In times of fiscal austerity, increased control over public spending, and adjustments to the accounts of administrations, some officials still seem not to have understood these new guidelines.
This is the case of the mayor of Córdoba, the pro-Kirchnerist Daniel Passerini, former deputy mayor of the country's largest city during the Llaryora administration. His worrying addiction to excessive public spending is evident in the promotion (and subsequent approval) of a municipal mega-structure.
The City Council approved a new scheme for the municipality, which is unnecessarily oversized: it will have 10 secretariats; 1 Legal Advisory Office with the rank of secretariat; 1 General Administration of Administrative Justice with the same rank; 43 sub-secretariats; 247 directorates; 92 sub-directorates; 2 senior offices and 1 institute.
"Do we really normalize that Córdoba needs 388 political officials to function? One official for every 25 employees?" asked the Radical councilor Elisa Caffaratti. In this regard, Caffaratti was clearly against this new scheme.
In this same regard, the councilor expressed her opposition to Passerini: "He talks about 399 officials, but he doesn't count those who are hidden in municipal entities and companies. Only in BioCórdoba and the Agency for Control and Oversight, there are 76 political officials."
List of municipal positions
Through the municipal transparency website, it is possible to verify the colossal structure (positions plus officials) that currently makes up the municipality of Córdoba.
The list of officials, updated as of May 2025, consists of the exorbitant figure of 400 different municipal authorities. They are responsible for carrying out various tasks according to the area, along with all their respective subordinates.
