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Actualitatea

July 10, 2004

SC Salubri SA, the service provider, did not sign contracts with the
beneficiaries

Aleşd – 70% of the city is clean, said the representatives of the property
owners who took part in a program that monitored the services provided by
the sole provider, SC Salubri. The program was initiated at the request of
Aleşd City Hall by GRASP Oradea Field Office (Governance Reform and
Sustainable Partnerships).

Following two months of monitoring, Aleşd inhabitants reached the conclusion

that sanitation services in the city undergo serious improvements. The most
criticized aspects are those relating to the frequency in picking up the
garbage cans, the mess around the garbage cans, the somewhat high costs of
the service compared with its quality and the exaggerated costs for garbage
bins seen the fact that those made out of sheet, can cost up to 40 million lei.

Aleşd inhabitants present at the meeting said that their relationship with SC
Salubri is based on a “gentlemen’s agreement”, seen the fact that there is no
signed agreement. “They cash in the money on the basis of a receipt, without
previous contract. We used to have a contract, but it is no longer functional”
said SC Salubri representative.

Obligations Only

Aleşd Mayor was present at the meeting held Wednesday afternoon but took
on a neutral position, that of the mediator. “The contract we had once, it’s no
longer used because there have been several associations who refused to sign
it. And I can only agree with them. Who would sign a contract in which the
beneficiary has nothing but obligations, fix deadlines and penalties?” says
Zeno Ţipţer.

Although it would not be a problem for Aleşd, it is somewhat atypical for

commercial agents in the city not to receive different garbage cans from the
ones provided to citizens, keeping in mind that they pay considerably higher
taxes. Given the commercial agents pay a monthly tax of 50,000 lei for
sanitation services, while ordinary citizens pay 10,000 lei or 15,000 lei, the
two groups use the same garbage cans, and the garbage cans are picked up
on a same time frame. The conclusion is that SC Salubri cashes in taxes from
two different groups for the same service.

The current situation will not last long. The law clearly stipulates sanitation
rules for each community, and these will be submitted to Aleşd locally elected
officials in less than two months. Moreover, the sanitation services monitoring
and the discussions on Wednesday afternoon aimed to identify the lows of the
city’ sanitation services for improvement, said Livia Banu, GRASP office
representative.

Cristina Ghilea

8/5/2009 16:24