When it comes to allocating budget allocations, the climate tends to the elected officials of Fougères agglomeration. Example this Monday evening, at the community council back.
DSC, FDC or FCDGF this is not very sexy. And yet, behind these barbaric acronyms are the territorial solidarity between the communes of Fougères agglomeration said rather "rich" and those less well off.
For example, the Solidarity Endowment of the communes (DSC) corresponds to a part of the fiscal product of Fougères agglomeration that the community decides to pay back to the communes, according to various criteria: the population, the fiscal potential (what it touches), the fiscal pressure of taxpayers and the proximity to the city center.
Compensation
Ditto for the Municipal Development Fund (CDF) to promote investment. It is also subject to different criteria, but the municipalities of Javené, Fougeres, Lécousse and La Selle-en-Luitré are excluded. Finally, the Compensation Fund of the DGF (Comprehensive Operating Grant) has just made its appearance to compensate for the least perceived of some municipalities that have been judged, virtually, richer by integrating the agglomeration. In total, it's more than a million euros to share.
" It's my opinion and I share it "
But inevitably, when it comes to cutting the cake, everyone has fangs.
In this area, André Philipot, the mayor of Laignelet, has a hard tooth. He believes, for example, that distance "is not a good criterion. The inhabitants of Louvigné do not go to get their wand in Fougeres. Solidarity is only on a few communes. " And the elected to criticize the policy " planning " of President Bernard Marboeuf.
The vice-president of finance, Louis Feuvrier, then rose to the plate to recall, with pedagogy, "that before, there was only one criterion leading to a concentration of endowments. The introduction of several criteria avoids these distortions and reflects the desire for solidarity. "
Bernard Marboeuf did not fail to give a layer. "We put a million euros on the table and I hear that we do not make land use planning. How much does Laignelet pay for the Development Fund ? € 56,000, the largest amount among the 29 eligible municipalities. "We can question these endowments every year. But I can not let it be said that there is no solidarity policy. "
"The milk cow of the communes? "
As for the additional € 300,000 collected by the agglomeration as part of the territorial reform, the community has decided to redistribute them to 90% to municipalities that have been the most affected, individually, by the redistribution of the DGF by the State, in 2018.
Jean-François Garnier, community councilor of Fougères, fears to see the situation recur in 2019 with a distribution "unequal and arbitrary. Are we a project community, or - and this is a bit provocative - the cash cow of the communes ? "
Bernard Marboeuf, who does not want to be a "agitator of the territories" , plans to "overhaul" the local taxation.
In particular on the built land of businesses and the development tax. "I hope we have strong progress on the 2019 budget."
So that beyond solidarity, Fougères agglo can be a territory of projects.