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The elected officials of Andelys (Your) met again on Tuesday evening after three months of summer break within the municipal council.

Frédéric DuchéMayor Horizons, opened the back-to-school session by announcing the resignation of Manuela Gimenez. It has been several months since the councilor from the “Les Andelys Bleu Marine” list was no longer in office.

As for Anaïs Daubentonas Frédéric Duché recalled, “we have never seen her. »

Overcome a communication deficit

We had to wait until the tenth of the twelve deliberations on the agenda to see the opposition “Les Andelys ensemble” and its socialist leader Martine Seguela step up to the plate.

The deliberation in question concerned the creation of a cabinet colleague position. The mayor explains:

“The community has changed profoundly over the past ten years with a reorganization. The general director of services has added the services of a deputy general director, who covered the communications department and who now covers all services to the population of the community. We have the know-how, but there is still work to be done in terms of spreading the word. When the Andelysians tell me that they are not aware of the health center project, the Silk or the Levant towers, it is because there is a communication deficit. »

A shared position with the agglomeration

Frédéric Duché then indicated the reasons for recruiting a cabinet colleague, who corresponds to executive category A.

“It turns out that the person identified will be shared between the City of Andelys at 60% and Seine Normandie Agglomération at 40% in a position of deputy director of the cabinet with a mission on monitoring the municipalities in connection with the service assigned to the municipalities . The employee in question was the former director of communications for the urban area who left for the city of Mantes-la-Jolie. To be able to attract her, it was more interesting to move from a position of communications director to that of cabinet colleague within the two communities. »

Where Frédéric Duché sees it as a simple reorganization, Martine Seguela denounces a political coup.

“In a year and a half, there will be the municipal elections and you suddenly need a cabinet colleague to help the mayor in his task and do communication. Know that we are not fooled by this sudden choice, especially after the defeat suffered by the mayor in this city in the legislative elections. »

“Additional operating costs”

She then detailed the four reasons which push her and her three running mates (François Vauthrin, Jean-Patrick Hourcastagnou et Aïssata Baabsent) to vote against this recruitment.

• 1st reason: “We refuse to commit the city's finances, our taxes, to this very political position, intended to promote the mayor's policies. »
• 2nd reason: “While you keep telling us that the budget of this city is constrained, that there is no money, you decide to recruit a person whose high salary will represent an additional expense of €60,000 at the bottom word per year. »
• 3rd reason: “This recruitment in no way meets what the Andelysians are asking for. And if you have 60,000 euros to put into jobs, let them be put into green spaces, social reception, cleanliness of the city, security, schools, culture. »
• 4th reason: “The Andelysians will pay twice. Once 60% of the salary as a resident of Andelys and another with the agglomeration the share of the remaining 40%. It is therefore double punishment for a post that is useless to fellow citizens. »

The municipal councilor ended her remarks by addressing her colleagues in the majority: “To vote for this position is to disregard the commitment made to the citizens of this city to care about them. »

The mayor wants to bring back the strategy

The mayor then spoke again and clarified:

“I did not need to ask the city council to deliberate on hiring this person. Concerning the cleanliness of the city, we have recruited two additional agents, former employees of Holophane. I make organizational choices and I have to put in a bit of strategy. This requires category A people. It is your right to vote against this recruitment. But we make thoughtful choices, whether in operation or in investment. »

In any case, the new cabinet colleague took up her duties on Monday October 7.

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