In the past three years, the Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council has failed to meet the expected revenue from the fee set for the tow truck service responsible for removing, immobilizing, storing, and scrapping vehicles.
City Council’s Citizen Security Councilor, Gladis de León, elucidated yesterday that this dilemma “arises due to the postponement in implementing the Mobility and Road Safety regulation, which would broaden the circumstances and reasons for immobilizing and removing vehicles from urban roads.” The councilor provided this explanation in response to a query posed by PSOE councilor, Florentino Guzmán, during the municipal oversight commission meeting last week. According to the socialist councilor, this explanation was “unsatisfactory from the government team.”
Guzmán expressed, “Assigning the delay in fee collection to the enactment of a regulation seems like a convenient alibi, but where lies the accountability for ensuring resources for crucial services?”
The mayor highlighted that “it is apparent that other matters are taking precedence over the fundamental needs of our community, which is alarming and necessitates enhanced transparency in municipal administration. The government team must acknowledge its responsibility and implement specific measures to tackle this issue.”
Similarly, the socialist spokesperson raised concerns to the city council regarding the same non-compliance scenario concerning fee collection at the Santa Lastenia cemetery, where the concessionaire is embroiled in a legal battle with the council for refusing to pay the Real Estate Tax (IBI).
Guzmán stressed, “The populace deserves lucid clarification and decisive actions to address these circumstances. Therefore, we urge the city council to reassess its priorities and strive towards a more just and accessible Santa Cruz for all its inhabitants.”
