The Manacor City Council approved the municipal budget for 2026 this Thursday in an extraordinary plenary session. The budget totals just over 54 million euros, representing a 7% increase compared to last year. According to the municipal government (Més-Esquerra, PSOE, AIPC), direct taxes constitute the main source of funding, amounting to 22.34 million euros, primarily derived from the urban property tax (IBI), vehicle tax, and business activity tax. A notable increase in this category stems from the property tax update approved last September. Fees, public prices, and other income total 13.18 million euros, with a significant contribution from services related to waste management, sewage, building permits, public space occupancy, and administrative fines.

The bell tower of the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows in Manacor (also known as the Ruby Tower) didn't have a clock until well into the 20th century, in the 1920s, after the official completion of the neo-Gothic church. That's why, when it was purchased, it wasn't the Bishopric of Mallorca that covered the cost, but the City Council itself, which paid for the four clock faces and the internal mechanism.