Kirov will take almost 900 million rubles in loans: the budget deficit will exceed one billion.

      As reported by the speaker, when approving the budget, part of the priority expenses was not fully accounted for. This particularly concerns street lighting, road maintenance, payment for energy service contracts, contributions for capital repairs, and other mandatory expenses. Initially, the authorities hoped to manage without commercial loans; however, additional sources of income could not be found.

      The revenue part of the budget is reduced by 151.7 million rubles and will amount to 30 billion 321.3 million rubles. At the same time, non-tax revenues will increase by 66.2 million rubles due to the rise in parental fees in kindergartens, but the volume of inter-budget transfers will decrease by 218.3 million rubles.

      The largest reduction is associated with the postponement of the school construction in the Dolgushino microdistrict — funding for this project has been cut by almost 650 million rubles this year. At the same time, an additional 162.5 million rubles will be allocated for the construction of a school on Torfyanaya Street in 2026 and another 200 million rubles in 2027.

      At the same time, funding for several other projects has been increased. Thus, an additional 204 million rubles will be allocated for the construction of a transport crossing under the railway in the Novovyatsky district, 79.4 million rubles for local initiative support projects, and another 5.5 million rubles for activities to preserve military burials.

      Simultaneously, the authorities distributed the remaining funds in the unified budget account, which amounted to 301.7 million rubles at the beginning of the year.

      The main additional expenses are planned to be directed towards relocating citizens from emergency housing (211.5 million rubles), improving public areas (197.1 million rubles), the road fund (339.1 million rubles), capital repairs of apartment buildings (33 million rubles), social support measures (48.9 million rubles), maintenance of municipal institutions (32.7 million rubles), and execution of court decisions (21.2 million rubles).

      The main source for covering the deficit will be commercial loans. Their volume will amount to 888.1 million rubles. Another 301.7 million rubles are planned to be used from the remaining funds in the budget account.

      As a result, after making changes, the budget revenues will amount to 30.3 billion rubles, expenses will be 31.5 billion rubles, and the deficit will reach 1 billion 189.8 million rubles.

      The municipal debt will increase to 3 billion 748.1 million rubles.

      The head of the city, Elena Kovaleva, noted that the difficult situation with budgets is currently observed not only in Kirov. According to her, the regional Ministry of Finance, together with federal agencies, is looking for ways to attract budget loans; however, the municipality needs to work more actively on increasing its own revenues and reducing ineffective expenses.

      "There are never enough expenses, there will never be enough. We need to concentrate our efforts on the revenue part of the budget, find opportunities, and move away from ineffective expenses. But we cannot neglect financing life support issues," Kovaleva emphasized.

      The Kirov Audit Chamber concluded from the examination that the main parameters of the budget are justified, and the size of the deficit and municipal debt complies with the limitations established by the Budget Code of the Russian Federation. The commission recommended submitting the draft amendments for consideration by the Kirov City Duma.