The head of the Department of Culture defended the new body as a "modern management model" to comprehensively address the heritage of Tàrraco, emphasizing that it was a "pending debt" for territorial rebalancing. The presented timeline foresees that, following the approval of the adhesion agreements between last September and January of this year, the selection process for the general management will take place during the first quarter of 2026.
“"Acquired rights are more than guaranteed."
Regarding the personnel, who will mainly come from the Tarragona City Council and the Generalitat, Hernádez stressed that their categories and rights will be "preserved" following the legal framework of public service. The ordinary activity of the consortium with all attached personnel will begin in January 2027, with one of the new management's first tasks being the transparent recruitment and management of this staff.
The guaranteed annual budget of eight million euros will be maintained between 2026 and 2029. This figure is financed by 3.5 million euros from the Generalitat, 2.5 million from the Tarragona City Council, and the remainder from current income generated by the monuments themselves. The Diputació de Tarragona will also contribute 100,000 euros annually, with the possibility of expansion starting in 2027.
During the commission, several parliamentary groups expressed concerns. Jordi Bertran (Junts) called for prudence regarding the budgets, while Raquel Sans (ERC) demanded maximum transparency in public tenders. Lorena Roldán (PP) criticized that the city will lose decision-making capacity, and Susanna Segovia (Comuns) requested the local government be empowered and labor conditions improved.
