Mayors and former municipal councils of Vierville

During his fifth term, Jean-Marie Oxéant submitted his resignation to the Prefect of Calvados at the beginning of December. A letter received on the 13th of the month authorized him to leave office without waiting for the 2014 municipal elections. However, he remains a municipal councillor and president of the intermunicipal drinking water supply syndicate.

A native of Vierville-sur-Mer, like his parents and maternal grandparents, he knows the town well, which the article then describes as a territory of 641 hectares with 241 inhabitants. He joined the city council in 1977. The cut presents him as the first deputy from 1979, after the death of François de Bellaigue and the accession of Michel Hardelay to the mayor, then as mayor from 1983.

His decision is part of a personal and collective reflection initiated since his re-election in 2008. After four terms, he was already feeling a certain weariness, without wanting to lose interest in communal affairs. He had therefore agreed to commit himself one last time as mayor, but probably not for the entire term.

He had set himself several objectives: to help a team of eleven councilors, including six new ones, to invest in the municipality and the intermunicipal bodies; to conduct the revision of the land use plan, which has become a local urban planning plan; and to complete the sale of the four parcels of the municipal subdivision in order to welcome families living all year round. The compromise for the sale of the last land was signed the previous fall.

The redevelopment of the seafront and access to the beach was also close to his heart. The studies and plans had been finalized. The project had been taken over by the intermunicipality to obtain more favorable financing than those accessible to a single municipality. Jean-Marie Oxéant hoped to see the work completed by 2014 and thus restore more solemnity to this whole.

Another reflection concerned the town hall: it had to be made accessible to the public, more convenient and more versatile. An architect was studying several possibilities, but no solution had yet been achieved.

Always motivated, Jean-Marie Oxéant nevertheless believed that after five mandates a certain loss of dynamism justified preparing and anticipating the relay. He recalled that he had devoted half of his life to the office of mayor and considered his essential objectives to be achieved. He also highlighted the presence of recognized skills within the council.

After thirty-five years as a municipal elected representative, including twenty-nine as mayor, he thanked the people who had worked with him in the collective interest and sent his best wishes for success to his successor. At the time of the article, the entire municipal council was due to meet at the end of January to elect the new mayor.

During his fifth term, Jean-Marie Oxéant submitted his resignation as mayor of Vierville-sur-Mer to the Prefect of Calvados at the beginning of December. A letter received on the 13th authorized him to leave this function without waiting for the 2014 municipal renewal.

Originally from Vierville-sur-Mer, like his parents and maternal grandparents, he had known this commune for a long time, presented in the article as a territory of 641 hectares with 241 inhabitants. He joined the city council in 1977. The cut indicates that he had become first deputy in 1979, following the death of Mayor François de Bellaigue and the accession of Michel Hardelay to mayor, then that he had been elected mayor in 1983.

He explained his decision through a personal and collective reflection, initiated from his last re-election. In 2008, after four terms, he was already feeling a certain weariness. Still interested in municipal affairs, he had agreed to run one last time, while considering not going to the end of the mandate.

He had then set himself several objectives: to accompany a municipal team of eleven members, including six new elected officials, and help them take their place in the municipality and in the intermunicipal bodies; lead the transition from the Land Use Plan to the Local Urban Planning Plan; finally, complete the sale of the four parcels of the municipal subdivision in order to promote the installation of families living in Vierville all year round. The compromise for the sale of the last land was signed the previous fall.

The redevelopment of the seafront and access to the beach was also close to his heart. The study and plans had been finalized. The file had been taken over by the intermunicipality to seek more favorable financing than those accessible to municipalities alone. He hoped that the work would be completed by 2014 and believed that this project would restore more serenity to the entire waterfront.

Another project of reflection concerned the town hall: making it accessible to the public, more convenient and more versatile. An architect had been asked to study the feasibility of different projects, with no results at the time of the article.

Jean-Marie Oxéant said he remained motivated, but considered it legitimate to pass the hand after having devoted a large part of his life to the town hall. He considered that a long-held function could lose its dynamism and that it was preferable to anticipate succession. The skills acquired in thirty-five years of communal life seemed to him transmissible to his successor.

After thirty-five years as a municipal elected representative, including twenty-nine as mayor, he thanked the people who had worked with him in the collective interest and wished success to the one who would succeed him. He retained his seat as a municipal councillor and the presidency of the Syndicat intercommunal d'adduction en water potable. A Council, remaining complete, was to meet at the end of January to elect the new mayor.