On Wednesday, the city council decided to liquidate the municipal company Krakow5020. The liquidation process is planned to begin in 2025. The company became famous for launching Hello Krakow TV, which is called the city's second TV station. The prosecutor's office is investigating his actions. The city plans to allocate 7,300,000 PLN for about 120 employees. zloty
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The Krakow5020 company was founded in early 2022 by the decision of the city council. It was separated from the Krakow City Festival Office (KBF). It was designated for offices, including the ICE Krakow Congress Center, the Wispianski Pavilion and the InfoKrakow tourist information points. Controversies arose primarily over the transfer of funds from the city budget for its operation, high operational costs, and the creation and operation of “Hello Krakow News” TV. The prosecutor's office is investigating whether the company caused at least PLN 20 million in financial damage to Krakow's utilities.
“The implemented model of city promotion did not meet the expectations set in it, which was noticed by the initiator of the project. As for the model of fiduciary duties, opinions were raised by the councilors and the residents of Kraków themselves”, – we read in the explanation of the draft of the presidential decision, which is in it expresses the consent of the consultants to liquidate the company.
According to the plan presented on Wednesday by the Deputy Mayor of Krakow, Lukasz Sek, the management of the ICE Krakow Congress Center will be taken over by the Krakow City Development Agency. As for the tourist information network InfoKrakow, three such points will work from January: in the Wispianski pavilion, on ul. St. Jana and Hospitalna. Negotiations on the operation of the property are ongoing. consent On April 1, the tourist information network should be handed over to the Association of Tourist Organizations of the Kingdom of Krakow.
On the issue of staff, the Krakow City Development Agency is recruiting staff to manage the ICE Congress Center – it is planned to employ at least 50 employees who have managed the center's operations so far. Also, the current employees of the liquidated company, who managed these points, can find work at the InfoKrakow points. About 120 people work in Kraków5020. The city plans to allocate more than 7,300,000 PLN for the payment of wages. PLN, which gives an average of over PLN 60,000 per person.
37 members of the council voted in favor of the liquidation of Krakow5020, one member of the council abstained from voting.
– This will be the biggest waste of money in the recent history of Krakow, because we have just passed a resolution agreeing to liquidate the municipal company Krakow 5020! From 2022, PLN 100 million has been invested in it, but the results have been very small – explained Michal Drewnicki from the PiS club, Deputy Chairman of the Krakow City Council on the X platform.
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