On Tuesday, April 14th, the community counselors of Clermontais elected the president of the CCC and eight vice-presidents. Gérard Bessière succeeds Claude Revel at the head of the inter-municipality.
After six years as a simple community counselor, Gérard Bessière gets his revenge. This Tuesday, April 14th, the mayor of Clermont was elected by the forty-five counselors of the Clermontais Com com, facing Patrick Jaurès, mayor of Mourèze, and Marina Bourrel, mayor of Brignac, a surprise candidate in this election.
“I will not behave like the mayor of Clermont”
In response to concerns from some mayors of small municipalities regarding a possible territorial imbalance in favor of the city center, the mayor of Clermont has managed to reassure and convince. “In inter-municipal communities, there is often a lack of trust from the least populated municipalities towards the most important in terms of population. Clermont, with 10,000 inhabitants, is the most populous in the Heart of Hérault. It was necessary to put an end to this feeling. I will not behave like the mayor of Clermont but like the president of all the communes in the inter-municipality,” promised Gérard Bessière, on Tuesday evening, a few minutes after his election.
Eight vice-presidents and two delegates
Following the presidency, eight vice-presidents were also elected. For now, their delegations are not yet known, but Olivier Brun (Fontès), Myriam Gairaud (Cabrières), Francis Bardeau (Nébian), Olivier Bernardi (Aspiran), Claude Valéro (Paulhan), Jean-Claude Lacroix (Ceyras), Bernard Coste (Octon) and Jean-Marie Sabatier, deputy mayor of Clermont, have been elected. In addition to these eight vice-presidents, two community counselors will be delegated to their colleagues: Gérald Valentini, mayor of Valmascle, and Sébastien Vaissade, municipal councilor in Liausson.
The installation council ended on April 14th around 8 pm, in the absence of the former president Claude Revel. The mayor of Canet, who had announced that he would not seek a second term, was replaced, for the start of this first council, by Christiane Fulcrand, elected in Canet and the dean of this assembly.
