2023-07-11 20:05:34
The Bordeaux City Council scrutinized the activity report of the private company Géraud, the operator of the Capuchin market, this Tuesday, July 11, and the least we can say is that the situation does not never seemed so degraded. Not so much at the financial level, since Géraud posted a very positive net margin and a cumulative result over the entire period of the contract (2008…
The Bordeaux City Council scrutinized the activity report of the private company Géraud, the operator of the Capuchin market, this Tuesday, July 11, and the least we can say is that the situation does not never seemed so degraded. Not so much at the financial level, since Géraud has a very positive net margin and a cumulative result over the entire period of the contract (2008-2028) “very much higher than forecast”. What is wrong are the relationships with merchants and the quality of the service provided.
Géraud “does not respect his contractual obligations”, affirms the mayor Pierre Hurmic. For example, he did not provide elected officials with either a detailed income statement, or accounting balance between 2019 and 2021, or the elements making it possible to certify the financial situation. There is more serious, according to elected Renaissance (ex-LREM), who toured traders this week. “They are on their own with the operator, there are problems with cleanliness, maintenance, safety… The operator does not respect its commitments in terms of entertainment, attendance has been falling for three years”, list Aziz Skalli. The height: this Tuesday, the elected officials had to vote an increase of 11% of the rent paid by the traders. The town hall withdrew the deliberation in extremis.
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“A damning document”
For LR Nicolas Florian, mayor of Bordeaux following the departure of Alain Juppé, the activity report is “a damning document” which must push the majority to break with Géraud. “Lack of transparency from the concessionaire, default in contractual obligations. On works, entertainment, cleanliness, prices, waste… the account is not there. This has been going on for too long, we must act! Florian urges the majority to find ways to break the concession contract. “If you do that, we will support you,” he says.
“It’s a shaky contract in favor of Géraud, there was total impunity while the offenses multiplied! »
Pierre Hurmic and Fannie Le Boulanger remind him dryly that this contract was signed by his political mentor and that it is practically impossible to get out of it, except to commit the municipality to costly compensation. “This contract commits us to 20 years, it is totally unbalanced to the detriment of the community, we can say thank you to the previous majority! “, quips the chosen one. Pierre Hurmic drives the point home: “It’s a shaky contract clearly in favor of Géraud, there was total impunity at the start while the offenses multiplied! Why for years have you done no reviews? »
“A flawed contract”
The mayor must go there to meet the traders next week. But the majority seem disarmed in the face of the operator. Like Alain Juppé in 2017: alerted by a former executive of Géraud, he had seized the public prosecutor and the competition authority because of suspicions regarding the legality of the contract signed ten years earlier. By the very admission of his successor Nicolas Florian, “nothing has happened since”.
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