Article L2541-6 of the French General Code of Local Authorities
November 7, 2023
At each of its meetings, the Town Council appoints its secretary.
At each of its meetings, the Town Council appoints its secretary.
The mayor may prescribe that municipal officials attend the meetings.
With a view to preparatory discussion of certain matters within its remit and preparation of its decisions, the Town Council may elect special committees. The mayor chairs them. He may delegate a deputy or a member of the Town Council for this purpose. Resolutions are passed by a majority vote; in the event of a tie, the chairman has the casting vote.
Any town councillor who, without sufficient excuse, has missed three successive council meetings, or who has repeatedly disturbed the peace without heeding the chairman’s warnings, may, by decision of the meeting, be excluded from the town council for a specified time or for the entire duration of his term of office.
Any member of the Town Council who, without excuse, has missed five consecutive meetings ceases to be a member of the Town Council. The fact that a member has missed five consecutive meetings without excuse is recorded by an entry in the register intended to receive the minutes of the municipal council.
The opposition against the decision of the town council referred to in article L. 2541-9 and against the finding referred to in Article L. 2541-10 is brought before the administrative court within ten days of the date on which the contested decision was taken or the finding recorded in the minutes. The objection may only be lodged by the municipal councillors directly concerned. It is judged by way of full…
The municipal council deliberates in particular on the following matters: 1° The creation and abolition of permanent communal jobs in the communal administration; 2° The allocation of retirement pensions to municipal employees covered by communal pension funds; 3° The creation of communal services, bodies and establishments ; 4° The acquisition, alienation and pledging of communal property, the constitution and cancellation of real estate rights, the insurance of communal buildings against…
The municipal council audits the accounts for the last financial year and, if it so decides, in the presence of the municipal collector. It establishes whether the expenditure mandates ordered by the mayor are regular and whether the revenue vouchers are complete. The mayor may attend the municipal council’s deliberations, but is required to withdraw before the vote. The municipal collector does not attend the vote.
The town council is called upon to give its opinion on matters which, for this purpose, are referred to it by law or by the State representative in the department. It must give its opinion: 1° On the delimitation of the districts of recognised religions, insofar as these districts concern the territory of the commune or part of this territory; 2° On draft budgets, as well as on the accounts…
The Town Council has the right to ensure that its decisions are implemented. To this end, it may require the mayor to submit documents and accounts to it.
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