{"id":13694,"date":"2018-12-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/fjarhagsaaetlun-2019-samthykkt\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:01:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:01:14","slug":"2019-financial-plan-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/fjarhagsaaetlun-2019-samthykkt\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget for 2019 approved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The budget of the Municipality of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur for<br \/>\nThe 2019 budget and the 4-year plan for 2019-2022 were approved by the town council today.<br \/>\nWednesday, 12 December. The operations of the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur have gone well in recent years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Council Tax rate lowered and support for families with children<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Property tax rate<br \/>\nCommercial property tax falls from 1.57% to 1.40% and property tax on residential property from<br \/>\n0.281% to 0.261%. The council tax percentage will remain at 14.48%, but it was lowered from 14.52%.<br \/>\nin 2017. The sibling discount on nursery fees increases and a third sibling in<br \/>\nPrimary school pupils receive free school meals. The operation of the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur has gone well.<br \/>\nin recent years. The budget provides for a positive operating result of<br \/>\n985 million kr\u00f3na in 2019. The debt ratio continues to fall and will be<br \/>\naccording to the plan for 120% at the end of 2019. Projected operating cash flow increases by<br \/>\n474 million kr\u00f3na from the 2018 plan. It is planned to invest 4.5 billion.<br \/>\nKrona in the year 2019.<\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;\u201eWe continue on the path of prudence and disciplined<br \/>\nfinancial management. The town's financial position strengthens year on year and continues to improve.<br \/>\nthe town's debt ratio. The property tax rate is lowered on residential<br \/>\nand commercial premises to accommodate a significant increase in property valuation.<br \/>\nStability in the town's financial management and cost-effective operation results in increased<br \/>\nservice and greater effectiveness in the town's operations. A great deal lies ahead.<br \/>\ndevelopment in various areas in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, both in services and infrastructure.\u201c <\/em>says R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.<em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Welfare,<br \/>\nPrevention and early intervention<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The number of social housing units will continue to increase.<br \/>\ntargeted and flats will be purchased for around 500 million kr\u00f3na a year over the next<br \/>\nfour years. Increased funding will be used to develop and establish new early<br \/>\nin place, but work has been carried out on the project throughout 2018. The project<br \/>\nis concerned with finding ways to improve social, school and<br \/>\nMental health services for the town's nursery and primary school children and their families<br \/>\ntheirs. The number of psychologist posts to serve nursery and primary schools was increased on<br \/>\nin 2018. The fee for nursery school will remain unchanged for the sixth year in<br \/>\nIn addition, an increased sibling discount is applied to nursery fees, which is means-tested.<br \/>\nThe discount on nursery fees will be increased. Sibling discounts on meal charges.<br \/>\nProvision for primary school pupils will be established. Work will continue on a project about<br \/>\nA multifaceted health and fitness programme for people aged 65 and over in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, which will continue.<br \/>\nto develop and improve services for older people in their own homes.<\/p>\n<h4>Attached are the supporting documents for the budget:<\/p>\n<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/media\/fjarhagsaaetlun\/GreinargerdFjarhagsaaetlunar2019_seinniumraeda.pdf\/\">Explanatory Memorandum to the 2019 Budget<\/a> <\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/media\/fjarhagsaaetlun\/Fjarhagsaaetlun_arsreikningu_2019_2022.pdf\/\">Budget and Annual Accounts 2019-2022<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><span id=\"tmp_1544637757952_3\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/media\/fjarhagsaaetlun\/Malaflokkar-samstaeda2019_2022.pdf\/\">Departmental Overview 2019-2022<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fj\u00e1rhags\u00e1\u00e6tlun Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6jar fyrir \u00e1ri\u00f0 2019 og 4 \u00e1ra \u00e1\u00e6tlun 2019-2022 var sam\u00feykkt \u00ed b\u00e6jarstj\u00f3rn \u00ed dag mi\u00f0vikudaginn 12. desember. Rekstur Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6jar hefur gengi\u00f0 vel s\u00ed\u00f0ustu \u00e1r. \u00c1lagningarstu\u00f0ull fasteignagjalda l\u00e6kka\u00f0ur og komi\u00f0 til m\u00f3ts vi\u00f0 barnafj\u00f6lskyldur \u00c1lagningarstu\u00f0ull fasteignaskatts atvinnuh\u00fasn\u00e6\u00f0is l\u00e6kkar \u00far 1,57% \u00ed 1,40% og fasteignaskattur af \u00edb\u00fa\u00f0ah\u00fasn\u00e6\u00f0i \u00far 0,28% \u00ed 0,26%. \u00datsvarspr\u00f3sentan ver\u00f0ur \u00e1fram 14,48% [&hellip;]<\/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-13694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13694","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=13694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13694\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13694"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}