Local Police officers in Seville have received good news: the City Council has reached an agreement to pay them for the work carried out during the 2022 UEFA final. A four-year delay caused by administrative and budget issues has kept the officers in suspense, who will now see their overtime compensated in a security operation that mobilized hundreds of officers.
Municipal bureaucracy as a bottleneck 🏛️
The payment process has been hampered by the complexity of the internal procedures of the Seville City Council. The budget allocation for extraordinary services was not correctly identified, which forced a restructuring of accounts and the validation of each overtime hour by Human Resources. A more efficient time control system has been implemented to prevent this type of delay from recurring in future events, although administrative agility remains a recurring challenge in local government.
The final that should not have been an administrative soap opera ⚽
Four years later, the officers can finally go to the bank to collect, although they have probably forgotten what they did that day. Some may even have changed cars or houses since then. The important thing is that the money arrives, even if it's in dribs and drabs and with more twists and turns than a football match in extra time. Of course, for the next final, they might ask for payment in advance or in kind: acorn-fed ham.