Mayor candidate in Pont-Saint-Esprit, Claire Lapeyronie promises €12 million in investments by 2027

La maire de Pont-Saint-Esprit Claire Lapeyronie. MIDI LIBRE – ML

Mercredi 20 mars 2024, la première magistrate a passé son grand oral budgétaire devant un auditoire studieux, lors d’un conseil municipal. Dans l’assistance, il y avait l’ancien maire de Pont-Saint-Esprit, son mentor politique Roger Castillon.

Un débat "for nothing ?" That’s what opposition municipal councilor Munir Musa thinks. The elected representative of the Spiripontain Citizen Union (UCS) group did not attend the municipal council which was held this Wednesday, March 20, 2024 in Pont-Saint-Esprit. 60~em>"All that is theater. I'm not here to do theater. Games are made. There is no longer a municipal council. We have to wait for the elections" he declared shortly before the deliberative assembly met. In the current context of the electoral campaign, the mayor of Pont-Saint-Esprit Claire Lapeyronie occupies the media space.

"Prudent management"

The elected official carried out her project and defended her results without an interlocutor to bring the contradiction to her attention, having no more opponents who all left the ship at the end. ;notable exception of Munir Musa. The councilor of the second city of Rhône Gard welcomed his "prudent management", judging his budget "solid, serious, committed and at the service of the territory, and in particular the Spiripontaines and Spiripontaines. Bref "Pont-Saint-Esprit is on the right track" according to Claire Lapeyronie.

Situation under control

The mayor announced that the DGFIP (1) had validated the budgetary trajectory of Pont-Saint-Esprit. "It is exemplary and we must ;rsquo;rejoice". The debt weight per capita is 907 €. This ratio was 1 238 € per capita. "The situation is under control. Over time, the debt burden is reduced thanks to good management."

The college, the staircase and the Hôtel-Dieu

"Communal finances have never been so healthy", she emphasizes. What about her project for the city ? Claire Lapeyronie promises nearly 12 M€ of investments in Pont-Saint-Esprit by 2027. Among the current achievements or future projects, there is the Saint-Pierre staircase, the future college or even the ’ rsquo;Hôtel-Dieu. It also indicates that, for the 2024 financial year, the City will commit 7.70 million euros; investments.

The Mayor and the Mentor

Wednesday March 20, the first magistrate gave her grand budgetary oral in front of a studious audience. In the audience, there was the former mayor of Pont-Saint-Esprit, his political mentor Roger Castillon. He listened to the one he put in place celebrating "his successes and his good governance" without quoting him. He also says that the story of the withdrawal of delegations did not please him. Yesterday, Roger Castillon slipped away shortly before the end of the session, without saying a word.

Gérome Bouvier has doubts about the sincerity of the budget

He is the head of Demain Pont-Saint-Esprit’s list for the municipal election. G&rome Bouvier reacted with a press release; &agrav; the presentation of the budgetary orientations of Wednesday March 20, 2024 by the mayor of Pont-Saint-Esprit Claire Lapeyronie. "It appears to us, éhe writes, that we are missing Elements of budgetary information. Which leaves us perplexed about the sincerity of this question. of this budget," he underlines. G&rome Bouvier is also surprised that none of the three priorities of the inhabitants of Pont-Saint-Esprit waséamp; ;eacute; mentioned when the mayor spoke during the budgetary orientation debate. "On the security side, we just touched on it. the subject by talking about the payroll. Concerning cleanliness, we were entitled to cleanliness. the announcement of the acquisition of a dump truck in April or May. The DOB makes no mention of health."

The realization of these budgetary guidelines is of course dependent on the outcome of the municipal by-election on Sundays April 28 and May 5, 2024.

(1) DGFIP: General Directorate of Public Finances of Gard.