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Will the town hall of Bordeaux increase taxes in 2023?
This is feared by the right-wing and center municipal opposition group, Bordeaux Ensemble, which presented its own budgetary alternatives to the press on Monday, January 30, regretting that the vote on the city's budget is "
constantly postponed ".
since fall
.
For these elected officials, this postponement reflects "
an inability of
Pierre Hurmic's team
to make its political and financial arbitrations
".
“
While the inflationary crisis is affecting all local authorities, we have been offering for several months, in responsibility, to participate in the construction of crisis budgetary orientations alongside the municipality
”, explains Nicolas Florian, former mayor of Bordeaux (Les Republicans) and president of Bordeaux Ensemble.
“
This constructive approach did not meet with the expected response and we regret that.
The municipality of Pierre Hurmic is now preparing to raise taxes to cope with the explosion of its operating costs, while many Bordeaux residents have already experienced an increase in the prices of most municipal public services.
»
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Ahead of the examination of the budget guidelines report, which should take place at the next city council, Bordeaux Ensemble is therefore proposing "
realistic budget guidelines
", which would allow, "
through management savings, to maintain the scope of public services and strengthen priority public policies without increasing taxes
”.
Five million savings in 2023
Regretting an "
explosion of debt
" which would reflect "
the lack of anticipation of the majority
", Bordeaux Ensemble proposes to achieve up to five million euros in savings in 2023: two million on general charges (services, supplies of equipment, receptions and miscellaneous expenses) and three million euros "
by containing the increase in personnel costs
".
The elected officials also propose, for an estimated saving of 50,000 euros per year, to abolish the equestrian brigade, which recently found its historic stables in Bruges, exemplifying Pierre Hurmic's desire to put "
more blue in the street
".
These management savings "
up to at least five million euros
" allow Bordeaux Ensemble to propose "
funded proposals to the municipal executive
" in terms of security, public tranquility and cleanliness.
The right-wing and center elected officials propose to allocate one million euros "
to finance the launch of an
anti-burglary plan
" and to set up "
a Marshall plan for cleanliness
", increasing by one million euros.
€ the allocation of compensation paid (currently 53 million), street cleaning being a metropolitan competence.
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Refusing for the moment to comment on a possible increase in taxes, the ecological municipality explains the postponement of the budget vote by arguing that "
the context of inflationary shock (particularly energy) and the expectation at the end of the year
of the finance law
have justified this budgetary calendar
”, recalling that local authorities have until April 15 to vote on their annual budget.
Bordeaux's budget guidelines report for 2023 should be examined during the city council on March 7.
The budget, meanwhile, will not be put to the vote until April 4, more than two months from now.
