Arona Council ends the year with positive news for essential services in the municipality
Arona’s final council meeting of the year focused heavily on correcting and adjusting three major municipal contracts related to essential public services: beach safety, cleaning of public facilities, and the maintenance of municipal buildings and roads.
All three items were brought to the plenary session with the aim of making administrative and technical adjustments to ensure continuity of services and prevent disruptions at the close of the financial year. However, in some cases, those issues remain unresolved.
One of the central points concerned the contract for prevention, rescue, lifeguard, and assistance services along Arona’s coastline in the south of Tenerife, directly linked to beach safety teams.
The first deputy mayor, Clari Pérez, explained that although the tender process began on time, it was declared void after the bidding companies failed to meet a mandatory legal requirement: submitting an approved, published, and valid equality plan.
Faced with this situation, the council has launched a negotiated procedure and approved a temporary extension of the current service until 30th June 2026 to ensure that beach safety coverage is not interrupted. Pérez said that the final award is expected between January and February.
The plenary also examined the contract for waste management, cleaning, and disinfection of educational and municipal buildings, valued at €15 million.
The Commission for the Environment and Public Services proposed imposing two penalties of €12,000 each on the contractor for serious breaches identified in the service. Opposition councillors claim that they had been requesting staffing, resource, and service control data for months, and stressed that non-compliance “persisted” in a contract affecting schools and municipal buildings. They also argued that the penalties were small in relation to the value of the contract.
The third matter addressed was the contract for the maintenance and upkeep of municipal buildings and public roads. This item was largely technical in nature, and the council agreed to restart part of the procedure to correct deficiencies in the presentation of certain contract percentages.
Opposition representatives highlighted that the decisions taken in this final session of the year will have a direct impact on the daily lives of Arona residents, especially in areas considered essential to the municipality.
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