Indebtedness limits of municipalities for the investment tasks

Abstract

Article concerns the analysis of chosen municipalities’ financial difficulties, for which RIO (supervisory authority) has prepared reports on their financial management. It has been stated that in analyzed cases there was a connection between completing investments (debt financing) versus their financial difficulties what was proven by: difficulties in debt repayment, existence of due liabilities, court enforcement proceedings led by debtors towards municipalities, risk for completing public tasks. It has been stated that shortages in the area of infrastructure in comparison to others municipalities may not be a sufficient justification for incurring expenditures financed by debt, as it may result in preparing by RIO reports of municipality’s financial management and imposing the recovery plan. It has also been established that disposing of financial means for the investment projects (with no necessity of debt financing) may not be a justification to undertake investment expenditures to create an infrastructure that will not be to vital extent utilized by the local residents.