Monday was the seventh day with no power supply to four public areas of Coín, because of the Town Hall’s failure to pay its debt to the Endesa electricity company. El País gives the amount owed as 280,000 € and said the local Partido Popular Mayor was negotiating with Endesa to re-establish supply. This summer Mayor of Coín, Fernando Fernández, announced a total debt to suppliers of more than 27 million € which had been run up by the previous local government. One of the Town Hall’s largest monthly costs is the municipal workforce, whose wages come to around 1 million € a month. It’s understood that the 500 employees have not yet been paid their August wages, although La Opinión de Málaga indicates that part of the amount owed will be paid next week. The Hacienda tax authority has meanwhile agreed to stay its tax embargo on Coín’s monthly share of state taxes next month, which will free up just under 300,000 € towards the September wages. The remainder will come from the Town Hall’s share of local taxes and a restructuring of the municipal workforce.
