The Accounts Chamber of the Krasnoyarsk Territory informed the deputies of the Legislative Assembly the results of an audit of the use of regional budget funds aimed at implementing the activities of the project “Ensuring a Qualitatively New Level of Cultural Infrastructure Development (“Cultural Environment”). In short, things are not going well with the development of the cultural environment in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
The auditors checked the activities of the Ministry of Culture of the Krasnoyarsk Territory and the administrations of the Ilansky, Irbeysky and Shushensky districts in 2019-2021. Basically, it was about the repair of cultural and leisure institutions.
According to the results of the control event, the experts noted a number of problems. Despite the fact that the level of provision with cultural institutions in the region is higher than the Russian average, there is a significant disproportion in the provision of cultural objects in municipalities.
One of the most important problems in this area is the depreciation of buildings and the material and technical base. The administrations of the municipalities of the region have declared the need for the construction of 188 cultural and leisure institutions and 556 libraries. At the same time, according to the Ministry of Culture, the total need for financial support for the activities of the regional project “Cultural Environment” is about 49 billion rubles. They are needed for the construction and overhaul of buildings, the renewal of musical instruments in all municipal children’s art schools, and much more.
The auditors analyzed how the money was used. It is noteworthy that the misappropriation of budgetary funds in the amount of 4.6 million rubles was revealed only for the first item of the report, the repair of cultural centers. And yet – causing damage to the budget in the amount of 2.5 million rubles. Total – 7.1 million.
In addition, it turned out that 12 municipalities did not have positive expert opinions on design and estimate documentation. The quality of work performed in many institutions is very low. The sequence of repair work was violated, which caused additional costs. Violated the terms of the contracts.
…I think that the heads of municipalities should be responsible for how budgetary funds are spent on their territory, up to fines and other penalties. We (deputies of the Legislative Assembly) we believe that it is necessary to tighten control at all stages of repair and construction of cultural facilities, – summed up the bleak outcome of the chairman of the committee on education and culture Vera Oskina.
The harsh conclusion, usually made by Oskina, who is usually quite positive and benevolent towards the executive branch, is a significant reason for the Minister of Culture Arkady Zinov, who has held this post since October 2018, to think hard.
As it turned out, one-time “events” like the Moscow tour of the artists of the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theater. YES. Hvorostovsky or filming a “historical” series with the participation of quite a modern governor of Uss can only splurge for a while. However, judging by the report of the Accounts Chamber, Minister Zinov definitely cannot cope with the main, bureaucratic function – he was unable to establish control over budget funds.