The budget provides for an operating surplus of just over 360 million kr\u00f3na for Parts A and B. The projected operating cash flow for Parts A and B combined is 3.3 billion kr\u00f3na, which is approximately 151% of the municipality's total revenues. Increased operating cash flow is a fundamental prerequisite for successfully reducing the town's debt.<\/p>\n
\nOperational improvements<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \u00a0 \n,This budget sets out clear objectives for debt repayment and streamlining, which will deliver significant improvements to the council's operations. It is therefore vital that the plan is followed in every respect. This lays the foundation for the financial recovery of the municipality, from which all residents will ultimately benefit.\u201c<\/em>\u00a0says R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, chair of the town council.<\/p>\n \n\u00a0 Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is the third largest municipality in the country with total expenditure of around 21.9 billion kr\u00f3na. Estimated wages and salaries amount to approximately 10.6 billion kr\u00f3nur, and finance costs to 2.1 billion kr\u00f3nur, or equivalent to 9.61% of the municipality's total revenue.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n Funding for education and childcare increases by 644 million kr\u00f3na year-on-year, or by 71%. The emphasis will continue to be on improved academic achievement in literacy and numeracy, as well as ongoing technological development in nurseries and primary schools. The number of primary school pupils is increasing by 103 year-on-year, while the number of nursery school children is decreasing by 83, based on an unchanged entry age, and this will be addressed. It is expected that all children born in March 2015 or earlier will be able to start nursery school in autumn 2016. There are large year groups in the younger years of primary school, and accordingly, attendance at after-school clubs has increased. Next year, up to 80 more children are expected to use the service, which requires an increase in staff. The funding for the subsidy of participation fees will increase. Parents\/guardians can now receive a subsidy for their children's sports and leisure activities in other local authorities, which is a new development. Pupils in Years 9 to 11 will receive a pay rise of around 13% for their work at the Work Experience Programme. There will also be a greater emphasis on prevention, including through collaboration with Samt\u00f6kin 78 and the Red Cross.<\/p>\n \u201e \nAttachments to the press release<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n \nHafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u2013 Policy Area Overview 2016\u20132019<\/a> Fj\u00e1rhags\u00e1\u00e6tlun gerir r\u00e1\u00f0 fyrir r\u00famlega 360 millj\u00f3na kr\u00f3na rekstrarafgangi \u00e1 A og B hluta. \u00c1\u00e6tla\u00f0 veltuf\u00e9 fr\u00e1 rekstri samanteki\u00f0 fyrir A og B hluta er 3,3 milljar\u00f0ar kr\u00f3na sem er um 15% af heildartekjum sveitarf\u00e9lagsins. Auki\u00f0 veltuf\u00e9 er grunnforsenda \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00e1rangur n\u00e1ist \u00ed a\u00f0 l\u00e6kka skuldir b\u00e6jarf\u00e9lagsins. Umb\u00e6tur \u00ed rekstri \u00a0 \u201eMe\u00f0 \u00feessari \u00e1\u00e6tlun […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12804"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201eThis plan has brought the underlying problems in the council's operations under control.\u201c<\/em>\u00a0says Haraldur L. Haraldsson, Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. In a newly approved plan, the emphasis is on maintaining an unchanged level of service in the municipality. Childcare fees will remain unchanged for the second year running. Council Tax will increase, offset by a reduction in water and sewerage charges, so that the overall burden on residents will not increase. This also increases the property tax discount for the elderly and the disabled. By the end of 2015, the municipality's foreign debt will have been largely repaid, and in the new year, almost all of its debt will be in Icelandic kr\u00f3nur.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\nKey findings of the 2016 budget<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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Strong emphasis on education and upbringing<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n
\nBy systematically reducing the town's interest costs, more funds will be available for direct services to residents. In this way, the 2016 plan puts us on track towards our goal of providing residents of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur with increased services for a lower cost. This is therefore, first and foremost, a forward-thinking and cost-effective plan.\u201c<\/em>\u00a0says Gu\u00f0laug Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttir, Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.<\/p>\n
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\nExplanatory Memorandum to the 2016\u20132019 Financial Plan<\/a>
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\nHafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u2013 Financial Plan 2016\u20132019<\/a>
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\nHafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u2013 Budget 2016
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