Mykolaiv parks have installed 79 new benches around the city — they say they made them themselves for ₴3 million

The municipal enterprise «Mykolaiv Parks» manufactured and installed 79 new benches throughout the city during the year. The old ones were dismantled and reinstalled.

This was reported by the company in response to a request from NikVesti.

Mykolaiv Parks notes that new benches have been installed at the following locations in the city of Mykolaiv:

• Central Avenue (boulevard part) from Riumina Street to Soborna Street — 26 pieces
• Soborna Street — 48 pieces
• Rose Square — 3 pieces
• Square of the Righteous of the World — 2 pieces

At the same time, they note that they made the benches on their own. For this purpose, they purchased materials worth approximately 3.06 million hryvnias, given that some amounts are indicated with VAT and some without. In total, they purchased

• fasteners — 23,775.84 hryvnias (including VAT);
• metal frame — 386,914.35 hryvnias (excluding VAT);
• wood for seats and backrests — 1,447,280 hryvnias (excluding VAT);
• paint and varnish materials — 1,206,330 hryvnias (excluding VAT).

The old 62 benches that were dismantled during the replacement of Soborna Street and Tsentralnyi Avenue were not written off, but reused.

«At present, the benches that were dismantled have not been written off, and some of these benches have been moved to other locations in Mykolaiv, some are on the territory of the municipal enterprise for the purpose of further repair, determining the number of benches suitable for further use and their further placement in the city of Mykolaiv», reads the response of «Mykolaiv Parks».

Some of the dismantled benches are installed in the following locations in Mykolaiv:

• Boulevard part of Torhova Street — 6 benches;
• Mykolaivskyi Park — 8 benches;
• Predmostova Square (Cimmerian Horseman) — 2 benches;
• green zone on Tsentralnyi Avenue, between houses №147-157 — 2 benches;
• the final taxi stop in the Lisky neighbourhood — 2 benches.

But the company does not know the book value of the old benches.

«In this regard, we would like to inform you that the benches are part of the fixed assets and are not accounted for separately as fixed assets in the accounting records,» the company added.

As a reminder, the municipal enterprise «Mykolaiv Parks» will purchase specialised street cleaning equipment — a sweeper complete with attachments.

New equipment for «Parks»

A year ago, in September 2024, the deputies of the Mykolaiv City Council approved a loan of 43 million hryvnias for the municipal enterprise «Mykolaiv Parks» to purchase new equipment. As reported, it will be used for winter and summer cleaning of the city.

The loan amount is 60% of the total cost of the equipment, which is €1 million.

The draft decision, published on the city council website on 28 August 2024, initially stated that Denmark should finance 40% of the purchase of equipment.

However, in the updated draft decision published on the city council website on 23 September 2024, the information about the Danes' 40% funding disappeared. It only states that «part of the funds will be paid for by grants from the Danish Export Investment Fund», but it does not specify what percentage of funding is involved.

After that, the budget committee recommended that the session consider the draft decision, but only if the document states that the advance payment of 40% of the total amount will be covered by grant funds from the Danish Export Investment Fund.