Odesa City Council Allocates ₴10.5M for District Public Area Maintenance

The members of the Committee on Budget Planning and Finance of Odesa City Council have approved an appeal from the Department of Finance to allocate funds to district administrations for the maintenance of public areas.

As it became known during the commission's meeting on March 25, the total amount of budget money to be allocated to district administrations will reach UAH 10.5 million.

Thus, the Khadzhibey district administration was approved to receive UAH 1.5 million. However, the administration had previously asked for more.

"They had accrued a larger amount, but we discussed it with the Department of Finance and, given that the year has just begun, decided that 1.5 million would be enough," said Oleksiy Potapsky, chairman of the commission.

The Peresypsk administration was allocated UAH 3.2 million for the maintenance of areas with the status of ownerless, and the Kyiv district administration was allocated UAH 4.2 million.

The Prymorskyi district administration submitted its request on the day of the meeting, so Oleksii Potapskyi characterized it as submitted "literally off the cuff," but the Department of Finance had time to review it and eventually approved the allocation of UAH 1.6 million.

It should be noted that Odesa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov ordered to convene the city council members for a regular session on April 16. Intent will traditionally broadcast the session online. Meanwhile, preparations for the session are underway. In particular, meetings of permanent deputy commissions are taking place to consider issues that may be submitted to the deputies for consideration at the session, and Intent is monitoring these meetings.

There are 12 standing committees in the Odesa city council, but as of February 22, 2025, the standing committee on culture, tourism and international relations and the standing committee on regulations, deputy ethics and corruption prevention cannot make decisions, as they currently have less than three deputies.

Кирило Бойко