Information on the draft budget for 2024 was posted on the portal page of the Sokal City Council.
The Voice of the Sokal Region has selected the main indicators worth paying attention to. In both the 2023 budget and the draft budget for 2024, community education is a significant funding leader. The documents do not specify how many employees work in the district’s educational institutions, how many students are educated at the expense of the community budget. Dry figures of expenditures will not tell us anything about the effective use of funds.
Let’s start with the budget of the Sokal community in 2023
Revenues – UAH 284,405.3 thousand, or 104.4 per cent of the planned figures.
In 2023, education was financed from various sources, in particular, at the expense of the educational subvention in the amount of UAH 115,586.5 thousand (for the salaries of pedagogical staff), subvention for the implementation of transferred expenditures in the field of education at the expense of the educational subvention in the amount of UAH 2,023.0 thousand (for the salaries of the director and pedagogical staff of the inclusive resource centre).
The largest share (69.2%) in the city budget revenues is accounted for by the personal income tax
In total, in 2023, personal income tax is expected to be received from institutions, enterprises, organisations located on the territory of the Sokal community in the amount of UAH 196,771.5 thousand, which is 101.8 per cent of the revised plan. The second largest (share of 15.1 per cent) in the revenues of the community budget is the single tax on individuals and legal entities.
- As for the expenditures in 2023 from the budget of the Sokalska AH
maintenance of local self-government bodies, including the apparatus of the Sokal City Council and its executive bodies – UAH 34,680.6 thousand in 2023 (UAH 30,848.1 thousand for salaries to employees). - the maintenance of educational institutions is expected to use funds from the general fund in the amount of UAH 323,029.9 thousand, of which UAH 264,752.0 thousand will be used for salaries to employees.
- maintenance of healthcare institutions (Municipal Non-Commercial Enterprise “Sokal District Hospital”) in 2023 will use funds in the total amount of UAH 21,421.9 thousand.
- social service centre – UAH 6,997.9 thousand, of which UAH 6,205.2 thousand will be spent on salaries and benefits
- compensation for privileged travel for certain categories of citizens for 2022-2025 – UAH 2,640.0 thousand.
maintenance of cultural institutions – UAH 17,366.3 thousand, including UAH 14,544.5 thousand for salaries
maintenance of physical culture and sports institutions – UAH 8,782.6 thousand, namely, UAH 6,506.6 thousand for the maintenance of the Sokolyany children’s and youth sports school. - It is planned to allocate UAH 15,109.0 thousand for housing and communal services to provide street lighting in settlements, maintain the street and road network, care for green spaces, maintain burial sites, carry out landscaping works in 19 starosta districts, etc.
In 2023, UAH 34,825.0 thousand will be used for road repairs and maintenance.
About the draft budget of the Sokal community for 2024
The city budget resource in 2024 will amount to UAH 443,588.9 thousand, including the general fund – UAH 430,814.1 thousand, and the special fund – UAH 12,774.8 thousand.
The volume of the revenue part of the general fund of the budget of the Sokal city territorial community for 2024, excluding interbudgetary transfers, is determined in the amount of UAH 285,000.0 thousand.
As for the expenditures in 2024
- maintenance of the city council apparatus – UAH 29,376.5 thousand. Including salaries and benefits to employees in the amount of UAH 26,922.1 thousand
- maintenance of separate subdivisions is provided in the amount of UAH 5 154.9 thousand, namely: for the Department of Education, Youth and Sports of the Sokal City Council – UAH 1 334.2 thousand, the Department of Culture of the Sokal City Council – UAH 818.6 thousand, the Financial Department of the Sokal City Council – UAH 2 163.9 thousand, the Department of Children’s Services – UAH 838.2 thousand.
- for the institutions of the Sokal District Hospital (1 hospital, 9 outpatient clinics of general practice of family medicine, 21 paramedic stations) the general fund includes expenditures for utilities and energy in the amount of UAH 15,759.0 thousand
- the general fund includes expenditures for the maintenance of 36 schools, 3 out-of-school institutions (Small Academy of Sciences, Young Technicians Station, House of Students’ Creativity), the Centre for Professional Development of Teachers, Municipal Institution “Centre for Service of Educational Institutions” of Sokal City Council (centralised accounting and centralised service group), Municipal Institution “Inclusive Resource Centre” of Sokal City Council, Victor Matyuk Children’s Art School, 22 children’s preschool institutions in the total amount of UAH 323,200.8 thousand. UAH, including educational subvention from the state budget in the amount of 137,276.1 thousand UAH and subvention from the local budget for the implementation of transferred expenditures in the field of education at the expense of educational subvention – 2,427.0 thousand UAH.
- In 2024, it is planned to allocate UAH 275,849.5 thousand for salaries and wages for education employees, which is 85.3% of all general fund expenditures for education.
- Expenditures for utilities and energy consumption for educational institutions are envisaged in the amount of UAH 29,160.5 thousand (9.0% of the general fund expenditures), and food expenditures – UAH 10,614.7 thousand (3.3%). Other current expenditures for the maintenance of educational institutions are planned in the amount of UAH 7,576.1 thousand (2.3% of the general fund expenditures).
The average cost of meals per child day is set at UAH 30.00 for pupils of grades 1-11; UAH 70.00 for pupils of educational complexes (preschool) and children’s preschool institutions in rural areas; UAH 60.00 for pupils of children’s preschool institutions in urban and rural areas aged 1-4 years, and UAH 70.00 for pupils aged 5-6 years.
For the maintenance of the municipal institution “Centre for Social Services” for 2024, allocations from the general fund in the amount of UAH 7,885.8 thousand are provided, including UAH 7,404.1 thousand for salaries and benefits, UAH 172.7 thousand for utilities and energy, and UAH 309.0 thousand for other current expenditures.
The draft budget for 2024 envisages general fund expenditures for the maintenance of cultural institutions in the amount of UAH 19,955.8 thousand.
The planned expenditures provide for the maintenance of the centralised library system (40 institutions), 44 People’s Houses and centralised accounting. Expenditures on salaries and wages are envisaged in the amount of UAH 17,589.2 thousand.
The total expenditures for the cultural sector include UAH 58.0 thousand for the Programme for the promotion of the Sokal region in Ukraine and abroad: cultural development of the Sokal region in 2022-2025, and UAH 50.0 thousand for the Programme for the support of creative activities of amateur groups of the Sokal city territorial community in 2022-2025.
The draft budget for 2024 envisages general fund expenditures in the amount of UAH 9,327.7 thousand for physical culture and sports, including UAH 7,851.3 thousand for the maintenance of the Sokolyany Children’s and Youth Sports School, UAH 1,073.9 thousand for the maintenance of sports facilities (FSC Sokil).
Expenditures of the general fund in the amount of UAH 11,000.0 thousand are envisaged for the improvement of settlements, namely: maintenance of street lighting (repair, purchase of materials), electricity, maintenance of green spaces, maintenance of burial sites, maintenance of the street and road network of improvement facilities (collection, pick-up and transportation of garbage, sanitation services and similar services, installation of technical means of traffic control), other services.