Commune · Buzău county
What the town hall of Costești spent in 2025
- The town hall of Costești paid 22 m lei in 2025, or 4,903 lei for each of its 4,493 residents (2021 census).
- Of every 100 lei, 37 went to waste and environment, 21 to social assistance and 16 to water, lighting and housing.
- Per resident it spends more than 67% of communes of 3,001–5,000 residents do (ranked 264th of 812) and is 35th of 82 among the communes of Buzău county.
- 51% of the money (11.2 m lei) went to investment from the local budget (construction, roads, networks, land, equipment); the median for communes of 3,001–5,000 residents is 30%.
- EU-funded and recovery-plan projects (titles 56, 58, 60 and 61) were another 6% of the money (1.3 m lei); they are not counted as investment.
- 32% of 2025's investment (3.6 m lei of 11.2 m lei) was paid in December; the median for communes of 3,001–5,000 residents is 18%.
- Total paid, in current lei: 2023: 10.8 m lei, 2024: 12.4 m lei, 2025: 22 m lei.
- The largest single item: sewage and wastewater treatment, 7.3 m lei (33% of the total).
Of every 100 lei
lei out of every 100 lei spent
- Waste, sewage and environmentall communes together: 1137
- Social assistanceall communes together: 1721
- Water, lighting, housing and energyall communes together: 1716
- Town hall and administrationall communes together: 1912
- Schools, kindergartens and nurseriesall communes together: 117
- Roads, streets and transportall communes together: 184
- Culture, sport and parksall communes together: 42
- Healthall communes together: 11
When investment is paid, month by month
Each row is a year; colour shows the share of that year's investment paid in the month; an outline marks the month of the local elections.
How it compares
| Here | Places of the same size | Median of the county's communes | Median of communes, national | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spending per resident | 4,903 lei | 4,197 lei | 4,419 lei | 4,856 lei |
| Investment, % of spending | 51% | 30% | 33% | 32% |
| Administration, % of spending | 12% | 20% | 22% | 21% |
| Investment paid in December | 32% | 18% | 18% | 16% |
Largest items
| Item | Paid | Of total |
|---|---|---|
| Sewage and wastewater treatment | 7.3 m lei | 33% |
| The town hall itself (executive authorities) | 2.7 m lei | 12% |
| Assistance for older people | 2.6 m lei | 12% |
| Water supply | 2.6 m lei | 12% |
| Social assistance for disability (including personal assistants) | 1.5 m lei | 7% |
| Other education spending | 1 m lei | 5% |
| Waste collection and street cleaning | 876,700 lei | 4% |
Spending per resident by year (current lei)
Before publishing
Tax code of the town hall: 2407559. The sums are payments from the Ministry of Finance's budget execution, extracted between 6 and 12 November 2026 (Transparenta.eu). Questions for the town hall: which works were paid in December? How much of the spending comes from the state or from EU funds? Why did the total change from one year to the next? Send the town hall the figures before publishing, for its right of reply.
Figures are payments (not commitments) by the town hall and the bodies it runs: schools, libraries, sometimes hospitals. Population is from the 2021 census. Social assistance includes the wages of personal assistants of people with severe disabilities, paid by the town hall. Transfers between public bodies are not counted twice.