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TERRITORIAL COUNCIL: Over €500.000 in unpaid bills subject to prefectural order | Faxinfo

September 22, 2026

TERRITORIAL COUNCIL: Over €500.000 in unpaid bills subject to prefectural order | Faxinfo
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Presented as mere information during the last CT, the mandates issued by the prefecture represent a total amount of €505.530 in unpaid billsPresident Louis Mussington limited himself to reading the wording of the prefectural decrees, without detailing the debts concerned.

Jules Charville questioned the executive branch about the fact that, despite several formal notices, the prefecture indicates that these are remained without follow-upDirector General Natacha Pétrine explained that The local authority regularly receives official payment orders., some companies going directly to the prefecture to obtain payment of their invoices.

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According to her, these procedures are notably linked to cash flow problems from the COM. “Payments are not made regularly,” she acknowledged, indicating that the Collectivity is working on a cash budget and recovery plan in order to streamline payments. Daniel Gibbs pointed out that the use of prefectural mandates comes after several payment requests and that their current number, “there have never been so many,” “reflects something.” Marie-Dominique Ramphort, for her part, noted the age of several debts, some dating back to 2025, 2024, 2023 and even the 2019 financial yearIn addition to this, there are the interest charges related to the delays, which increase the final cost to the community.

See also: https://www.faxinfo.fr/economie-factures-impayees-la-tension-monte-entre-entreprises-et-collectivite/

Source: https://faxinfo.fr/en/conseil-territorial-plus-de-500-000e-dimpayes-soumis-a-mandatement-prefectoral/

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