Unanimous support of the city council at the first budget Jura version

“The first Jura budget for the rest of Moutier’s life.” This is how the PSA qualified the 2026 budget of the municipality. Furthermore, while inviting the provosts to support it with enthusiasm this fall, in popular vote.
Because if this budget is largely in deficit (up to more than 900,000 fr. In addition, Remember), it remains balanced in its effects. However, “The decision to fix the tax quota at 2.3 (Editor’s note: a value that may seem enormous compared to the current quota of 1.94. For example, but the Bernese and Jurassic daily newspapers are not comparable, insisted the municipal council) will not only allow the majority of households in the city to benefit from tax relief, but also to limit the deficit to a still bearable scale for our finances The hour a fortune of 2.62 million francs on the balance sheet, “insisted unanimous support city council first the city councilor in charge of the file, Pascal Eschmann.
At the gallery. However, the latter pointed out some of the many differences in calculation and financing between the Bernese and Jura systems, whether in terms of transport, taxation or even schooling. “If our fortune allows us to see coming, we will nevertheless have to remain vigilant with regard to expenses. Besides. the measures adopted with a view to reconstructing our fortune – such as the re -evaluation of positions at each departure and a linear reduction of 4% of operating expenses – remain valid,” warned Pascal Eschmann.
Not perfect
“Perhaps this budget is not perfect. It has many uncertainties. But it is only a budget. that we can still try to get ahead of balance,” insisted the city councilor Roland Piquez (the center).
Before arriving there. however, the document will have to be accepted by the citizens of Moutier, during a vote by unanimous support city council first the ballot boxes. This should also take place on October 19. at the same time as the Jura elections, and not at the end of September, as initially envisaged. “The rules. especially in matters of correspondence voting, are not the same in the canton of the Jura as in that of Bern. We could therefore not organize a ballot on September 28 according to Jura standards. while in parallel a federal vote governed by the Berne rules. We therefore opted for October 19, date on which citizens will also vote on the organizational regulations.”
Note also that this 2026 budget with Jura sauce also includes a 0.5% increase for wages of the city staff and authorities, also increased unanimously yesterday. Finally, remember that a return to a non -deficit budget is scheduled for 2030.