In Coubron, in Seine-Saint-Denis, UDI mayor Ludovic Toro is worried.
He regrets the significant drop in the overall operating grant (DGF) in his city, the least populated in the department.
He wrote to the President of the Republic, to the ministers, to the prefect and to the association of mayors of France to alert them to the subject, reports
Le Parisien
.
To talk about this problem, he did not hesitate to turn off the light during the last municipal council to light up with candles.
A symbolic action, seen as a "call for help" for the city councilor.
In Courbon, the DGF per inhabitant amounts to 68 euros, against an average of 245 euros in the department.
The projects must therefore be financed by the regional council of Île-de-France and the Métropole du Grand Paris, on which it sits.
The concern of the elected is growing in the face of rising energy prices.
For electricity, he expects an increase of 27% to 132%, i.e. a bill which could go from 279,000 euros in 2022 to a sum between 354,330 and 647,280 euros.
It would then be necessary to light the candle.
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