Jean Milési, who has been elected seven times as mayor of Mélagues and twice as councilor of the department (with the office of vice-president), deplores the development of the Monts Rance and Rougier intermediate communities.
He is a man with experience in public affairs, with seven mandates as mayor of Mélagues and two mandates as councilor-general of Aveyron, where he was one of the vice-presidents. Jean Milési asserts his candor. The eight-year-old has decided to surrender and will not stand again at the next election. The development of Monts Rance and Rougier intercommunality does not please him.
“In 2017, the state forced us to join together. We were not ready. We lost 6 years to get up to the bureaucratic level… The community of Monts Rance and Rougier communes was created from 23 communes in the former cantons of Belmont, Camarès and Saint Sernin with Montlaur in addition replaced SIVOM and SIVU These structures corresponded better to the needs of the municipalities and territories.
“Commonly elected officials do not have a global vision”
For the mayor of Mélagues “Jointly elected representatives do not have a global vision. The majority try to work for their small homeland.” And to cite the example “the Brusque EPHAD, which should close within two years because it no longer meets the standards. Com com refused to participate in the renovation of the establishment. The only proposed solution is to share the 18 beds between Camarès, St. Sernin and Belmont It will cost twice as much as if we had tried to develop the Saint-Thomas boarding school belonging to the town hall in Brusque.
He points to another problem: “The community of municipalities is in financial difficulties. There have been many hirings of administrative agents. There is a waste of money. Besides the chairman, there are many vice-chairmen who are all paid… When I was chairman of SIVOM, I did not ask for anything. ” The elected official admits that he has not attended meetings for several months and has been replaced by his deputy. “There are things that no longer work. We don’t have a community spirit. There is no structuring problem. There is disinterest on the part of a certain number of elected officials who show indifference and irresponsibility without real debates in the assembly. , only two or three people spoke. “
Monts Rance and Rougier society in numbers
Grouping of 23 municipalities: 37 elected representatives, including 1 president and 9 vice-presidents: 1 representative per municipality except Camarès (6) Belmont (6) Montlaur (3) St. Sernin (3): 7 administrative agents, 27 technical agents. Operating budget: 7 million euros. Funding is provided by: State subsidies, household and business taxation and taxes on renewable energy. For example: 630 kilometers of road to maintain, or 100 meters of road per inhabitant. Costs for waste treatment: DKK 1 million. EUR.
Monique Aliès, president of the municipalities of Monts Rance and Rougier, admits this. “We have less time to spend in the municipalities on small jobs because we have more competences in tourism, social affairs, economy, housing… On the other hand, we are present at road level, which takes us a lot of time.” Regarding the economic aspect, Monique Aliès, the elected representative, wants to be reassuring. “Com Com is not in financial difficulties”. She wants to clarify the subject for Brusque’s EPHAD. “It was too heavy to finance and not within the competence of the community for a structure managed by a private association.”
As for the lack of a structuring project, the chairman would like to point that out “Com Com is the main contractor for the project to build equipment in Sylvanès Abbey and a MAM (nursing home) in Belmont.” Cyrille Urrusty, director of services, states on his side “constantly seeks cost control in a difficult context.” A way to highlight the limits of the system.
