August 31, 2009

The Okrug Governor’s press-service informs:

Governor of Ugra Alexander Filipenko chaired the meeting with Deputies Chairman of the Government and directors of executive authorities.

The head of the region informed the meeting participants about key parameters, stated in the speech of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Kislovodsk at the meeting, devoted to the formation of the budget for the next year. The Chairman of the Russian Federation Government stated tasks and recommendations, addressed to governors of regions about the optimization of budgetary expenses. Governor gave tasks to curators of basic spheres of the Ugra Government activities about the audit of expenses of executive authorities and possible  decrease of the number  of employees.

In his speech the head of the region told about further development of the housing and communal sector in the Okrug. “We have created the necessary legislative framework to attract extra investments into this branch and now should assess the feedback. Much money have been invested but it seems to me that old schemes are working in this sphere”. The First Deputy Chairman of the Government Vyacheslav Novitski informed that all the boiler-houses in populated localities of the region are ready for the coming winter by 100 %.

The first stage of the Okrug budget formation is coming to the end, its expenses will be increased in connection with the plans of  Russia’s Government to centralize extra revenues in the federal budget.

At the meeting there were made reports about the situation on the labor market, in oil- and gas-producing industry, construction, agribusiness sector, timber complex, about the preparation for the celebration of the Knowledge Day and Day of Oil and Gas industry workers.