Question 16433 — territorial civil service

Summary

Ms. Pauline Cestrières draws the attention of the Minister of Action and Public Accounts to the adequacy between the responsibilities exercised by town hall secretaries and their statutory position within the territorial public service. Law No. 2023-1380 of December 30, 2023 aimed at upgrading the profession of town hall secretary constituted an important step forward for the recognition of this essential function for life. municipalities. In particular, it created new avenues for internal promotion and established a temporary requalification system allowing certain agents to access category B. However, many local elected officials question the adequacy between the level of responsibilities actually exercised by town hall general secretaries and their statutory positioning. In many municipalities, particularly in rural areas, these agents ensure budget preparation and execution, accounting monitoring, human resources management, public procurement, town planning, the preparation of administrative acts as well as the legal security of the decisions of the local executive. These responsibilities have been considerably strengthened in recent decades as a result of the increasing complexity of the standards applicable to communities. territorial and the reduction in engineering capacities available to small municipalities. In fact, town hall general secretaries frequently constitute the main, or even the only, administrative executive of the community. They support mayors in the daily conduct of municipal affairs and contribute directly to the continuity and legal security of the local public service. These concerns find a growing echo among the professionals concerned, as evidenced by the recent organization of the first national Congress of town hall secretaries, devoted to the issues of attractiveness, recognition and development of this profession essential to the life of municipalities. In a context marked by persistent recruitment difficulties, by the aging of the workforce and by growing expectations with regard to local authorities, the attractiveness of this function appears more than ever decisive for the future of rural municipalities. Also, she asks him what analysis the Government is carrying out on the adequacy between the missions currently entrusted to town hall general secretaries and their statutory positioning, what reasons led to making category B the main reference level of the revaluation system established by the law of December 30, 2023 and considers that this statutory framework now makes it possible to fully take into account the level of responsibilities actually exercised by these agents, particularly in rural municipalities, as well as the attractiveness and recruitment needs faced by local authorities.

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