“Financial adjustments”. Fans of public accounts (yes, there are some) will intuitively understand the adjustments voted by the Dordogne departmental councilors on Monday November 25. A translation is necessary for laymen: elected officials had to tighten the screw.
The equation imposed on them is basic, intelligible to a middle school student at the back of the class; on the one hand, compulsory expenditure which continues to increase, on the other, revenues at half mast, and even uncertain. “We are in a situation where we cannot do otherwise,” said the president of the community, Germinal Peiro, as a preamble to the debates.
The possible, the desirable
Then, one by one, the vice-presidents presented their proposed modifying decisions in their areas of expertise, recording a reduction in spending. Jumbled together: 217,000 euros in the operating section of the service encompassing culture, the departmental library and the archeology service; 641,000 euros in the college operating section, or even 55,500 euros in the sports service operating section.
The environment and sustainable development department will also have to deal with decreasing payment appropriations. Enough to prompt a comment from the rapporteur of the deliberation, Jean-Michel Sautreau: “We must compromise between what is possible and what is desirable. »
Departmental finances are always threatened by a sword of Damocles. It is brandished by Prime Minister Michel Barnier and it cuts through the air in a terrible battle, that of the finance bill. “I was at the Congress of the Departments of France and Michel Barnier made reassuring remarks,” Germinal Peiro insisted. He added: “Originally, we were talking about a levy of around 10.8 million euros. The Prime Minister told us it would be 'significantly lowered'. »
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