ABOUT US

One Voice for Cumbre (OVFC) is an exciting non profit association run by volunteers of and for the people of Cumbre del Sol, committed to the sustainable development within the municipality of Benitatxell.
OVFC is a recognised partner of the Town Hall and VAPF since 2020.

Representative body:

  • Margaret Hales, President
  • Paul Davies, Vice President
  • Marianne Pätzold, Secretary
  • Pepe Blas, Treasurer
  • Gerald Hales, Board member

Aims, objectives and activities:

  • Promote and represent the interests of residents and property owners of Cumbre del Sol by addressing common concerns and working in collaboration with local authorities, developers, administrators and chairpersons of homeowners' associations. 
  • Local development: Promote the creation of public services and reinvestment of Cumbre del Sol's municipal income in public services within the development.
  • Promote the improvement and maintenance of infrastructure such as road surfacing and services such as public transport, street lighting, etc.
  • Promote actions to increase water resources, guarantee water supply and quality in Cumbre del Sol.
  • Promote efficient management and recycling of municipal solid waste, installation of recycling points, regular street cleaning.
  • Environmental protection: Promote the conservation of the natural environment and landscape.
  • Promotion of sustainable tourism: Address measures to control illegal activity in tourist accommodation by ensuring compliance with regional regulations.
  • Communication and transparency: Keeping residents and owners informed about decisions and news affecting Cumbre del Sol.
  • Encourage citizen participation.
  • Social Welfare: Improve quality of life, promote social cohesion, solidarity and coexistence within the municipality through an equitable distribution of the cultural activities organised by the Town Council between the village and Cumbre del Sol. 
  • Conduct awareness and sensitisation campaigns
In order to fulfil the aims of OVFC, the following activities shall be carried out:
  • Meetings with the municipal government team
  • Meetings with developers
  • Meetings with chairpersons and administrators of homeowners' associations
  • Publication of news and information of interest on the association's blog. 
  • Conducting surveys among subscribers and readers of the association's blog
  • Promote proposals for fiscal balance between the fiscal resources contributed to the municipality through taxes and fees (property tax, rubbish collection tax, parking tax, etc.) and the investments and expenditures made in Cumbre del Sol.
  • Promote the annual celebration of participatory budgeting in the municipality.
  • Promote registration on the electoral roll and census of residents of Cumbre del Sol.
  • Oversee compliance with current legislation on transparency, access to public information and good governance, and monitor the transparency portal, notice board, news and agenda on the Council's website.
  • Monitor municipal information published by the Court of Auditors: taxes, budgets, expenditure, accounts, signed contracts, subsidies.
  • Monitor tenders on the State Procurement Portal.
  • Follow the plenary sessions on the City Council's YouTube channel.
  • Encourage participation and internal debate among members through messaging platforms, communication platforms, and/or social media.

    OVFC defending the interests of Cumbre del Sol

    Cumbre del Sol is made up villas, town houses and apartments totalling in excess of 3.300. There are 1.900 properties that are within Pueblos whose issues are dealt with via a President/Committee and an Administrator but the majority of areas that are not within a Pueblo are the responsibility of the Town Hall. This covers responsibilities such as roads, street lighting, general maintenance, rubbish collection, traffic management and all aspects of the infrastructure of Cumbre del Sol.

    In recent years Town Hall administrations have not invested money and resources proportionate to the local and building taxes that have been paid by the property owners of Cumbre del Sol and also not met their responsibilities to represent all people in the Municipality equally. This gave rise to OVFC to join efforts to defend the interests of Cumbre del Sol.

    Registration Number: CV-01-068405-A 




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