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During the evening review of the recovery plan of the departmental council of Tarn-et-Garonne, the president of the association of mayors of Tarn-et-Garonne (AMF 82), Bernard Pezous, invited his elected colleagues to join the motion of no confidence carried by his association at the national level.
“It’s not very formal, but the situation is serious.” It is with these words that the president of the Association of Mayors of Tarn-et-Garonne (AMF), Bernard Pezous, began his intervention on Thursday November 14, 2024, after the clear and precise presentation by the mayor of Valence-d 'Agen Jean-Michel Baylet of the progress update of the recovery plan initiated by the departmental council of Tarn-et-Garonne.
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The first councilor of La Salvetat-Belmontet actually looked serious when he “denounced the lie which accuses us, our local authorities, of increasing the debt”. Argument put forward by the government to justify a significant reduction in state funding for each community.
“The numbers are abysmal”
“The figures are abysmal, alarms Bernard Pezous. For Tarn-et-Garonne, all combined, it is almost 11 million euros. And all the local authorities are concerned, even if today, we do not know the reductions only for the Department, the city of Montauban and Greater Montauban, one day or another, this will act on our small communities”, alerted the president of the AMF, who associated his colleague with his speech. Fabienne Pern-Savignac, president of the Association of Rural Mayors of Tarn-et-Garonne (AMRF 82) and councilor of Montricoux.
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Bernard Pezous recalled that more than fifty million euros would be taken from the budget of the Region, a privileged partner with the Department for local matters.
“We refuse to be the adjustment variables”
Thus, a motion of no confidence was published by the AMF at the national level regarding the Finance Bill (PLF) 2025 and adapted at the departmental level to be sent to the prefect of Tarn-et-Garonne Vincent Roberti. “We refuse to be the government's adjustment variables, we will not accept the proposed measures,” it is written in the introduction to this motion.
“This motion will be brought in your name and handed over to the government after the Congress of Mayors. We must mark the occasion, the consequences are too serious,” concluded the president of AMF 82.
