The municipal corporation of Almería has completed the process of settling a judicial debt, demonstrating its commitment to payment after a period of uncertainty. The situation arose when the council had to request an extension from the court, citing a lack of available funds to meet the judgment in the previous fiscal year.

By the end of 2025, the City Council's Accounting Unit confirmed that the budget allocation for “indemnities and final judgments” was exhausted. This circumstance prevented compliance with a resolution from the Contentious-Administrative Court No. 1 of Almería, which required the return of penalties unduly imposed on the company responsible for maintaining the city's children's and bio-healthy areas.

Given the material impossibility of making the transfer in December 2025 due to a “technical-budgetary credit shortage,” the Local Government Board approved an official agreement. This document, expressing the City Council's “unequivocal will” to pay, was sent to the court with the intention that the judicial authority would trust the institutional solvency and link the fulfillment of the judgment to the entry into force of the 2026 budget.

With the approval of the new fiscal year and the availability of liquidity in municipal accounts, the City Council has proceeded to settle the debt. The final payment amounts to 80,657 euros for the principal claimed, plus an additional 17,588 euros in late payment interest. This additional cost to public coffers is a direct consequence of the delay in the payment process.