Saturday evening the traditional greeting ceremony was organized in the Entertainment room. The opportunity for the mayor, Edmond Gros, to discuss the year 2024 and then the projects planned for 2025.
“The year 2024 was marked by the enthusiasm triggered by the Olympic Games but it ends in general political confusion with a failed dissolution, censorship and a country without a budget. Fortunately, the municipalities are there to ensure the stability of the Republic”summed up the mayor.
A short film then allowed us to learn about the various works undertaken during the year (construction site on rue du Grand Faubourg, installation of games at the Jean Moulin school and at that of Recoules, energy renovation at the Jean Moulin school, restoration of the Monument to the Dead of Sévérac, installation of free notice boards in the communes, renovation of the paths of the castle cemetery, the staircase of the church of Saint-Grégoire, repair of the Romanesque fountain in the City Medieval, renovation of the roofs of the churches of Saint-Chély and Bousquet, restitution of the work on the Lavernhe village hall, repair of the walls of Buzareingues, the Lapanouse cemetery and the Moulin de la Calsade bridge, opening of the media library including the inauguration will take place on April 12, sanitation work on rue du Grand Faubourg, installation of castle windows, in particular).
Explanations before tackling projects for 2025
And Edmond Gros continues: “Before tackling the 2025 projects I would like to come back to an important decision taken by the municipal council this year. This is our refusal to accept the transfer of sanitation competence to the community of communes of Causses in Aubrac we have a well-managed sanitation service with moderate debt and we did not want to see the sanitation tax increased because of investments undertaken in other municipalities which until then had not intervened too much in it. This area, above all, we wanted to maintain our capacity to undertake The episode of non-potability of tap water, during the floods of October 7 and 8, clearly showed the effectiveness of decision-making power among citizens and. the interest of not transferring the water service to a distant structure”.
-As for the projects for 2025, they will focus on continuing the work inherent to the heritage (exterior joinery of the north facade of the castle, church of Saint-Grégoire, 3 fountains of Lavernhe), to (re) create an archaeological museum above of the castle kitchen where our collections will come back to life, to maintain and renovate the Jean Moulin and Recoules schools, to continue the road and network work, to begin work on the Puech des subdivision Rousses in order to have land available, to develop public spaces, to continue to modernize public lighting, to launch the Ventajou wind project and the Recoules photovoltaic project, currently blocked by the community of communes. Finally, the first stone of the bowling alley should be quickly laid.
In conclusion, Edmond Gros wished “thank the economic players, associations, municipal agents who all participate in the development of our commune. As for our action, it is a collective action without personal ambition with the aim of making Sévérac dynamic, attractive and creating a community where life is good and good. Finally, I would like to thank, on behalf of the entire population, Sylvie Castan, our General Director of Services who will very soon leave us for a well-deserved retirement after all these years working for it. collective interest and the good common. I wish you a long retirement to realize all your projects. Thank you again..
Everyone was then invited to share petits fours concocted by the volunteers of the CCSS cooking workshop and a glass of friendship.
