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Instability of Municipal Comptrollers Jeopardizes Management in Small Towns

The Mayor of Sudanell reports that the municipality has had three comptroller changes in less than three years due to competition from larger administrations.

Generic image of a small town hall or an empty workspace, symbolizing administrative fragility.
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Generic image of a small town hall or an empty workspace, symbolizing administrative fragility.

The Mayor of Sudanell (Segrià) has warned about the fragility of local management due to the high turnover of municipal comptrollers, with three changes since taking office in 2023.

The mayor of Sudanell, a municipality in Segrià with just over 850 inhabitants, has expressed concern about the lack of stability in a key role for municipal legality and transparency. This situation, with one comptroller change per year, causes management to become “fragile, slow, and legally vulnerable.”
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"Without stability, management becomes fragile, slow, and legally vulnerable. This is a common reality in small municipalities."

Mayor of Sudanell · Author of the letter
The main problem lies in the fact that professionals in these positions leave for supramunicipal administrations, such as the Diputació de Lleida (Lleida Provincial Council), attracted by better working conditions. This decision, while individually legitimate, is considered “collectively devastating” for the functioning of smaller councils.
The mayor questions the sustainability of a model where institutions that should support local government end up competing with them under unequal conditions. Without a “brave solution,” he warns that territorial equality will remain just an empty slogan.

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