The accounts, presented by Mayor José Benlloch and municipal government spokesperson Maria Fajardo, revolve around the dual idea of guaranteeing ordinary operations—payments, services, and municipal structure—and, at the same time, leaving behind the loan that has resulted in paying 30 million euros over 15 years. The PSPV and Compromís executive prioritizes current expenses and reduces indebtedness to 36%.
Specifically, the accounts amount to 66.86 million euros and continue the path initiated in 2025, when the budget reached 65 million. The government team presents the document as a framework of “stability” in a context still conditioned by pending obligations and structural limitations. The bulk of the expenditure is concentrated on the operation of the City Council and the provision of services, with a significant weight of personnel chapters (38.53%) and current goods and services (45.62%).
In parallel, the municipal executive places the payment to suppliers and the regularization of pending invoices as a central axis, with over 8 million euros allocated for this purpose. The strategy seeks to strengthen trust with the local business fabric and avoid treasury tensions that have marked previous years.
“"The priority is to respond to the people and companies behind each invoice."
The 2026 budget includes the liquidation of the loan signed in 2010 during the Partido Popular's term, which will allow “freeing up financial burden after fifteen years.” This move is linked to the possibility of opening a new stage with greater room for maneuver, after years “conditioned by urban planning rulings and inherited obligations” that have hampered investment capacity.
Investment once again takes a back seat, with just over 650,000 euros, a figure lower than the 3.8 million allocated in 2025. Resources are concentrated on acquired commitments, such as payments linked to the opening of Avenida de Portugal and Bárbara Royo Street (400,000 euros), judicial resolutions in the Southwest Ring Road (41,000 euros), or the launch of the Vilabici public bicycle system (200,000 euros).
The budget also maintains the reinforcement of social spending and support for the associative fabric, with an increase in agreements and subsidies, in addition to sustaining tax breaks such as the reduction of the IBI. The local government claims state revenues as “key to balancing the accounts” and criticizes the “lack of certainty” in regional and provincial contributions, insisting that 2026 is the year of financial cycle closure.
