This large city of Yvelines will not increase its rates for the 14th year!

“It is planned to maintain the tax rate for 2025.” Here is a sentence that will very please the inhabitants of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Yvelines). Pronounced by Maurice Solignac, the deputy mayor in charge of finances, on the occasion of the Budgetary Orientation Report (Rob), it reinforces what now appears to be a specificity of the municipality.

Indeed, if this decision is confirmed during the budget vote to take place in February, Saint-Germain-en-Laye will not increase its taxes locales for the 14^e consecutive year. This concerns the property tax on undeveloped properties (TFPNB) and the housing tax on second homes.

A lower tax burden of 36%

Other figures given by Maurice Solignac show the rigor of the budgetary exercise. For example, the tax burden is €487 per inhabitants when it is, on average, €756 in towns in the same stratum (20,000 to 50,000 inhabitants), i.e. a difference of 36%.

During this Rob, the elected official mentioned the other major operating revenues on which the City relies to build its budget.

“There is parking revenue, you know that these are an important part of revenue, but we are maintaining free parking on the surface and in the château center parking,” assured Maurice Solignac.

“The compensation allocations, what we receive in return for professional taxation from the agglomeration community will be maintained… And for the overall operating allocation, we are basing ourselves for the 2025 budget on a very slight decrease . »

Maurice Solignac took the opportunity to underline that in 10 years, this overall operating grant, paid by the State, had increased from €9.50 million to €5 million (2024). For 2025, the City is banking on a budget of €4,930,000.

Still in revenue, the City constructed its budget with an estimate of an amount of transfer rights down slightly to €3.50 million.

“So the total amount of these revenues translates into a slight decrease of 0.6%. It's important to remember this number. »

Operating expenses down 0.1%

Concerning operating expenses, Maurice Solignac indicated, something rare enough to be underlined, that they could be “in slight decrease of 0.1% ».

In detail, the payroll should record a “very slight increase” and subsidies to associations should be maintained.

“Financial costs will increase. Because, when we take out a loan, inevitably, and knowing that we had almost nothing in terms of loan, we are necessarily increasing at this level on financial charges, explained the finance assistant. »

“It is an order of magnitude of €250,000 to be expected for the year 2025. And as for current expenses, that is to say all other expenses, apart from the payroll, they are expected to decrease slightly. »

Another interesting indicator, after revenues and expenditures, concerns investments.

€38.70 million in investments

For 2025, the Commune is adopting a policy “very sustained » in this area with an amount of nearly €38.70 million, including €31 million on the main budget and the rest on ancillary budgets (hospital district, commercial premises, Lisière Pereire and Plaine de la Garenne). This would represent almost €839 per inhabitant.

These investments will mainly concern the rapidly increasing work on the Cœur des sources and Clos Saint-Louis (hospital district) projects.

But how does the City intend to finance this €31 million planned in the main budget? The greater part should be provided by theself-financing(11.30 M€) and l'emprunt (10.40 M€).

A loan of €8 million

“In 2025, depending on the real estate market, a bullet type loan could be mobilized from the City's main budget. At the BP 2025 stage, a balance loan will be registered pending the 2024 result, the notification of subsidies and the completion of transfers. »

This loan could reach €8 million. The outstanding consolidated debt would remain contained at €217 per inhabitant compared to, on average, €976 in cities in the same stratum. With the debt linked to the ancillary budgets, the amount would increase for the Saint-Germanois to €357 per inhabitant

To ensure the financing of its investments planned in its main budget, Saint-Germain-en-Laye also relies on the Value Added Tax Compensation Fund (€4.5 million), depreciation (€2.8 million). €), subsidies (€1.7 million) and finally the development tax (€800,000).

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