The Netherlands: Almere Municipality ends up with a budget surplus of euro 300.000 in 2013

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Almere's city council and their civil servants spent 10 percent less in 2013 than was budgeted for that year The Almere annual report shows that just over 300.000 euros were saved. That money now goes back to the general funds of the municipality..

In total, the city council spent 2.8 million euros last year. Of this total, EUR 1 million was spent on the salaries of civil servants working for the municipality. The elected councilors received almost 1.4 million in salaries and fees for their work during that period.

The Almere municipal council met 36 times last year.

Almere is considered the newest  (became a municipality in 1976)  and  most modern city in Europe and presently has about 200.000 inhabitants

Gemeenteraad Almere houdt 3 ton over - Nieuws