“Mr. Mayor, my question concerns your use of a company vehicle. » This Thursday, November 14, 2024 during a public session, opposition elected official Vincent Léglantier calls on the mayor of Sézanne. The latter borrowed a city car, without the approval of the municipal council. “How could you use this vehicle without the deliberation of the municipal council when the law requires it? »asks Vincent Léglantier.
“I had to use a city vehicle, due to lack of alternative means of transport, while waiting for my personal vehicle to be repaired. Indeed, despite the absence of a deliberation authorizing me to do so. It was urgent and exceptional.”answers Sacha Hewak.
“The only solution”
In an email exchange between the DGS and the opposition elected official, we learned that the mayor’s car was then ” broken-down “ and that she was “immobilized”. More “in the course of his duties”he could not stay “without means of transport”. The “the only solution that presented itself was to exceptionally use the municipal vehicle”writes the City agent.
Journeys to home, town hall, work
Sacha Hewak indicates having used this vehicle “occasionally between July 5 and 11” 2024. For what reasons? “I used this vehicle for trips between my home, the town hall and also as part of my duties as mayor and my workplace”he points out. “So for private travel? »retorts Vincent Léglantier. “If you consider it private, then yes, I went to my home”concludes the mayor, who specifies that the deliberation authorizing him to drive this municipal vehicle will be voted on at a future municipal council.
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