If the principle of increasing the property tax rate was mentioned there, with a level of 5%, the final decision will only be put to the vote during a municipal council next April.
143 million investments
For Claude Olive, this budget will have been “the most complicated to develop since 2014 and has earned us a few sleepless nights”. To achieve a budget of 93,701,632 in real movements, with 61,886,119 euros in operation and 31,815,513 euros in the investment section.
“Our program provided for 143 million euros of investment, for an eco-innovative and united city, inflation included. We will not give it up,” he said. This did not exclude the search for savings – particularly in the field of energy consumption – and that of new recipes. Among them is the introduction of paid parking for the car parks bordering the beaches of Anglet and for non-Angloys, during the next summer season.
What criteria?
Sandrine Derville assured that she understood the difficulties in achieving this 2023 budget (she is in charge of that of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, of which she is vice-president). “But there is the setting aside of certain expenses and investment choices that we do not share”, declared the elected opposition member, who, following, raised the question of paid parking envisaged along the beaches. for the summer of 2023. She was surprised “at the precise financial entries in the budget, with 745,800 euros for the acquisition of parking meters and 84,600 euros for road improvements. »
Maintenance and security cost 2.5 million euros that we can no longer make the Angloys bear alone”
“On what criteria are you going to define who is Angloy and who is not? I am thinking of students who return to their parents for the summer and of seasonal workers. »
Debate over legality
She wanted details on the scope that would be affected and wondered about the legality of such a decision. She called, in conclusion, for a working group to be set up to define all of this. Sandra Pereira-Ostanel also pointed out that “the terms of paid parking were not clearly stated. »
“We can no longer make the Angloys alone bear the amount of 2.5 million euros that the maintenance and security of the beaches cost us”, answered Claude Olive, who admitted: “We are not yet wedged on the different rates, depending on whether you are in a commercial area or not. »
