A political dispute has opened in Avellino over the future of Avellino Città Servizi (ACS), the municipal services company currently in liquidation. Opposition councillors led by Gianluca Festa have presented or announced a council motion asking the administration to stop the liquidation, arguing that the company has recovered financially. The administration replies that the liquidation stems from unresolved balance-sheet problems, but says it also wants to save the company and protect its workers.

The motion puts two competing accounts of ACS on the table: one focused on a reported 2025 profit and reduced personnel costs, the other focused on eroded capital and the need for a sustainable industrial plan.

What the opposition is asking

According to local press reports, Festa and other opposition councillors filed a motion under Article 68 of the council rules calling for the liquidation of ACS to be revoked.

The motion argues that:

  • ACS closed the 2025 financial year in profit and is therefore economically recovered;
  • there are no sufficient economic reasons to proceed with liquidation;
  • the municipality should convene an extraordinary shareholders' meeting to revoke the liquidation;
  • a new industrial plan or recapitalization should be considered if necessary;
  • employment levels and existing contractual conditions should be maintained.

Festa has also warned that if the liquidation is confirmed, the opposition may challenge the decision before the regional administrative court, the TAR.

The financial claims behind the motion

The opposition links its case to the effects of a project financing arrangement over the past seven years.

Its reconstruction, as reported by the local press, includes three distinct points:

  • annual ACS personnel costs have fallen by about 50% over the last seven years;
  • the Municipality receives about 2.1 million euros per year for 14 years in connection with the contract with Telereding Spa;
  • there is a surplus of more than one million euros between related revenues and costs.

The opposition separately cites savings of about one million euros. The balance-sheet figures invoked by Festa have not been verified in the acquired articles through primary company accounts or municipal documents, and the full text of the motion and the outcome of any council vote were not available in the sources reviewed.

Which services and buildings are involved

Festa connects the future of ACS to the custody and management of several municipal properties, including the Ex Dogana, the former Cinema Eliseo, the municipal Theatre and the Palazzetto dello Sport.

The underlying question is therefore not only whether ACS survives as a company, but which municipal services would remain with it and under what contractual and economic conditions.

The administration's response: liquidation remains, rescue sought

The municipal administration offers a different reconstruction. It says ACS remains in liquidation because earlier financial statements were not approved, leading to erosion of the company's capital.

At the same time, the administration says it is working to save ACS and protect its 22 employees through a sustainable industrial plan.

According to the administration's account:

  • the 22 employees are currently under the Confcommercio contract, although they mainly perform caretaking and traffic-assistant duties;
  • the proposal under discussion would offer exit incentives to ten workers close to retirement;
  • the remaining twelve workers would move to a contract more consistent with their actual duties.

The administration's stated position is favorable to revoking the liquidation, but only if an industrial plan demonstrates financial sustainability and shows that the services entrusted to ACS are economically advantageous compared with the market.

Two accounts, side by side

At the heart of the dispute are two unresolved accounting and policy questions.

The opposition says ACS is already recovered and that liquidation is unjustified. The administration says past unresolved accounts eroded the company's assets and that any rescue must pass a sustainability test.

Neither the local articles reviewed nor the available summaries establish which accounting reconstruction is definitive. That distinction matters for readers: a profit in one recent year does not by itself resolve questions about prior unapproved financial statements or depleted capital, while unresolved past liabilities do not by themselves prove that a revised industrial plan could not make the company viable.

What to watch next

Several points remain open:

  • whether the council will debate and vote on the opposition motion, and with what result;
  • whether an extraordinary assembly of ACS will be convened;
  • what industrial plan, if any, the administration will present as the basis for revoking the liquidation;
  • what will happen to the 22 employees, particularly the distinction between the ten workers discussed as candidates for exit incentives and the other twelve;
  • whether an appeal to the TAR will actually be filed.

For now, both sides say they want to safeguard ACS and its workers. They disagree on whether the liquidation should be stopped immediately because the company is already sound, or lifted only after a new plan proves that it can operate sustainably.