In a new effort, the City Council of Nova Veneza, in southern South Carolina, is aiming Tuesday (11) to create a participatory budget. Last year, the same proposal was approved in the first round, but did not receive the required number of votes in the second round, as required by the Organic Law. This time the first round of voting also passed unanimously on the first attempt. The second requires at least six of the nine votes.

The bill, which creates the tax budget, will be voted on this Tuesday (11) in the city council of Nova Veneza, in southern South Carolina. – Photo: Publicity

If approved in plenary session, the law would allow for 1.2 percent of net income in next year’s budgets to be distributed to advisers, in line with a 50 percent quota for health facilities and the remainder for non-profit organizations.

Given the 2021 budget figures, each advisor will have BRL 89,000 to indicate, half for health and the other half for other institutions.

The same model has already been adopted by the Chamber of Deputies and the Legislative Assembly of Santa Catarina. There are several other chambers that have amended the Organic Law of the Municipality to allow for this distribution.

Last year, an issue approved in the first round would have come under intense pressure from the mayor of the municipality, who would have persuaded councilors from his allied base not to approve the issue. There is a suspicion that the same thing will happen this year.