Calp City Council, as part of the objectives of the Citizen Participation Department, has commissioned the development of a telematic survey to find out citizens' perceptions of key municipal services.
The intention is that citizens will transmit their views on the process of services provided by the municipality and that this information will serve as a barometer to analyze the current situation, make a diagnosis and from there develop proposals to improve the municipality's services.
Calp and Pavapark are studying how to relieve citizens from paying the ORA parking fee from 18:00 after the coming into force last Thursday 21 January of the new restrictions against COVID-19, which mandate the closure of businesses from that time.
Calp Town Council launches the campaign to support the hospitality industry ""Let them cook for you" to encourage citizens to buy takeaway food in the town's restaurants and bars. This initiative is being launched after the resolution of the Conselleria de Sanitat (Regional Ministry of Health) came into force on 21 January, which provides for new measures against COVID-19 such as the closure of catering establishments unless they offer the service of food pick-up on the premises or home delivery.
Calp City Council has reduced the average payment period to suppliers to 2.52 days in the last quarter of 2020. This figure surpasses the city council's previous best, which was 3.03 days in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Thus, the city takes an average of 2.52 days to pay its suppliers, which not only complies with late payment regulations that require public administrations to pay in a period of less than 30 days, but also reduces it significantly. It should be noted that the figure was 44.85 days in the third quarter of 2015 and as high as 1,000 days in 2011.
The Tourist Board has reissued a comic strip about El Miracle, the most emblematic event of the Moors and Christians festivities in Calp, to promote these festivities declared to be of regional tourist interest.
Calp City Council tendered 57 contracts between May and December 2020.
This number reflects a significant increase over previous years and is due to the introduction of e-tendering, which has streamlined processes, but also to a major restructuring of the department. Staff was increased - a technician and an administrative assistant - staff was trained in e-recruiting and e-tendering (tenders) and tasks were redistributed.
The Mayor of Calp, Ana Sala, released the turtle recovered by the Hospital del Mar of the Oceanogràfic Foundation on La Fossa beach this morning. This was the first act in this town as part of the campaign "La mar de tots", with which Oceanogràfic wants to address communities that are committed to the sea. The aim of this initiative is to raise awareness among the population about the situation of the marine environment.
The plenary session of Calp's municipal council has decided, with the votes of the government team (PP and Ciudadanos), to request the initiation of the procedure to change the name of the municipality of Calp to Calpe/Calp. The initiative, based on a proposal by the Ciudadanos group, was supported with Compromís y Defendamos Calpe voting against and the PSOE abstaining.