It is in tune with the times ! Having the function of a modest elected representative and if possible zero carbon contributes to condemning the practices (privileges?) Of another era. The one where city councilors are necessarily very busy had a car with driver is over at Toulouse town hall. This is in any case, what learned, a little abruptly, the employees of the department concerned at the Capitol, to whom the human resources department explained, in recent days, that they should exercise their talent as drivers elsewhere and that their posts were abolished as of November 1. What the five drivers concerned find it difficult to swallow. “For some, they have been leading elected officials for almost 30 years and they are told overnight that they must be reclassified in other directions, protests a trade unionist. This is not a way of treating people ”… At the town hall, we advocate adaptation to circumstances and new political mores. “An internal study has shown that the uses of elected municipal officials in terms of transport have changed profoundly. They now favor the use of their own means of transport, in particular bicycles, public transport or municipal park vehicles made available to administration officials and elected officials of the community that they drive themselves, underlines Henri de Lagoutine, the elected representative in charge of personnel.

“The uses of elected municipal officials in terms of transport have changed dramatically” …

An exception remains however for the mayor Jean-Luc Moudenc. The reorganization launched nevertheless preserves the three drivers, two permanent positions and a third in support, in the event that… “ores and already of an individual support according to his wishes for career development and his personal situation”. With the concern, to adapt the working time of the agents and to save money. “Eight positions in line with their profiles were selected to allow them this reconversion”, we are assured and if none of these offers met their expectations, the next positions to be filled within the town hall or the metropolis will be theirs. will be offered ”. But switching from the wheel of a sedan to that of a sweeper is not necessarily to everyone’s taste.