Participants

• Joan Mª Rovira Vernet – Mayor (JxCAT-JUNTS)
• Izaskun – Town Hall Secretary
• Jose Maria Rovira – Municipal Councillor (JxCAT-JUNTS)
• Jordi Pagan – Municipal Councillor (JxCAT-JUNTS)
• Amadeu Paune – Municipal Councillor (JxCAT-JUNTS)
• Toni Marco – Municipal Councillor (JxCAT-JUNTS)
• Glòria Moreno – Municipal Councillor (AvP)
• Jose Pescador – Municipal Councillor (AvP)

Agenda

Two main items were addressed during this session:

1. Swearing-in of Mr. Jose Pescador as a municipal councillor, replacing Mr. Óscar Serrano.
2. Approval of an agreement to delegate responsibilities for wastewater treatment management.

1. Swearing-in of Mr. Pescador

Mr. Jose Pescador took the oath to uphold the Constitution and Spanish laws. The Town Council unanimously approved his appointment as municipal councillor.

2. Agreement with the Consell Comarcal – Pratdip Wastewater Treatment Plant

The Town Council reviewed a collaboration agreement between the Consell Comarcal del Baix Camp and several municipalities, including Pratdip, to delegate to the Catalan Water Agency (ACA) the management of the wastewater treatment service.

This program, scheduled for 2022 to 2027, covers only the treatment plants of the urban centers of Arbolí, Capafonts, Maspujols, Vilanova d’Escornalbou, and Pratdip. The wastewater treatment plant of Les Planes del Rei is explicitly excluded.

The agreement provides that:

• The Consell Comarcal will oversee the drafting of technical projects, alternative studies, regulation of operations, and service management.
• Funding agreements will be signed between the Consell Comarcal and the ACA for the listed towns excluding Les Planes del Rei.
• The new treatment plants will be operated by the company COMAIGUA.

Once again, Planes del Rei is left out

When questioned by councillors from Avança Pratdip, the Town Hall confirmed that the Les Planes del Rei treatment plant is not part of the agreement. No explanation was provided regarding any resolution or ongoing project.

It should be noted that this plant was built with contributions from local property owners and remains unused today, due to a municipal decision.

No plans, studies, or concrete projects appear to be in preparation. And if any do exist, the municipal councillors are unaware and unable to report on them.

In light of this lack of commitment, both AvP councillors voted against the approval of the agreement, in protest of the Town Council’s continued refusal to invest in our urbanization.

–Read also: Twelve municipalities in Baix Camp discharge their wastewater into rivers

–Read also: Pratdip, an announced health and ecological disaster