The PSIB will bring to the plenary session the halt of the new Tirme tariff and the payment of 41 million
The socialists' motion also puts the focus on the 50 million committed by the Government to finance the treatment in Mallorca of waste from Ibiza, of which it would have already transferred 41 to the Council without an economic report that justifies the amount
PalmaThe PSIB-PSOE will force Llorenç Galmés's government to pronounce itself again on the Tirme concession. The socialists will defend a motion in the next plenary session of the Consell de Mallorca to suspend the processing of the 2026 waste tariff and halt the payment of the 41.4 million euros approved this summer until the real costs of the service have been reviewed. The initiative also incorporates a new front: it demands a review of the 50 million committed by the Government of the Balearic Islands for the transport and treatment of Ibiza's waste in Mallorca, after the PSIB denounced that 41 million have already been transferred without any economic report to justify the amount.
The motion comes after the Consell announced that it would commission a "more powerful and extensive" independent audit before making decisions regarding the concession. The PSIB considers, however, that it makes no sense to continue processing the new tariff or to make more extraordinary contributions while the doubts raised by the control bodies remain unresolved. For this reason, it requests that the audit analyze both the tariff methodology and the real costs and legal regime of the concession.
The socialist spokesperson at the Consell, Catalina Cladera, recalled that the island institution has mobilized 103 million euros in extraordinary funds in favor of Tirme since the beginning of the mandate to contain, subsidize, or regularize the tariffs. The latest contribution, of 41.4 million, was approved in July at the same time as a 10% reduction in the price of waste treatment, which has been set at 103 euros per ton.
The report from the Consell's General Intervention questions precisely the way this tariff has been calculated for years. The document warns that the increments applied would have exceeded the real evolution of the service costs, points out the CPI adjustment for the amortization of old infrastructure, and alerts to disproportionate levels of profitability in a company holding a public service concession.
The Sindicatura de Comptes (Audit Office) also warned of anomalies in the first extraordinary contribution, of 43 million euros, approved in 2023. With this background, the socialists demand that the tariff be recalculated based on effectively accredited expenses and without resorting to new injections of public money.
"The review of the system could allow for a reduction of more than 10% in Galmés's electoral [budget/figures]", stated the Secretary General of the Socialist Federation of Mallorca and candidate for the presidency of the Council, Amanda Fernández. "Waste smells bad, but the suspicion of squandering of resources by Galmés at the Council smells worse", she added.
Payment for Ibiza's waste
The main novelty of the socialist offensive is that it connects the Council's contributions with the 50 million committed by the Government so that Tirme assumes the treatment of waste from Ibiza. According to the PSIB, the Executive has already paid 41 million during 2026, despite the fact that the contribution had initially been proposed for a period of ten years.
The PSIB claims that the contribution does not have any economic or legal report to justify the amount. The socialists also question that more than 80% has already been paid, despite the fact that it was initially planned for a period of ten years. The motion demands a review of this operation and that the Government explain both the agreed amount and the advance of resources in a single fiscal year.
The Council has defended until now that it will not take any hasty decision regarding Tirme to avoid possible legal consequences. The island councilor for Finance, Llorenç Bosch, stated in the September plenary session that the institution shares the concern expressed by the Intervention office, but will wait for the new legal reports and the audit before negotiating any changes with the concessionaire.