Subsection 3: Relations between public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status and their member municipalities

I. - After each general renewal of the municipal councils or an operation provided for in articles L. 5211-5-1 A or L. 5211-41-3, the president of the public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax system places on the agenda of the deliberative body:

1° A debate and deliberation on the drafting of a governance pact between the communes and the public establishment;

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2° A debate and deliberation on the conditions and procedures for consulting the development council provided for in article L. 5211-10-1 and for involving the population in the design, implementation or evaluation of the public establishment's policies. If the deliberative body decides to draw up the governance pact referred to in 1° of this I, it adopts it within nine months of the general renewal or the operation referred to in the first paragraph of this I, after receiving the opinion of the municipal councils of the member municipalities within two months of transmission of the draft pact.

II. II - The governance pact may provide for:

1° The conditions under which the provisions of Article L. 5211-57 will be implemented;

>The conditions under which the executive committee of the local authority will be responsible for the implementation of the provisions of Article L. 5211-57. 2° The conditions under which the bureau of the public establishment for cooperation between local authorities with their own tax system may propose to convene the conference of mayors to give its opinion on matters of community interest;

4° The creation of specialised committees involving the mayors. The pact then determines their organisation, operation and tasks. Where applicable, the pact sets out the operating procedures for the committees provided for in article L. 5211-40-1;

5° The creation of territorial conferences of mayors, based on geographical areas and areas of responsibility that it determines. The territorial conferences of mayors may be consulted during the development and implementation of the policies of the public inter-municipal cooperation body with its own tax status. The operating procedures of the territorial conferences of mayors are determined by the internal rules of procedure of the deliberative body of the public establishment;

6° The conditions under which the president of the public body may delegate to the mayor of a member municipality the commitment of certain routine maintenance expenses for community infrastructures or buildings. In this case, the pact also lays down the conditions under which the mayor has functional authority over the services of the public establishment, within the framework of an agreement for the provision of services;

> The guidelines for mutualisation of services and the conditions under which the mayor has functional authority over the services of the public establishment. 7° The guidelines for the pooling of services between the services of the public body and those of the member municipalities in order to ensure better organisation of services;

8° The objectives to be pursued in terms of equal representation of women and men on the governance bodies and committees of the public body;

III. III - Amendments to the pact follow the same procedure as its drafting.