[0:09] Welcome to the special meeting

[0:10] of the municipal council of

[0:13] Monday, December the 16th. And

[0:17] now, the clerk will tell us the

[0:20] agenda.

[0:35] >> Could you say in your mic?

[0:39] >> Seconded.

[0:40] >> Okay. All in favour? All

[0:45] right. I think I'm going to

[0:47] reverse the question period

[0:48] because I think the presentation

[0:52] -- for the question period.

[1:21] [Speaking French]

[1:36] >> I will try to answer your

[1:39] question in my capacities. Your

[1:41] questions are related to the

[1:42] three-year capital expenditure

[1:45] program. So the first question

[1:47] is related to the anticipated

[1:50] amount that is expected to be

[1:52] borrowed or finance. For 2020,

[1:55] five we have a pretty good idea

[1:57] for the years and the amount

[1:58] that is expected to be borrowed

[2:01] depends on the approved contract

[2:02] by Council the moment of their

[2:05] realization. Available grants to

[2:07] be confirmed and available

[2:09] financial sources such as

[2:11] reserves. Your second question,

[2:14] a little related, is taking into

[2:16] account principal repayment or

[2:18] other debt retirement. What is

[2:21] the expected net increase and

[2:23] long term debt and this year? We

[2:25] will need to carry by the end of

[2:27] year 2027. Similar to the first

[2:29] answer, to your first question,

[2:32] the increase of the debt always

[2:34] depends of the available grants

[2:36] and the moment we borrow to

[2:37] finance the projects. Like I

[2:39] said, it's in the presentation.

[2:41] We will pay around $2 million a

[2:42] year in capital interests in our

[2:47] budget. Question number three,

[2:49] what is the projected tax

[2:51] increase for the average

[2:52] Beaconsfield household? That

[2:53] would be required to -- find the

[2:58] additional debt. We will find

[2:59] out if we have additional data

[3:00] after 2025. And also, it depends

[3:03] to some extent on the above

[3:05] answers as well. But operational

[3:08] cost of services and means to

[3:11] finance those costs other than

[3:15] taxation. And your fourth

[3:17] question is related to the why

[3:21] we do not put in the item in

[3:24] details in the capital

[3:25] expenditure programs. The reason

[3:28] is that we want to, we do this

[3:32] since 2018 where the decision

[3:34] does not provide more details.

[3:38] The City will provide more

[3:41] details after the approval of

[3:42] the CP in the -- in a way to

[3:44] maintain a healthy competition

[3:46] amongst bidders during the

[3:48] bidding process. We want to

[3:50] avoid giving those specific

[3:53] numbers during the adoption of

[3:54] the capital program. I believe

[3:57] that solves all the answers,

[3:59] Mister Mayor.

[4:00] >> Thank you, Mr. Boileau. And,

[4:03] now are there any questions on

[4:06] the budget from the floor,

[4:08] strictly on the budget?.

[4:13] >> Or capital programs.

[4:18] >> I knew so box.

[4:19] >> It's a special meeting, it's

[4:21] on the budget. We will have a

[4:24] regular meeting after.

[4:25] >> Totally on the budget. I was

[4:28] a good girl and watched my

[4:29] homework today. I watched the

[4:30] video and analyzed it and I went

[4:32] through all of the information

[4:34] because I always say everybody,

[4:37] democracy is very important. And

[4:38] it is. It starts here in the

[4:39] municipal area. If any of my

[4:42] questions -- I'm new to this. I

[4:44] usually do patient advocacy and

[4:46] other stuff. Just before we

[4:51] start --

[4:52] >> Could you give your name and

[4:54] your --

[4:56] >> Cheryl and Simon O on Sussex

[4:58] Drive. For the tax increases and

[5:00] the justification of the 3.28

[5:02] tax increase, I understand what

[5:04] was just said. And I understand

[5:06] that the inflation in the

[5:09] agglomeration costs are being

[5:10] cited as part of the

[5:14] justification. But I think he

[5:15] answered this in the time

[5:17] coming, we will see more

[5:18] detailed breakdown of what that

[5:22] -- what those increases mean to

[5:25] us. Oops, I lost my page. One

[5:29] second. Basically, it will be

[5:33] interesting to see the details

[5:34] for the breakdown for those

[5:36] increases. And I was also paying

[5:39] attention to mitigation plans

[5:41] for vulnerable populations and

[5:43] senior citizens on a fixed

[5:45] income. So I will be looking

[5:47] forward to hearing how we will

[5:49] help them out with taking into

[5:52] account the increases in the

[5:54] taxes. And of course, my big

[5:56] concern is the Public Security

[5:58] budget, the increase of public

[6:00] security spending. And you know

[6:03] this is an area of deep concern

[6:05] for me lately. I was wondering

[6:07] if you could elaborate what any

[6:08] new programs or equipment or

[6:11] initiatives are being talked

[6:14] about that would be related to

[6:17] the increase in the public

[6:19] security spending? And I do

[6:21] understand that that is probably

[6:23] related to the agglomeration as

[6:26] well. If you could expound on

[6:28] that a little bit. At the last

[6:30] meeting, I was talking about I

[6:31] would like to see a little more

[6:33] security.

[6:34] >> Some of your questions are

[6:35] related to the agglomeration

[6:38] budget. Not the local budgets.

[6:40] >> Yeah. If in the future we can

[6:42] have that. Be sickly, I think

[6:46] I'm at the end here. Oh, well, I

[6:53] just wanted to ask about the

[6:54] community programs. Okay, okay.

[7:00] Yeah, the community focused

[7:02] spending. How we can know if the

[7:04] budget supports programs for

[7:07] youth, seniors and vulnerable

[7:09] populations. And are there any

[7:11] reductions in the recreational

[7:12] or cultural activities that

[7:14] would impact community

[7:16] engagement at all? And I think I

[7:20] will do have to learn more about

[7:21] the agglomeration because I do

[7:22] think a lot of the questions go

[7:25] to that area. But I think for

[7:28] the future, if the public can

[7:31] understand even more about this,

[7:33] maybe it's because I am late

[7:34] coming to the party. If we can

[7:37] understand more services

[7:40] Beaconsfield gets from the city

[7:42] in return for all the money we

[7:43] are paying. I know there's a big

[7:46] -- I know this is a big effort

[7:47] on your part to look at that.

[7:53] But that's pretty much my

[7:55] question.

[7:56] >> Yeah. By the way, on the

[8:00] agglomeration budget, there was

[8:03] a permission that site for the

[8:06] last couple of weeks. I think it

[8:09] ended last week. Where you

[8:12] could've asked all the questions

[8:14] you had related to the

[8:17] agglomeration. Unfortunately,

[8:20] people from the municipalities

[8:23] don't seem to know or go to the

[8:27] agglomeration and ask questions

[8:30] about the agglomeration budget.

[8:34] That budget has a huge impact on

[8:37] your taxes. A huge impact on

[8:39] your taxes. And you will see

[8:41] this year that when we look at

[8:43] the real estate taxes overall, I

[8:46] think it is 70% of it that goes

[8:49] to the agglomeration. I think

[8:53] it's about 70%, right?

[8:56] >> About 70%.

[8:57] >> About 70% of the real estate

[9:00] taxes go to the agglomeration.

[9:02] So, it is a big chunk of your

[9:06] budget, your taxes. And I wish

[9:11] that our residents would get

[9:12] much more interested in the

[9:15] agglomeration and the weight

[9:18] functions, and how it impacts

[9:20] your daily life and your taxes.

[9:24] And now, --

[9:28] >> I will try to answer some of

[9:29] your concerns that you mentioned

[9:31] a lot. Please feel free, you can

[9:33] write to me at another time if

[9:36] you have more questions. But

[9:39] speaking of Public Security,

[9:40] when it's our budget, it's

[9:42] really the police and the fire

[9:43] department, which is the

[9:45] agglomeration. The increases are

[9:46] quite hefty every year, I find.

[9:50] I think the mayor would agree

[9:51] with that as well. And about

[9:54] community services, we didn't

[9:56] take out any money from

[9:58] community services. In fact,

[10:00] we've added some money for

[10:02] summer students to work in the

[10:05] connect project which would be

[10:06] an area that is very interesting

[10:08] for which we have gotten a price

[10:10] on October 12th. We've added a

[10:15] resource for the summer period.

[10:17] We can -- this program that we

[10:19] are working with Beaconsfield.

[10:22] We've added some manpower or

[10:26] women power, people power, I

[10:28] don't know anymore how we say

[10:30] this, but that is some people to

[10:32] do better cleanup and during the

[10:36] summer in our parks are, public

[10:39] spaces, the green spaces and

[10:42] parks. In a nutshell, that is

[10:44] what I would answer to your

[10:46] questions.

[10:47] >> Yeah. By the way, the police,

[10:51] the SPVM budget I think was

[10:54] exceeded by about $50 million in

[11:00] 2024. And it is due to all the

[11:04] demonstrations, all the

[11:05] activities where the police had

[11:08] to get involved. In the 2025

[11:13] budget, it is coming back to the

[11:15] same amount as it was in the

[11:19] previous year. Again, we are

[11:22] looking at a huge deficit in

[11:25] 2025, in the police budget in

[11:27] the agglomeration,

[11:30] unfortunately.

[11:35] Is this related to the budget?

[11:37] >> Yes it is. Hello. I am

[11:39] Nicole. I am going to say --

[11:43] piggybacking on what she was

[11:44] saying about the police budget.

[11:47] I believe that Beaconsfield is

[11:50] spending over 6 million on

[11:52] policing this year. Could you

[11:54] pull up the budget, specifically

[11:56] for police?

[12:01] >> Well, 6 million for the

[12:03] police is what we pay as a share

[12:06] to the agglomeration. We don't

[12:08] manage that budget.

[12:09] >> I know that. But what are the

[12:13] things -- one way Beaconsfield

[12:14] could end up saving money is by

[12:17] partially defunding and

[12:19] certainly detail asking, it's

[12:20] what he was talking about. You

[12:22] know, the Beaconsfield --

[12:25] Beaconsfield relies on your

[12:28] traditional first responders,

[12:30] police, fire, ambulance, public

[12:32] security. But Baie-D'Urfé and

[12:36] Pointe-Claire, they both have

[12:40] alternative deep tasking first

[12:43] responders, civilian first

[12:44] responders. For example, they

[12:46] have, in addition to the

[12:47] traditional ones, they will have

[12:51] -- who will help the police with

[12:53] search and rescue. If a person

[12:56] goes missing, there are

[12:57] volunteers to help find missing

[13:00] persons. So that's wonderful.

[13:03] Certainly, we could bring that

[13:04] in. There is also -- Bader fee

[13:07] has volunteer seasons on patrol.

[13:09] >> Could you come to your

[13:10] question?

[13:11] >> Yeah. The question is why

[13:15] doesn't Beaconsfield do more

[13:17] indeed tasking? From a personal

[13:20] -- as a person on the autism

[13:22] spectrum, I have had negative

[13:25] encounters with police but I

[13:26] didn't need police.

[13:28] >> Are you talking about the

[13:29] police? Or the municipal patrol?

[13:31] >> I'm talking about the police

[13:34] and I am from Toronto. Toronto

[13:37] has -- she's a nurse.

[13:38] >> I think you should go to the

[13:41] agglomeration asked questions

[13:42] about the police. It is not

[13:45] under our control. It's under

[13:48] the jurisdiction of the

[13:49] agglomeration and you are

[13:50] welcome to ask your questions at

[13:52] the agglomeration.

[13:55] >> But one thing I was going to,

[13:57] say I know the police budget is

[13:58] under the agglomeration. But one

[14:00] thing that Beaconsfield could

[14:02] do, and I'm sure you could find

[14:04] something somewhere in the

[14:05] budget to fund this, is to

[14:11] provide a community crisis

[14:13] service. Instead of having

[14:14] police come when a person is

[14:16] having a mental health crisis or

[14:20] a neurological crisis, if the

[14:22] person is not armed, you could

[14:28] have a volunteer citizen who

[14:31] would be specially trained to

[14:34] become first responders. The

[14:35] city of Toronto does. That it's

[14:37] called the Toronto community

[14:38] crisis service. It works

[14:40] wonderful.

[14:41] >> Thank you very much for your

[14:42] suggestions. We will pass them

[14:43] on. Thank you.

[14:44] >> Another thing I was going to

[14:46] say, and this does have to do

[14:47] the budget, the budget is the

[14:50] one time that the dog pound is

[14:53] brought up. Okay? You can pull

[14:56] it up. It is in the tariffs.

[14:58] Because it says that a 50 dollar

[15:01] dog pound, feet if the dog is

[15:02] not licensed. This morning, just

[15:08] out of my own curiosity, what I

[15:10] did --

[15:11] >> Could you get to your

[15:12] question? Because we cannot give

[15:13] you half an hour of speeches.

[15:16] >> It's not. I talked to this

[15:21] architectural firm and got an

[15:22] estimate for redoing the dog

[15:25] pound. And they took one look at

[15:26] the pictures that I've taken of

[15:28] it through the window, not

[15:31] inside. But they saw some

[15:32] pictures, of a saw the tiny

[15:33] cages the dogs were in.

[15:35] >> What is your question?

[15:36] >> My question is, why does the

[15:40] city keep covering up the fact

[15:42] that there is a space where dogs

[15:45] are held? Why is the City

[15:47] covering up the fact that there

[15:49] is not a separate space for

[15:52] eating, sleeping, and

[15:54] elimination? There is no outdoor

[15:56] outs -- access to the cage. Is

[15:58] there really tiny. Why does the

[15:59] city not bring up the fact that

[16:02] the storage room, which is twice

[16:04] the size of the candle room, has

[16:07] --

[16:08] >> Thank you for your question.

[16:09] I will ask Mr. Boileau to

[16:11] answer. No, this is it. That's

[16:14] it.

[16:15] >> My question is, what is the

[16:17] city of Beaconsfield going to do

[16:19] to expand it? It's only $5

[16:23] million and we could get a

[16:27] fundraising campaign to try to

[16:29] raise money to get the 5

[16:31] million.

[16:32] >> Thank you very much. I will

[16:34] ask Mr. Boileau to answer your

[16:36] question.

[16:37] >> The city of Beaconsfield does

[16:38] not have a dog pound, there is a

[16:41] little shelter that is available

[16:44] for the occasionally found dog.

[16:49] That is straight. Normally,

[16:53] within a few hours, it is back

[16:55] to the --. There is nothing in

[16:57] the budget for any improvement

[16:59] of the dog. Down there is

[17:01] nothing in the program for $5

[17:04] million for a dog pound in

[17:06] Beaconsfield. We do have --

[17:08] normally, the dogs are returned

[17:09] to their owners. Thank you.

[17:12] >> And there was a husky who was

[17:13] there for three days. A Husky

[17:14] needs a lot of exercise. I've

[17:16] been gathering data on the

[17:18] animals myself. And I'm going to

[17:21] set up an organization. To take

[17:24] over that pound.

[17:25] >> If you do not stop now --

[17:36] any other questions?

[17:53] This is on the budget, right?

[17:54] >> Yes.

[17:55] >> Okay.

[17:56] >> Can you hear me? Or needs to

[17:59] be plugged? You can hear me?

[18:01] >> Identify yourself. Could you

[18:05] identify yourself, please.

[18:06] >> I am about to. I just wanted

[18:08] to make sure you can hear me.

[18:09] You can hear me? Great. My name

[18:11] is Alison smiley. I'm on the

[18:14] north side, over 25 years. I'm

[18:18] inquiring about the expenditures

[18:20] outlined in bylaw 163 and 164

[18:24] that pertain to structural

[18:27] rehabilitation work of water

[18:28] mains and sewer pipes. Will the

[18:30] City be directing funds to basin

[18:33] 21, which is located on the

[18:35] north side and has the largest

[18:37] number of pipes?

[18:38] >> This is not on the agenda. It

[18:41] was a special counsel. If you

[18:43] want to come back after to the

[18:45] regular Council, you can ask

[18:47] your questions. In the meantime,

[18:48] we are looking at the adoption

[18:49] of the budget.

[18:50] >> I know. I read the first

[18:52] agenda.

[18:53] >> No, you can come back at a

[18:55] regular meeting and ask your

[18:57] question.

[19:03] - Non, c'est l'adoption du

[19:05] budget. C'est pas une

[19:06] question...

[19:07] - Oui.

[19:09] In your first agenda. So I

[19:11] specifically split to make sure

[19:12] that I read it that way. On the

[19:19] agenda, you had one agenda and

[19:20] then you have the other agenda.

[19:21] The first meeting had an agenda.

[19:23] In there, you have the

[19:24] expenditures. Under the

[19:25] expenditures, it talks about

[19:26] bylaw 163 and 160. For if I got

[19:29] it mixed up --

[19:34] >> Come back to the regular

[19:37] council which will start at

[19:38] 8:00. And you can come back with

[19:39] your question. Thank you. No

[19:44] more questions. We thank you

[19:46] very much. Thank you very much.

[19:51] >> It is not safe.

[19:53] >> Thank you very much. I will

[19:57] ask Mr. house to take care of

[20:00] it. - Appelle la police. Appelle

[20:07] la police. Appelle la police.

[20:23] - Donc...

[20:24] >> An option of the three-year

[20:25] capital expenditure program for

[20:27] 2025 2026, and 2027.

[20:30] >> Proposed.

[20:31] >> Seconded.

[20:33] >> All in favour? - Adoption du

[20:39] budget 2025 de la Ville de

[20:42] Beaconsfield.

[20:45] >> Proposed.

[20:46] >> Second.

[20:47] >> All in favour? - À

[20:50] l'unanimité. Closing of the

[20:54] meeting.

[20:55] >> We are now closing this

[20:58] meeting. La levée de la séance,

[21:00] de la réunion. Et la prochaine

[21:03] réunion qui va être la séance

[21:06] ordinaire du conseil municipal

[21:08] va débuter à 8 heures.

[21:11] - Est-ce qu'on peut voter?

[21:14] - Est-ce qu'il y a un vote?

[21:18] - J'appuie.

[21:19] - Tout le monde en faveur? Oui?

[21:21] - À l'unanimité. C'est bien.

[21:23] - On termine ça.

2024-12-16 - Conseil municipal extraordinaire de Beaconsfield

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