According to NSI data for last year, people in Southwestern Bulgaria received the lowest salaries – an average of 1,400 BGN per month. On the other hand, the new mayors in Blagoevgradsko will receive the highest salaries – on average around BGN 5,000, but with the possibility of increasing to over BGN 9,000. inform from BNT.
The remunerations of the mayors are determined by the Municipal Councils and cannot exceed the ministerial salary, which is currently a little over 9,400 BGN.
BGN 9,100 – this is the expected salary of the newly elected mayor of Dupnitsa: the highest in the country. Parvan Dangov argued the reward with a noble cause.
“Of this 9,100 BGN, if the OS votes, half, let our audience remember this, will go to this municipal donation fund. The first person who will contribute money – I will be the one, I am setting an example,” said Parvan Dangov, mayor of Hole. (Later it became clear that the municipal council voted for Dangov’s salary to be BGN 7,200 – note ed.)
The average salary in neighboring Kyustendil is BGN 1,415, but the mayor Ognyan Atanasov will receive 80% of the ministerial salary or BGN 7,306. He appeals to his colleagues – to be sincere.
“To break with populism and vote for realistic salaries, because it is clear to all of us that they cannot live on 1,500-2,000 BGN, as some of their colleagues around the country claim,” said Ognyan Atanasov, mayor of Kyustendil.
“Look, as the mayor of Kyustendil municipality, a municipality that is a regional city, I am responsible for the spending of over 100 million BGN budget. The responsibility is huge and I think that the pay should be adequate to the responsibility I bear”, added Ognyan Atanasov .
The responsibility of the mayor of the capital is BGN 2.5 billion, but Vasil Terziev will take only BGN 1 of the salary for which he is signing. And although they do not have a consensus for the chairman of the Metropolitan Municipal Council, an agreement can be expected for the mayor’s salary to rise above BGN 3,000, which will also reflect on the other municipal remunerations.
“I made this commitment that every month I will keep one lev from my salary, whatever it is until the end of the mandate, for causes. If we want decent people to manage this 2.5 billion budget and billions more in municipal enterprises , we need to rethink the concept of how much we pay these people who bear this responsibility,” commented Vasil Terziev, Mayor of Sofia.
In 2020, Ruse decided to tie the mayor’s salary to the minimum. Or for the mayor to receive 6 minimum salaries, which to date equals nearly 5,600 BGN, with an average of 1,658 BGN for the city.
“The salary is increasing anyway. Since the minimum is 780 per month, it has become 933, so the salaries of the municipal councilors and the mayors of the settlements and the mayors of the Ruse municipality will increase”, specified Hristo Beloev, chairman of the municipal council in Ruse.
The mayor’s salaries in Varna were last increased 2 years ago by 15%.
“The salary of the new mayor of Varna is BGN 3,500,” said Nora Momcheva, secretary of the Municipality of Varna.
On average, those working in Plovdiv receive BGN 1,800 per month, and the mayor has so far signed up for BGN 3,350. It is expected that the municipal councilors, when deciding Alyosha’s fate, will also increase the mayor’s salary.
“As people who are at our workplace 24 hours a day, there will be an increase, yes, you know the salary of the mayor of Plovdiv is one of the lowest in the country,” explained Kostadin Dimitrov, mayor of Plovdiv.
By law, the mayor’s salary cannot exceed the ministerial salary, which is currently slightly over 9,400 BGN.
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2024-01-25 19:19:06
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