The Public Cleansing service

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The public cleansing is insured:

• Daily: water cleansing or street and pavement sweeping, draining of the urban baskets, removal of the secret deposits, the cleaning out of sewers, the maintenance of dog toilets and removal of tags and graffiti
• Periodical: washing of streets, restoration of the public place during markets, events and other public demonstrations
• Seasonal works: collection of dead leaves, selective weedings, manuring of salt in case of frost and annual organization of the the feast of sacrifice (Aïd al-Adha or Aïd al-Kabïr).

To manage all these missions, the City has a Service of 270 agents. The majority are roadsweepers, distributed in 14 sections. About twenty corporals supervise them on the ground.

Mediators Cleanliness

The Cleansing service also consists of mediators. Their mission:

• Manage the complaints received via the free number 0800 901 07
• Establish an interface between the Cleansing service and the inhabitants

Cleanliness and district contracts

In zones benefiting from a district contract, the City engages henceforth supplementary roadsweepers but also coordinators who develop initiatives in cleanliness. They play the role which hold the mediators on all the territory of the City.

Sworn agents

Corporals, mediators and coordinators of Cleanliness are also sworn agents, authorized to raise taxes on the uncivic behavior in public cleansing.