Budgetary oral for Claire Lapeyronie candidate for re-election as mayor of Pont-St-Esprit

Claire Lapeyronie maire est candidate à l’élection municipale de du 28 avril et 5 mai 2024. MIDI LIBRE

The mayor of Pont-Saint-Esprit Claire Lapeyronie defended her budget during the probable last municipal council meeting on Thursday March 28, 2024 before the municipal election. She believes she has put municipal finances back on track. The councilor speaks in an electoral context with a vote on Sundays, April 28 and May 5. Three lists are in competition; his own, that of Gérome Bouvier (Demain Pont-Saint-Esprit) and that of the Spiripontain Renewal of RN Emmanuel Le Pargneux.

No doubt it was the final and last municipal council meeting before the by-election which will take place on Sundays April 28 and May 5, 2024. The outgoing mayor of Pont-Saint-Esprit and candidate for her own succession Claire Lapeyronie will have held the house until the end. This Thursday, March 28, she brought together the deliberative assembly.

Tour de table

Around the table, there were the mayor and 16 councilors from her majority out of the 33 required by the General Code of Local Authorities. The others have long since slammed the door of the council by resigning or giving up their seats. For this last pre-ballot council, the elected officials met in the usual setting of the Cazerne village hall. Claire Lapeyronie had as usual taken her place at the head of the table. To his left, there was his faithful first deputy Daniel Mouchetant. And to his right his general director of services, Vincent Cuozzo.

Hunger for power

Behind the trio, we see the three flags of Europe, France and Occitanie. Finally, as a final symbol, the municipal kakemono. These are the essentials of the common house. Those who stay when men and women pass. Claire Lapeyronie defended her budget with the pugnacity of an elected official who never gives up. The mayor of Pont-Saint-Esprit would see herself completing her mandate, which was still running for two years, and possibly returning in 2026. Thursday evening, she took her grand oral exam again as she had already done the week before. before.

Multiple commitments

"Local taxes have not increased"she indicated. The councilor announces the purchase of a sweeper for 240,000 euros; and a double dump truck for 60,000 euros. Claire Lapeyronie carried out a Prévert-style inventory of the investments she promises to make.

Commitments which provoke a reaction from a former assistant who was one of the elected officials dismissed by the mayor of Pont-Saint-Esprit. "Claire Lapeyronie told us that there was no money and today, she multiplies the projects."

"Sound finances"

"They are healthy, we have raised the bar" declared Claire Lapeyronie. What about the budget& ;nbsp;? "He is solid, serious, committed to the Spiripontaines and the Spiripontaines." Claire Lapeyronie spoke in front of a smaller audience than during the budgetary orientation debate. There were former assistants including a very studious Benjamin Desbrun. The former finance assistant spent the session taking notes.

The 2024 budget proposed for vote amounts to 911 456.36 € excluding tax of which 524 256.36 € for operation and 387 200 € for investment.
Taxation
Tax on built land 59.15% (departmental share 24.65%, municipal share 34.50%)
Unbuilt property tax 99%
Housing tax on second homes 23.24%

Professions of faith

Alongside the budget vote there is of course the electoral campaign which is gradually unfolding on the ground. In some businesses, professions of faith adorn the counters. The National Rally candidate and leader of the Spiripontain Renewal list, Emmanuel Le Pargneux, is giving himself two years "to turn the page". As for à the list Demain Pont-Saint-Esprit its leader Gérome Bouvier commits "à provide an effective solution to the problem of health, cleanliness and and security."