3495 rubles, there is also material assistance in the amount of two monthly salaries, in addition, officials are entitled to monetary compensation in the amount of 50% of the cost of a voucher (approximately 3.5 thousand roubles.). Ordinary state employees can only dream of such care of the authorities. I hope that the reorganization of the structure of the city administration will save some money for the budget, however, in order to bring the revenues of the city budget into line with the costs of maintaining the bureaucratic apparatus, about ten regional laws need to be changed.