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The last session of the Pskov City Duma in 2005 could be completely the last

The last session of the Pskov City Duma in 2005 could be completely the last

Burular and Disassant, 2005 for the Pskov City Duma ended more than logical: as if summarizing its activities in the new political period (which it is quite possible to count from the end of 2004), the deputies considered the issue of self -building.

All these are already last year's affairs. A lot of champagne has flowed since then, and a series of festive feasts almost dispelled the painful impression that remained from the 52nd, extraordinary session of the Pskov city parliament.

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| | Nikolai Tsvetkov “furnished” the deputies of two parliaments at once - regional and city. Photo: Alexander Timofeev. |

But on December 27, the session did not end and was moved to the 29th. And on this day - which for many becomes actually the last working day of the year, when the lion's share of corporate parties is held! - On this day, deputies of the Pskov City Duma sat until late in the evening. And not just sat down, but almost got torn.

On December 29, the most “tasty” issue of the 51st session remained-tariffs for housing and communal services. It is worth recalling that according to the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 541 from January 1, 2006, citizens must pay for utilities in the amount of 100% of their value [ 1 ]. It is from this parameter that federal subsidies for housing and communal services for the regions will be calculated (that is, now they will be equal to zero). By the end of 2005, after all the increase, the Pskov payments barely broke away from the bar of 60%.

Tariffs for housing and communal services are perhaps the only aspect of local self-government, which really cares about all the inhabitants of the city (and not just politically competent citizens who care about democracy). Therefore, despite its rough-practical purely economic shell, this issue has a fundamental and political potential.

So, it was natural to expect that a prolonged battal between the Duma and the administration of the city of Pskov would continue in the communal arena.

During the consideration and adoption of the new charter of Pskov, when the reputation of the “anti -people puppet” was gradually fixed behind the Duma, deputies in private conversations admitted that they were very concerned about the inevitable growth of tariffs. No one had no doubt that no one had to increase them. Another thing is that the increase is drawn up by the decree of the Duma, and, accordingly, the economic inevitability acquires a shade of deputy will. Which appropriately affects the level of folk love and trust.

And so. The administration of the city of Pskov makes its proposals for tariffs to the Duma. Growth from January 1 for the population should be ... no, not 40, but only 30%! The good mayor Mikhail Yakovlevich is still saving the Pskovs from 100%of the housing and communal services. Perhaps soon it will not be able to do it, but the popular shock at first should be maximally leveled by the fatherly care of the city hall. At the beginning of the new year, the budget will continue to subtract the communal sphere.

What to do to the Duma in such a situation? Knowing that there is no money in the budget, to insist on raising tariffs up to 100% and finally be known as the “enemies of the people”? Of course not! And the deputies make their proposals: to raise tariffs not by 30, but by 20%.

Pskov folk game: who is kinder. The first round, on December 27, the deputies won. It was about compensation for the travel of pensioners in city public transport. In 2005, it was set at 100 rubles, for 2006 the city hall proposed to leave the same parameters. And this compensation, which the opponents of Mikhail Khoronen was stigmatized all year as a rough, primitive populism, the deputies decided not only not to cancel, but, on the contrary, increase to 150 rubles. Damn him with the budget, the image must be saved!

The second round, tariffs, also almost stayed behind the Duma. However, given that it is still 10% of the difference in the budget to search and look for, the deputies lost the arguments of Svyatoslav Pidusta [ 2 ] (head of the general customer) and Valentina Ivanov (first vice-mayor) and voted for the administration. But now the Duma can say in a clear eye: “These are all of them! We didn't want to! We offered! .. ".

Extremely

On this, the 51st session ended (there were several more uninteresting questions left after the tariffs), and the 52nd began immediately. Extraordinary. The decision on its implementation was made directly "at the machine."

Since the agenda was not published, and, accordingly, questions arose about the legitimacy of the session, the chairman of the Duma Leonid Trifonov had to refer to “Emergency circumstances”.

The “Extraordinary” was the return to the Duma of the Charter with the veto and the trial appointed on January 12, 2006. Actually, both are by no means news.

By the way, about the news. The new in this whole story was that the document from the administration came to the Duma by mail - for the first time in the history of the city parliament. For nonresident readers, let's explain: from the building of the administration to the building of the Duma - one minute of the course (slowly). To the nearest post office, it was much further, and so far the city hall officials have somehow never occurred to the services of the Russian Post.

There were two questions on the agenda of the 52nd session - “On the repeated consideration and amendments and amendments to the charter of Pskov” and “On the application of the norms of the Charter of the city of Pskov and the previously adopted decisions of the Pskov City Duma”. The third, about self -dissolution, appeared later.

With the first question, everything was clear: one should either overcome the mayor’s veto, or return a step back, add “additions and changes” to the charter and send it to a new signing. The deputies stopped on the second version and easily realized it with all the same 11 voices.

With the second question, it was much more difficult. A bomb lurked in it, which exploded a few minutes after the events described.

The second question concerned the status of the first persons of the local government of Pskov from January 1, 2006. After bringing the charter in accordance with Law No. 131-FZ, the “head of the municipality” will appear in the city (in the old version of the Charter of this position there was no more elected “mayor-head of the administration”. For the transition period until 2009, Mikhail Khoronen remains in its place, but with a number of reservations. Now he is deprived of a number of powers (which is why all the cheese-brow), in particular, the right to represent the Pskov in the external (in relation to the city) arena, convene a session of the representative body of local self-government, sign the normative legal acts adopted by the Pskov City Duma and impose a veto on them [ 3 ]. In accordance with Law No. 131-ФЗ, these powers belong to the head of the municipality, which Mr. is not merin.

From January 1, deputies planned to introduce the head of the city of Pskov into the practical turnover, and this will not be Mikhail Zhoronen. It may be precisely the “head of the municipality”, for the transition period - the chairman of the Duma Leonid Trifonov.

The session on December 29 was not accidentally scheduled for 14 pm. In the morning of the same day, a session of the Pskov Regional Assembly was going on. It should have adopted amendments to the law on the register of municipal posts of the municipal service and the list of elected municipal posts of the Pskov region. Among the amendments there was one, proposed by the deputies of the City Duma - precisely about the "head of the city of Pskov." This amendment, if it was accepted, would “oblige” deputies to correct city regulatory legal acts in the same spirit. And legally draw up the political victory of the “Duma majority” over Mikhail Yakovlevich.

Read about the details of the regional assembly in the article in the article by Maxim Andreev “Word and deed” . For this material, it is important to mention only one circumstance: by the beginning of the 52nd session, eyewitnesses from Nekrasov, 23 with the news that “nothing is accepted” reached out in the Duma. The regional meeting refused to participate in political intrigue and the clause on the “head of the city of Pskov” was removed from the bill.

The Duma majority was just right to worry. Their political opponents (the language does not turn to unite them all into the "supporters of Mr. Zhoronen") was malicious. However, the cheerful chairman of the regional committee on local government Nikolai Tsvetkov came, in the process of considering the second question he took the word and said it. Honestly, to the meaning of its legally flawless and poorly accessible for normal human understanding of speech, no one listened. But the conclusion was clear to everyone: all nishtyak, you can vote “for”.

And the deputies voted. And everything would be nothing if the head of the Pskov “Yabloko”, the hope and support of the Pskov democracy, Lev Schlosberg, were not present in the hall. While the rest were quietly perplexed, he called the chairman of the regional assembly to Boris Polozov and received confirmation of the seizure by regional deputies from the bill on the register of the words “Head of the city of Pskov”. Then he got up and stated that Mr. Tsvetkov "misled the deputies."

From the side of Lev Markovich, it was a commendable, but reckless courage.

For Mr. Tsvetkov in the righteous anger of the insulted former officer of the Navy switched to completely unrighteous expressions and expressed everything that he thinks about Mr. Schlosberg. From the description of the details, excuse me, I will refrain.

When the passions subsided (Mr. Trifonov had to declare a half-hour break), the following became clear. Yes, the deputies of the regional assembly removed a separate paragraph about the “head of the city of Pskov”. But the “head of the city” remained in the register itself, in the list of elected municipal posts (category “A”: “Mayor of the city” a comma “Head of the city”). That is, the highest elected person in Pskov (what only the head of the municipality will be in the new charter - the chairman of the Duma) can be called both the “mayor” and the “head of the city” on the basis of the general law for the whole field. At the same time, in the list of category “B” (the highest posts occupied on a contract basis) there are only “head of the city administration” a comma “Mayor of the city - head of the city administration”. Thus, Mikhail Zhoronen can no longer be the “head of the city”, but, nevertheless, it can be called the “mayor” as an official appointed to the post of head of the administration. You won’t figure it out without half a liter.

By and large, the nominal Pskov amendment, which was glowing with passions in the meeting, was, in general, and not needed. Now it remains only to guess - either the regional deputies themselves did not understand what they voted for, or there was a certain “substitution”.

The rest of the session was dedicated to the Self -School of State of the Pskov City Duma. The proposal for this was made by six deputies - the mayor’s military - and voiced by Nikolai Lysin. The argument is understandable: “The Duma has turned into an instrument of officials who are not interested in the development of the municipality“ City of Pskov ”.

Having blown up the audience for about an hour (a dozen times rewritten and blocked the formulations) deputies voted by self -risk permit. Six - for, nine - against, two did not vote. Not passed.

The last session of 2005 ended on a note of easy disappointment.

Svetlana Prokopyeva.

1 about what the Pskov city administration thinks about this, we have already written. See: S. Prokopyeva. With special cynicism // "PG", No. 46 (265) dated November 30, 2005

2 wonderful was the episode, by the way. During the answers to the questions of the deputies, Svyatoslav Pidust, a mobile phone rang. Further argumentation in favor of increasing tariffs by 30% went under a motive of the old Soviet film: “But we don’t care, but we don’t care ...”.

3 Since in 2004 he was elected to the post of mayor with these powers, which, according to the law, could not be terminated ahead of schedule for which he was chosen, you can wait for large trials.