The deputy mayor of Girona, Gemma Geis, warned this Friday that Junts will assess its continuity in the municipal government if there are no advances in its demands regarding waste. The leader, who is also the party's candidate for the 2027 elections, has set the coming months as a key period, both for the review of the door-to-door collection system and for the future definition of the municipal budget and the waste fee.
Junts demands changes in door-to-door collection
Geis has demanded to start working immediately to make the collection model in Girona more flexible. The deputy mayor maintains that in the neighborhoods where the door-to-door system already operates, very high selective collection percentages are being achieved and that this allows adapting some service measures to residents' requests.
"In the door-to-door system we have to start working now to also be able to make some measures that the residents ask us for more flexible" - Gemma Geis, deputy mayor of Girona
Junts proposes adjusting the system in areas where it is already implemented and where, in Geis's words, waste separation levels of 95%, 96% and 97% are registered. Among the aspects that the deputy mayor considers revisable are the frequency of collection of some fractions and the operation of emergency areas.
Geis has assured that the residents of the neighborhoods with this model demand a greater margin of flexibility. The municipal leader defends that this review must be addressed now, without waiting for a broader reform of the service.
The garbage fee enters the debate
The deputy mayor has linked the improvement of the waste system with the cost that residents bear. In her opinion, the increase in selective collection must be reflected in the garbage fee, especially for the next fiscal year.
"We understand that work also has to begin so that the garbage fee next year can also be lower" - Gemma Geis, deputy mayor of Girona
Geis has pointed out that the coming months will be decisive because it is the moment when the municipal budget and also the 2027 rate will begin to take shape. That is where Junts wants to check if its demands regarding waste advance or remain blocked.
The continuity in the government will be decided later on
Junts will not make an immediate decision about its permanence in the municipal executive, but it does leave open that possibility for later if its proposals are not met. Geis has specified that before reaching that point, his party wants to complete several projects in the areas it currently manages within the Girona government.
"There is a series of projects from the areas we manage that have to finish, we also condition the cleaning and then we will evaluate" - Gemma Geis, deputy mayor of Girona
The deputy mayor has specified that there are 3 or 4 projects from her areas pending materialization and that, once they are resolved, her party will study the next step. In this way, Junts' political calendar in the Girona City Council is conditioned by two fronts that will advance in parallel: the culmination of its own initiatives and the demand for changes in waste policy.
"We are working to be useful and responsible in the city", Geis concluded, who thus leaves the pressure on the table at a moment that his party considers decisive to measure its role within the municipal government.