The future of the Amétyst factory, the budget and taxes on the menu of the Montpellier Metropolis council

Quelles orientations pour la future délégation de service public d'Amétyst ? Midi Libre – JEAN MICHEL MART

The essential question of the method of waste treatment in the metropolis via a CSR sector will be submitted to a vote by elected officials. As well as the replacement of the rebellious 13th vice-president François Vasquez.

This is an important Metropolitan council which awaits elected officials this Tuesday morning. With a strong agenda marked first by the adoption of the community's initial 2024 budget, the vote on tax rates for direct taxes but also the garbage removal tax household goods (TEOM, proposed net increase) and the tax for the management of aquatic environments and flood prevention (Gemapi). 

The CSR sector under debate

The councilors are also invited to comment on the future operating methods of the Amétyst waste treatment plant, whose public service delegation (DSP) is expiring. This point had already been put on the agenda during the previous council before being withdrawn under pressure, in particular, from vice-president François Vasquez. In charge of the zero waste strategy, the latter strongly contests the direction proposed by the Metropolis to reduce the export of its waste outside its territory, namely the establishment of a CSR sector ( solid recovered fuel), aggregate preparation workshop and incinerator with recovery of the heat produced. 

François Vasquez challenges the agenda

In a letter addressed to Michaël Delafosse contests the agenda as it was organized with vote on the budget (point 4) then debate on Amétyst (point 10). &quot ;The budget will be voted on before the deliberation on the CSR sector while the acceptance of it will depend, to a large extent, on the chosen orientation on waste"& nbsp;he observes. François Vasquez also asked that the question on whether or not he remains vice-president (point 84) be placed after the deliberation on Amétyst. A question of "logic" and "simple respect" according to him.

In recent weeks, Michaël Delafosse and his majority have led several information meetings with elected officials to try to explain its relevance in light of the delay taken by the metropolis in processing of its own waste. François Vasquez, in the same way, held a series of meetings to deplore the cost and the ecological impasse that the establishment of a CSR sector would represent.
His positions – supported in particular by the local Europe-Ecology group the Greens- caused him to lose his delegation. This Tuesday, the Metropole council will also examine whether or not he remains in his position as vice-president.