{"id":14518,"date":"2020-12-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/fjarhagsaaetlun-hafnarfjardarbaejar-samthykkt\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:16:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:16:22","slug":"hafnarfjordurs-financial-plan-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/fjarhagsaaetlun-hafnarfjardarbaejar-samthykkt\/","title":{"rendered":"Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's budget approved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's budget<br \/>\nwas presented for a second reading and approved at a meeting of the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Town Council<br \/>\ntoday, Wednesday, 16 December. The budget covers the next year as well as three<br \/>\nThree-year plan for 2022-2024. Projected operating deficit of Parts A and B<br \/>\nThe municipality's amount amounts to 1,221 million kr\u00f3na in the year 2021. It is expected that<br \/>\noperating cash flow will be 5.5% of total revenue or 1.7 billion kr\u00f3na.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nKey findings of the 2021 budget:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Operating result of A and B sections negative by<br \/>\n1.221 million kronor.<\/li>\n<li>Debt ratio 114% at the end of 2021.<\/li>\n<li>Projected operating cash flow from A and B sections: 1.7<br \/>\nbillion kr\u00f3na or 5.51% of total revenue.<\/li>\n<li>Council tax percentage unchanged at 14.481%.<\/li>\n<li>The total property tax charge is reduced by a lower<br \/>\nproperty taxes and water and sewerage charges to offset the increase<br \/>\nproperty valuation.<\/li>\n<li>It is generally expected that the 2021 tariff will remain unchanged or increase in line with the index.<\/li>\n<li>The plan provides for the sale of plots to the value of 500<br \/>\nmillions of kroner.<\/li>\n<li>Estimated investments amount to a total of 4.3<br \/>\nbillions of kroner.<\/li>\n<li>Purchase of social housing amounts to 500 million<br \/>\ncrown.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nEmphasis placed on minimising the impact of Covid-19 on residents.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Like other local authorities, the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur has had to respond.<br \/>\nthe economic and social consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, which<br \/>\nProperty tax revenues have decreased, and social spending has increased in parallel. A law has been<br \/>\nthe emphasis has been on minimising the impact of the pandemic on the residents of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and preventing<br \/>\nto prevent the economic shock from placing a permanent burden on the municipality. That<br \/>\nhas been carried out through coordinated actions which have involved targeted<br \/>\nrestructuring, moderate borrowing and asset sales.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Attached are<br \/>\nBudget and supporting documents for the 2021-2024 budget:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/media\/fjarhagsaaetlun\/Greinargerd_2021_2024_8Jan2021Lokautgafa.pdf\/\">Explanatory Memorandum to the 2021 Budget<\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/media\/fjarhagsaaetlun\/Hafnarfjordur_fjarhagsaaetlun-2021_2024.pdf\/\">Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u2013 Budget 2021-2024<\/a> <\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/media\/fjarmal\/Hafnarfjordur_malaflokkayfirlit-2021_2024.pdf\/\">Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u2013 Policy Area Overview 2021-2024<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fj\u00e1rhags\u00e1\u00e6tlun Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6jar var l\u00f6g\u00f0 fram til seinni umr\u00e6\u00f0u og sam\u00feykkt \u00e1 fundi b\u00e6jarstj\u00f3rnar Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar \u00ed dag mi\u00f0vikudaginn 16. desember. Fj\u00e1rhags\u00e1\u00e6tlun n\u00e6r til n\u00e6sta \u00e1rs auk \u00feriggja \u00e1ra \u00e1\u00e6tlunar fyrir \u00e1rin 2022-2024. \u00c1\u00e6tla\u00f0ur rekstrarhalli A og B hluta sveitarf\u00e9lagsins nemur 1.221 millj\u00f3n kr\u00f3na \u00e1 \u00e1rinu 2021. Gert er r\u00e1\u00f0 fyrir a\u00f0 veltuf\u00e9 fr\u00e1 rekstri ver\u00f0i 5,5% [&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-14518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14518","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=14518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14518"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}