On the eve of the deadline for its approval, the Metropolitan Council, after a long pause due to the electoral deadlines (the last session took place on March 11), examined and approved the administrative account for the year 2021, which was significantly impacted by the consequences of storm Alex and COVID-19.
In the absence of the new deputy Philippe Pradal, affected by COVID-19, it was the president of the Metropolis, Christian Estrosi, and the First Vice-President, Louis Nègre, who took charge.
According to the figures presented, the financial health of the community is confirmed, with a self-financing capacity of 93 million euros and a positive management result of 69.4 euros.
This has allowed – commented Christian Estrosi – “to reduce the debt burden by more than 110 million euros compared to 2022 while maintaining a stable pricing policy and unchanged tax rates.” This latter statement was partially contested – in the interest of precise accuracy – by the ecologist Jean-Christophe Picard, who reminded that the metropolitan tax established in 2018 provides an annual income of more than 60 million euros. The running mate of the Vardon group, Jean Mouchebeuf, in turn, acknowledged the good functioning of the intervention and territory safeguard plan for the valleys after the damages caused by storm Alex. In fact, 105 million euros were spent for this purpose, 140 million in total over two years (2020/2021).
In summary, the operating revenues of the Metropolis represent a little more than 1 billion euros against 913 million euros in expenses.
Another non-negligible consideration arises: the crises have caused net revenue losses with an impact of 77 million euros (business taxes, decrease in tourist visits, etc.).
