As usual upstream of the municipal council, the mayor of Dijon, François Rebsamen, held a press conference at the town hall. The opportunity for him to speak on some points on the agenda.

During his remarks, he indicated that the employees of the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) should be welcomed at the start of the 2022 school year in Dijon. While waiting for the Bouchu d’Esterno hotel to be rehabilitated to accommodate the organization (delivery expected for April 2024, the year of the OIV’s centenary), two provisional solutions are proposed: “We will see if they accept”. mayor. “The K-Rei group – which markets the premises of the Cité de la gastronomie et du vin, nldr – offers temporary spaces in the CIGV. The Sigma tower (near the station) can also accommodate them. “

Exhibition center: “the Fair did not go very well”

Regarding the initial 2022 budget, François Deseille, deputy in charge of finance, indicated that the municipal tax rates would be stable, for “the sixth consecutive year”. “Around 40 M € will be invested next year, and the city’s debt has never been so low since 1993.”

Finally, the mayor indicated that he would withdraw from the debates the report concerning the project to renew the public service delegation for the management of the Exhibition and Congress Center of the City of Dijon. “We will do it next time. Some elements are still missing, and the Fair did not go very well. This is the first time in the history of the event that the mayor of Dijon has not inaugurated the Fair. For the hundredth, it should be noted … Yet the Fair of Dijon, it is the City which owns the title. I indicate it because one could believe that it is the delegatee. But I didn’t see myself on the invitation card. I say it like that. I was on the Dijon Métropole stand in the afternoon. “