On Tuesday 28/09/2020 A meeting of the President of the TEE / TDM took place, Nikolaou Sylliri, of the Vice President of the Department, Evangelias Bagavou, of the Chairman of the Prefectural Committee of Kastoria, Dimitrios Pappas and Fr.. Chairman and member of the Steering Committee, Kiana Stergiou with the Mayor of Kastoria, Mr. Ioannis Korentsidis and the Deputy Mayor for Project Planning, Technical Services and Construction Service of Kastoria, Mr. Konstantinos Tsanousas, in order to discuss technical issues and the ways in which the Technical Chamber can assist in the rapid implementation of the projects of the Municipality.
The President of TEE / TDM informed the representatives of the Municipality about his intention to record all the problems faced by the Municipalities of the Region of Western Macedonia and to identify in which procedures from the stage of the study, until the completion of the projects most of the difficulties are identified, in order, within the scope of its responsibilities, to help resolve and address them. He then raised the issue of understaffing, as it is a common problem of all the Municipalities of the area and asked to be informed about the difficulties in the completion of the project of DEYA Kastoria, as far as he knows, this is a problem that afflicts the Municipality.
Both the Mayor, as well as the Deputy Mayor, stressed the many problems arising from the understaffing of services and their inability to recruit new staff, although they are fully prepared and capable, due to the long delays caused by the ASEP procedures, while they also mentioned the difficulty they face in assigning the studies due to the legislation, something for which they requested the intervention of the TEE.
They also asked for intervention for the very important problem they face in every project they plan and it concerns the lakeside area., which is part of the city, as the approvals of the proposals they submit become exhaustively time consuming. Cause of this, is the injustice of the Law, which does not separate the small provincial lakes (and especially that of Kastoria which is – due to the development of the city around the lake - a special case), from seas or large lake ecosystems and for small projects, such as playground replacements or urban road access improvement projects, coastal engineering studies or their exemption from the competent Ministry are required, which also creates long delays.
Regarding the work of DEYAK, informed the representatives of TEE / TDM about the progress of the project, as well as for all the projects that are in progress in the Municipality, such as SVAK and others.
A discussion followed on the necessity of digitization of the Urban Planning archive, both for faster and easier work of employees, as well as for the convenience of citizens and the self-employed, a project for which the TEE / TDM has applied for funding and is awaiting the evaluation of its proposal, for the cooperation that the Municipality has with the development companies of the area and for the possibilities that exist and for the signature rights of the persons that are hired either through them, or through eight-month programs.
