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OK.
Good evening and welcome to the
regular council meeting on July 28,
2026.
Resolution 286: This regular
council meeting is now opened at 6:00
PM.
Proposed by Councillor, seconded by
Councillor.
The resolution was
adopted. Thank you. We will now stand
for a moment of silence.
Thank you.
Adoption of the agenda.
It is resolved that the council interrupt
the rules of procedure in order to add to
the day's agenda a topic to be dealt with at
h concluding on
confidential information transmitted to the municipality
by a third party.
proposed by councillor seconded by
councillor for the resolution
adopted thank you
interest
venten
[breath taken]
adoption of the minutes of the council meetings
adoption of council of meetings
be resolved to approve the minutes
of the ordinary meeting of the council held
on 30 June 2026 and of the
extraordinary meetings held on 10 and 17
July 2026
proposed by councillor the mayor second
councillor the nois for the resolutions
account adopted thank you
delegation and presentation delegation
presentation
Audience and public meeting
correspondence question how the
correspondence
resolved to classify the list of
correspondence presented at the
ordinary meeting of the council held on 28 July
2026
proposed by councillor second is
seconded by councillor Vachon for the
resolution
adopted. Thank you
report and minutes from committees
and board veterinary services committee
.
Advising the mayor.
Ah, thank you, Mr. Mayor. So as
you can see, the
veterinary committee continues to
meet and get involved at different
levels. Uh, the main topics
discussed during these meetings are as
follows. Therefore, organization of
volunteer participation during the
two-ice tournament. Discussion
regarding the location made
available to the committee by the
Russian city. Approaching various
veterinary clinics to find
one interested in offering a
mobile veterinary service in our
region. Despite several approaches, these
efforts have not been conclusive
so far. And then there was a
congress of the
Canadian Veterinary Medical Association at
Point Sédouard Island. So, madam, the
best person made the trip to attend this
meeting. Well, that makes contacts.
Sometimes you can find people who
might be interested in opening their own
clinic or having a locom service
if you can get an approved clinic.
So the process continues. Well, we
hope it will be successful one
day and, to date, the committee
is still active. We had another
student call because she was
applying to become a
veterinarian, and he spoke with her and then
explained what we could do
for her.
We know there is a great need but
it hasn't been fruitful so far,
but we hope there will be
good news one day.
Question advisor I know that maybe you won't have
the answers but that's it I had
two not two calls, I had a
call from a person who came to
meet Éc the future veterinarian I had
a discussion with another person
just by chance
then this person had never been
approached and probably she would be
available to come to them and that's what
she was telling me so that
we could maybe talk about it
later I don't want to mention the name there
to bring it to the committee
and see what can happen with it.
If you have any information, always
contact the best lady who
currently works at B Fure. Can
certainly take the information, there was
Yeah, you don't have any news
from July 22nd there
No.
OK. And also, the
official registration of a clinic, what would it
take to get that? They
need help, they need the
city's support for this,
for a clinic,
well, that's not what it says in the
service site notes, they're
still waiting for the official registration
of a clinic
to get locomotor equipment, what does it take, it
takes
support from the city, they need help, well,
the clinic needs to get organized,
the installation needs to be done, the
machines and so on, okay, no, that's all, maybe there are
things that are delaying it, maybe it's
support that the city can
give, we can look into it,
yeah,
and that's all, thank you, that's all, yes,
thank you. [laughs]
Centrreville d'entend dated
June 22nd.
[clears throat]
Thank you, Mr. Mayor. So, uh, it was
a quick meeting. We talked about
the flowers that have been
installed in the city center.
The list of candidates was adopted. There was
a dance activity with H Dance and
Art Studio by Victoria. Uh, it took
place at that moment, at the
moment we are speaking. Uh, it was
a drop-in activity. People
arrived, they could do
things. There were times when there were
more people, and times when there were fewer
people. AC, it was like in
10-minute blocks, so if someone
arrived, they could start, then
someone else could walk in and
join. Well, it's really meant to
liven up the city center. It was good
. I think this is something that will
be repeated. Uh, I think there was a
little problem with one of the
groups from the school daycare who were
supposed to be there, supposed to go, but
they weren't in the right place in the end
. There were, there were, uh, poorly
filled-out permission forms,
something like that, which meant that we ended up
not going, which meant that it would have been
a great group to lead, but I think we still want to, it's still something we want to
take over. I
think Victoria greatly appreciated it. Well, it's a
way to
bring a little more life into
the city center. The fact is, it was
really good.
Uh, we had made a
special request to the radio for a ride on
George Street. We really wanted to do
something, uh, a little bit of cruising
on George Street there. The fact that people
would come in cars to stroll around and
some could pass by in a car and
so on, pick up Mr Freez, have the
radio, make special requests,
win prizes. But on the radio we're
already doing something similar to some extent
. started, he was at the dollar
store and so on, so they go to
places, uh, then it was Sin Financial
who wanted to organize, so, uh,
following certain matters, it was
postponed, it was rescheduled. Well, it's still
something we're
considering, so if it's not this
year, it'll be next
year. Uh, there's
also the car exhibition we talked about. Uh,
again, we had tried to
line up some dates
with Edit Lear, who
really knows the scene, knows a lot about how it
works and on the circuit, because it's
a circuit where people travel around, so
you can't steal
someone else's weekend.
Unfortunately, there was an
unforeseen circumstance preventing him from taking his daughter to
school for the weekend, which is what it could have
been. That means we'll have to do that again
too. But we're really excited to be
able to take it up again, to be part
of the circuit a little bit. There are sweet
spots there with dates you need to take,
it's not obvious. That's quite something
. These are tanks that the
world doesn't let out just any time or
in any situation.
So, we'll continue to keep an eye on that
. And then there is a
painting project in collaboration with the Rotari club
to create a mural in the city center.
Uh, really add a little bit of
public art, a little bit of
beautification. Well, flowers are fun
, but the fact remains that they need to be replaced
every year. Putting
things in place, projects like that which are
added and which have
a lasting impact year after year, I
think that would be good, it would do
the city centre good. Uh, the
winter banners, they had a problem because some of them in the
sun
shrank and now they don't fit anymore. Well, that's
something we're going to
replace, uh, the
Christmas decorations and banners, it's something we're going to
try to
replace with, uh,
the funds in reserve that we have for that, uh,
to really try to do
something coherent that will work well
in the coming years. And
besides, that meeting wasn't bad at all.
Thank you very much, Joel.
Uh now [clears throat] we are
going to move on to the detachment council of
the B James
advisor
Mr. Mayor
25
order business
interest board meetings there was no
business arriving uh work in progress is
the road closes highway 11 um over the
last few months I would say the OPP has
heard what the northeastern um mayors
have been saying in the municipalities
uh so they over the last few months
they've had 6 stops we've seen a lot of
arrests happening
um they're finding things in transports
in cars transportations of drugs and
paranilia and a lot of stuff. Um so when
you're out driving on the highway we see
their present more and even within the
town limits, it's helped us a lot uh in
the community buse there's a lot of
speeders so that's helping a lot. Um
there was also the mayor and the CEO
were to have a meeting about the road
conditions and the heavy vehicle part
later on that day.
monsieur
special
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and then also they talked about the
hospital having new guards security
guards Hm hm.
Con on peut juste de un nouveau sujet. We
also talked about the air patrols
between Lon Lac and H,
once in a while, not all
the time. It depends on the availability of
the plane, but maybe we can have
that when we arrive there, especially with
the winter truckers who take
chances if there is a plane that
could make it happen,
as we have talked. I don't know if it's
going to happen.
Yeah, that's it. That's in the past. I don't know
if you've ever seen the yellow ones
when you arrive at the big centers.
Before, it was really someone who had to
watch the vehicle pass,
they set a timer, someone said go.
Then when it arrives, there are
master calculations of the radars and it
would be a good thing that even perhaps
when the paths are
blocked, it would be to go and
check in advance to
make sure that everyone is correct.
Then Guin wasn't there, but I was lucky enough
to be invited to the swearing-in
of an officer who, with the dog that will be
staying at H. That's a
request we had in the past.
Then well he was on Nan he was at the
pee before there he was on Nan there he's
back at the pee so we're going to
see the local dog so that this is
no development in place but thank you for
other questions to advise
Bergon
we continue
North Eastern Ontario Municipality
Association dated June 26 I was a little
disappointed because it's one of the times we had a
meeting at H
and a little more we didn't have corum and
uh at
Can's with his team had prepared
food, had everything done everything and
everything I think that uh there is something that
was done a lot more than elsewhere so
I don't think we'll do it again if they don't
want to come well
we'll keep it that way no other
comments so we had
discussions from the table
we gave everyone who
was there a chance to speak. We had a
presentation
from Horn Pain regarding the... You
know, when we got the Grants for the
houses, I don't know if you remember
Daniel, I think the federal government
released a project, you could build 50
units in your city, but 50 units
is too big for us. Then what we are
talking about is that the
government is the government that
when projects come along that have
10 units in Pain 20 in H20 in
Cap and so on and even small
villages, it is what is
correct and that they have support to do that,
uh, after that, well, Moonbeam,
a mother came back again with her, uh,
let's see, uh,
the spring there
for the forest there and he says that it is
hard on
the food at the level of agriculture, it is not
simple, it is not the
first time that we heard him
speak of that, his judgment
also concerns
the construction
that is taking place
at the level of the communities.
After that, there is
the correspondence between species and risk,
Caribou that I talked about. After that, we had
Objet ask us for support
for the parking lot for the
trucker.
Uh,
after that, we have Valrita.
Valerita is asking for the same thing that
we others have asked for in the past
for fire trucks so that we don't have to
change them every 5 years, which is to
have an extension like we had
there, uh,
part of that, it's not bad,
advisor Bruce Newton from Cap, not here,
I'm doing the report, advisor
Newton,
not bad at all. I have some questions for you
.
Yes.
I just wanted
people to see that Tim
Boot mentioned that they launched
Canada,
which was something
really impressive. People do
n't necessarily know that it's happening, but
uh, people from the aerospace industry, uh, there is, there is, there is
a big, big
aerospace competition taking place in
Tminou where there are people from all
over. So I would invite
people to go and see Launch Canada
Challenge there just to see these are
things that are happening in our region. That's
still impressive
. It's worth it. I think there's one nice
thing to highlight that I took away
from this meeting. Thank you,
Joe.
It is resolved that the council take note of the
reports and minutes of the
meetings of committees and
municipal councils presented at the
regular council meeting held on July 28,
2026.
Moved by Councillor Lauson seconded
by Councillor Billard for the
resolution
. Adopted, thank you.
Chief Administrator's Report. Report
chief administrator officer question
comments.
OK. Function of the council, function of
council, report of the public works committee,
operation committee, council.
Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, the first
topic is, uh, on the side of, uh, the
exploitation of natural resources
in northern Ontario. Uh, what
I understood was that we were supposed to
have funds to develop and
repair paths on the natural resources side,
and then I think
money arrived there just at the last
minute, even before our
committee meeting, and the amount was
$139, almost $1400. And
then here is a recommendation that the
council authorize the staff to
continue the steps for the funds
that would operate the Little
Gaspé Road from Route 183 to
Bin Road for the continuity of what 2 years
ago was
resolved that the council authorizes and
directs the municipal staff to
submit a funding request
to the body of the Northern Ontario
Natural Resources Development Support Fund
for the
Gaspé Road Reflection Project from the
South Road to Bin Road
proposed by councillor seconded by
councillor the mayor for the resolution
adopted thank you.
This is the update on the
Monjon and McManis Street Local Improvement Project. Update on the Mon and
Mcman Street Local Improvement Project.
At the time of the meeting, all the
piping around the earth was
done, the gravel was put in place, it was
ready to receive the curbs. I don't know if they've
started. Yeah. They
started the cement curves. Then the
spade will go there a little later
, probably September to
complete the path to give it a
chance to compact properly before
laying the asphalt. So, I
think the work will be done with no extra costs,
if I understand correctly, and no
surprises, which is very
good. This is for informational purposes only.
Then the third topic is the
report on the
water and wastewater system for the
month of April and May.
We had big, big variations
in the systems because of the
water level. The melting of the
river thaws, these are things that we cannot
control, but in the end, it was
very well managed.
The events had almost happened
with the water levels playing a role in the
thawing, but nothing major for the
system. It's all types of information,
and then there were two new topics
that were addressed at the last minute.
I will leave them to our
administrator in numerical form.
We're just going to
adopt the report from the
Public Works Committee, Martin, uh, Councillor Lanois. Therefore, it was resolved
to adopt the report of the
public works committee dated July 22, 2026,
proposed by the
secondary councillor, the mayor, for the
resolution
adopted. Thank you
[clears throat]
Mr. Mayor. So the first topic
is the agreement with new construction
for the spreading of granulus on chemin
blé roi and mec. As you know, on
April 14th the municipal council
approved a budget of 252,000 to buy
granular material and then carry out the work to
put the granular material on Chemin Bl Roi and Chemin
Mec.
After the call for tenders, we had only
one bidder who
entered at 320487
and 25. So approximately 68000 pieces in
case we expected.
After we did a little
investigation, we realized
that there was an error
in the conversion factor and
we requested too much equipment
from Villeneuve. So following this,
we had discussions with Villeneu
to see if they were open to reducing
the amounts. There were no problems.
The first discussion, the amount
entered was 268155.
[clears throat] And indeed, yesterday
we had a revised quote for V9 which brings it down
to 259000. That's a little
lower. What is a service note?
Disassemble.
It's still [clears throat] that there's
a gap to fill after
23000 because for the whole
project, we still estimate even with the
new quotation that the total cost
of the project is around 275000.
That includes a little bit of a
contingency but also outside of
just Villeneu there is work on
our machines our equipment that must be
taken into account. So there is a shortfall
of $23,000 to be filled, as it stands
. Whatever we propose would be to
take 23000 of the amount that was
entered as we had funds in the
budget that we kept in Kazou. This
would be part of all that. So there would
not necessarily be an impact yet
in relation to the budget and then to go
looking for other other pots of other
things. Why do we have a recommendation
? I don't know if it is
resolved to adopt municipal bylaw
number 5526, which is a bylaw authorizing
the signing of an agreement with City9
Construction to undertake
stabilization work on the
Blé Roi and Mec roads at a cost of
$259,879 plus HSD, and if it is
resolved to grant an
additional budget allocation of $23,000
to cover the project shortfall to be
financed from the contingency fund
included in the 2026 budget.
proposed by Councillor Lenois, seconded by
the Mayor, for resolution,
account adopted, thank you.
So the second additional subject
is also an agreement with Ville9
Construction to optimize it
[clears throat] at a unit price
of 2880 for a total amount of 51840.
That's something, the winter sand,
as we often say, the reason we're
bringing it this year compared to
past years is the increase, bringing the
threshold above 50000 which needs
council approval, but apart from that it's
in the budgets we
estimated when we made the budget in
April.
Therefore, our recommendation
is resolved that the contract
for the supply of optimized sand
for the municipality's winter operations
be awarded to City
Construction at a unit price of
28.80 for a total amount of 51,840
dollars plus HST. This was
proposed by the second councilor,
the mayor,
for the resolution
adopted. Thank you.
OK. Uh,
report from the planning committee to the camp,
report from the parks and recreation
committee,
councillor,
thank you Mr. Mayor.
Our number 1 topic is a request
from the Hor Hockey Association
for
free use of the La Limite Hall
.
Just to give you some
context, this is the 5th consecutive year
that the hacky miner association of H
uh has submitted a request for
free use of the room. the
limit uh for their tournament which is used
during the seasons. This is
the 2026-2027 season. Uh, and the
last four years, it was granted.
Uh, these events represent 10 days
of use of the hall, the limit, and then
in the event that the
minor hockey association of Ser has
the opportunity to host
regional provincial tournaments during the
2026-2027 season, which is the NOH OHF. Uh,
free use of the
event space may also be
permitted.
Uh, the financial involvement, we're talking
about $1424 and 78 cents plus TV, uh,
excuse me, TVH.
But you also have to take into
consideration that it's good for
young people, it's good for the
community.
We have a recommendation for that.
It is resolved that the council grant
free use of the hall
to the minor hockey association
for its training camp and
tournaments for the 2026-2027 season, suggesting
that municipal programming and
existing rentals should not be affected.
Council authorization
2026
proposed by councillor Dr seconded by
Guin or councillor
for the resolution
adopted thank you
second subject then there if I miss anything
Mr Eric you will be able to see jump
in, it is a big file then I
entered quite a bit at the end of the file. It's
either a "well" or, I should say, an ongoing case
. This is an update on the
improvement project at the
Claude Larose Recreation Centre. Update on the
Claude Larose Recreation Center
Improvement Project. Uh, again, on
April 18, 2024, there were
funding opportunities for the
municipality that were announced as part of the
fund for
community sports and recreation infrastructure.
On October 28, 2024, the council
authorized municipal staff to
submit a funding request to the
Ministry of Sport for a project
totaling $904,000, excuse me,
$904,200, which includes a
30% municipal contribution, uh, which is estimated at $
271,260.
On May 30, 2025, the city obtained
approval for maximum funding
of $452,100, which represents 50% of the
total project cost.
Subsequently, on November 10, 2025, the
city council authorized the
signing of a funding agreement
with the province and confirmed the
city's commitment to assume
half of the costs for a project
totaling $904,000.
$904,200, excuse me.
The exterior door replacement project
involves replacing
17 doors at the Arena recreation center,
which was scheduled for completion on July 14, 2026.
Work has progressed
up to door number 10, in accordance with
the established execution schedule. The
project is proceeding as planned. There is
no problem. There have been no
major unforeseen events so far. Uh, the
elevator renovation project is progressing
according to plan. The
equipment necessary for the execution of the
work was received on June 30, 2026,
dated July 14, 2026, following
a discussion with representatives
of TK Elevator. Um, they've planned for
the work to start in the
next few weeks and it will
take place over a period of 4 to 5
weeks.
Regarding the improvement of
sanitary facilities, the project
includes the renovation of 11
bathrooms. The progress of the work as of
July 14th is as
follows. Okay, I'm just going to give you
a quick recap.
The bathroom on the boundary has been
completed since the beginning of
April. The bathroom in the room with
the two mirrors has been completed since
mid-mid. The bathroom in room 27
has been completed since the end of
March. The pool bathrooms have been
completed since the beginning of May.
The bathrooms in rooms 1 through
8 are almost finished.
Only the installation of the ceramic tiles
in the showers remains to be done.
which should be done within the
next few weeks. The
referees' bathroom only requires the installation of
ceramic tiles in the shower to be
completed. Bathroom of room
26. Again, it's the same thing. The
ceramic tile installation is what still needs
to be completed. And the
lumberjack bathroom requires
floor finishing in order to complete the work.
And then for
my third topic, it won't be too long, it's
the annual maintenance of
the municipal swimming pools.
For many years the
Stéphane Lecour swimming pool has closed its doors for
a period of two to three weeks at the end
of the school year in order to carry out the
annual maintenance work.
This period is essential to
carry out inspections, to make sure
that everything is in good condition, the
deep cleaning, the necessary repairs
if there are any. It is also necessary to check that
the installations are functioning correctly.
This work helps to preserve the
quality of the infrastructure, to
extend the life of the pool, and to
ensure that the pool meets
current safety standards.
The annual interview took place
from June 22nd to July 12th. The pool
was reopened on July 13, 2026.
Uh, every 2 years, there is
more in-depth maintenance
required. This year, the pool was
completely emptied to allow for a
full inspection of the basin, to make
sure everything was in good condition, a
thorough cleaning and the repair
of joints or repointing or
replacement of grout or whatever
small things need to be done
where necessary. This
work is essential to
maintain the structural integrity of the
basin, prevent
water infiltration, and ensure the maintenance of standards,
quality, and safety.
Everything was beautiful on that side. That's
all.
Excuse me.
THANKS.
It was resolved to adopt the report of the
Parks and Recreation Committee dated
July 23, 2026,
proposed by Councillor Berjon, seconded by
Councillor Berjon. Do you have any
questions or comments to advise
Delais?
Everything was clear regarding the
adopted resolution.
Thank you,
now we will move on to the report of the
finance committee, Ms. Vachon please
.
Thank you, Mr. Mayor. So item
number 1, it has been removed from
tonight's agenda. Uh, settled.
Yes,
we [clears throat] when we had
made the calls for tenders
for someone to clean
certain municipal places, uh
[clears throat] we had four
places where there was no one in the
bids or the prices were too
high. We had started looking at the
options of abusing an employee or having
someone else do it. Then the
bidder who was number 1 and the
cheapest showed interest in doing it
. So we are in negotiations
to try to finalize and then
sign contracts.
OK
thanks.
Uh, the second item,
municipal procurement policy update.
So naturally we had a
policy and it dated from 2004,
it was revised in 2016 and then had
several small changes over
the years. So we put our hands on the
door and now we have a new
policy which is presented
in the following pages. The
major changes are
the increase in the amounts that
must be approved by the council.
Uh, conflicts of interest,
clarification of employee roles and
responsibilities and boardrooms
, refinement of processes
for purchasing RFQs, RFPs,
things like that, updating of
publication requirements again for
RFPs, RFQs, credit card purchases
, creation of a table for
purchasing and then updating the annex
which is a list of goods or
circumstances why we do not need a
call for tenders. So uh the
authorizations and responsibilities of the
council, the council approves the
uh [clears throat]
operational and capital budgets and then uh we
approve the additional expenditures. There
could be cases such as
emergency situations where
the administrator could
make purchases and then provide
details to the board, and then items
that are necessary for
daily operations that are done there on a
recurring basis.
So, there are some
significant changes there.
We need an agreement, or if we
need to sign an agreement, if the
council must approve the agreement before we
start making purchases. Uh, the
council must also
approve purchases exceeding
999999.
Uh, the council must approve any
purchase that deviates from the
purchasing policies if the purchases exceed the
amounts approved in the budget by 10% or
by an amount of $20,000. Well, if the
choice of the bidder was made, we
chose the person who was not
the cheapest. Well, if there's
no budget to approve the expenditure.
Then, uh, these are all reasons
why the council must approve
purchases that are a little
out of the ordinary. Uh, conflicts
of interest, one of the members of the board
must not be involved in
any way in the processes. It takes
POs for all purchases. Credit cards
, we try to use them as little as
possible.
Uh, changes at the RFQ and
RFP level. Well, that's
not bad. On page 21
of the documents, there is a list
showing the amounts that need to be
approved by whom. Uh, we also have uh,
section 12, we can see
emergency purchases, these are exemptions and then
uh, that's pretty much it. Good policy,
thank you for the great work.
resolved to adopt Municipal Order
No. 56 2026, being an order
establishing the new
municipal procurement policy, and which is
resolved to adopt Municipal Order
No. 5726, being an order amending By-
law No. 112 2025 on the
delegation of powers in order to delegate to the
chief administrative officer the authority to
draft and execute
procurement contracts
with a maximum value of $99,999.
proposed by Councillor Vacant, seconded
by Councillor, and the for the resolution
adopted. Thank you so much.
Uh, 3rd topic, appointment of an
assistant treasurer.
So following the departure of the treasurer,
uh the board appointed the
chief administrator uh as Acting Treasurer and
then it's on an interim basis
until we have a
permanent hire. So we believe it's
a good idea to have another
person available since we might have an
urgent need and someone
might be on vacation or something like
that. So we have a resolution
here to appoint Sonia Col as deputy president,
or to adopt
municipal decree number 5826, which is a decree
appointing Sonia Col as deputy treasurer of
the corporation of the city of
586,
proposed by Councillor Vachon seconded
by Councillor Lausant for the
resolution when adopted. THANKS.
Our third theme is, uh,
a
mid-term financial review. So here we have
a table with the different
operating expenses, revenues and
operating expenses, and also capital expenses. Then uh
the chief administrator and his
team, they really uh brought
comments to explain where there were
big variances. Well,
most of the variances are due to
timing. We know that some things
happen more towards the end of the year. We must
also remember that we approved the
budget in April. So there are many of
these expenses that are just
beginning. We are doing construction work here
, and it's already been 6 months.
So most of the variances can
be explained by timing, but we
can see that things are going very well in terms of
current budgets and expenditures. That's
all.
resolved to adopt the report of the
finance committee dated July 21,
2026
proposed by councillor second councillor
for the resolutions
thank you councillor thank you
Mr.
Finance representative
of the policy committee councillor the uson
thank you Mr. Mayor so the first
point. It's always a fun event, it's
the 2026 bicycle rodeo.
Uh, I want to say a huge
thank you to Mrs. Bastarach and her team
for the rodeo. It was a great
success, a resounding success this year. Uh, there was a
lot of participation, uh,
the bicycle draw and so on. The
people and the shopkeepers were generous;
they gave away many prizes. If this
continues, it won't be about prizes, it'll
just be everyone getting
stuff because
people were really encouraged. Well, it was
lovely to see Mrs.
Bastarach talking about it because you can see that it's something that's close to her
heart. Uh, it even happened
outside this year instead of in
the arena. Uh, and it's true, when she
said that, I remember that in
the arena, there are slippery patches,
uh, on a bicycle. Then I don't want to
when we go cycling,
usually it's outside. So in the
future, that's what we're looking at here, if the
temperature allows it, it would be outside.
People really enjoyed it. It was
really fun.
There was the participation of
Clinton Brown school this year, which
was, well, a
first. There were the
young people who came down from Matis,
there were Saint who came. So it
was a really, really great
success. Then it's something
to repeat, even that Mrs.
Bassarach suggested we start
doing a little research for
other trials, other
similar projects or if there would be
different stations. Well,
with the support of the
community, we might be able to
make the stations a little
more interesting, a little more
interactive for young people. Uh, then
we even floated the idea of ​​having a
family section either in the evening or on a
weekend. But that's fun. I
think that this is something that will happen, that this will be done
with the schools. So we would
n't want to lose that aspect either. Well, that being the case, that
was still a huge
thank you. Uh, point number 2,
it's the "Let's aim for cleanliness 2026" campaign,
the 2026 Pitchin. Uh, I think we talked about it
last year, uh, we didn't
really have any news from
Pitchin, which is the provincial entity,
I think, uh, or provincial or federal.
Uh, cit was an entity that used to
supply bags and so on.
Last year we did it ourselves, we
provided the bags because then we did it again
this year, uh, the website
no longer exists, etc. I think that the
pitchin pitchin is no longer
unfortunately but several places
have started to rebrand and then do it
. It's not something we
want to stop doing either. Uh, there was
a day that was suggested uh in
May at the
provincial level, but uh, we still have
snow, so it's not the best time to
go and collect on the side of the
road because we can't see what there is
to collect. Uh, on the other hand,
from that perspective, uh, it's certain
that the costs are quite uh, minimal.
If it's bags and so on, it's
really about coordinating the city. Then that
really gives a boost, I
think. It's worth it. So, the question is
how we can
relaunch it next year, perhaps
under a different brand. Well, either
keep the pitch because people
know it or do something else but
still keep the spirit of the thing
alive because we still believe that it is
very important. That
was also a point of information.
Uh, the next point is the
proposed delegation of power for the
renewal of the beautiful commercial properties
at 801 rue George. So proposes
Delegation of Authority for Rene of
Commercial Leases at 801 George Street.
So this is, uh, for those familiar with it, this is
where the library is and also
the other shops in this building
. Well, the city is
in a rather curious situation. We rent
to people, uh, we do what we do, we
are landlords. Well, that being said, all
the leases would have to come, would have
to come here. Some
negotiations have concluded, and
others are coming
soon. The fact that all the leases
would have to come here. Uh, just for
basic renewals with, you know,
indexation to the cost of living and so on.
We don't really think we need to
do that. This is something that
could be done automatically.
So it would involve delegating those powers
. It should be noted, however, that if there are
major changes, something new,
something big that
changes, even if it was with someone
who has been there for a long time, there are changes, there are
changes that are not usual,
let's say. It will come back eventually, and then we will
need the
council's approval. This is just for the basic day-to-
day renewal, which
is the recommendation.
resolved to adopt Municipal By-law
No. 5926, an amendment to By-
law No. 1125 concerning the delegation
of authority, in order to delegate to
the Chief Administrative Officer the authority
to approve and execute
renewals of commercial leases with
tenants of the
municipal property located at 801 George Street,
conditional upon the renewal
retaining substantially the same
terms as the existing lease.
Proposed by Councillor Lauson, seconded
by Councillor Vachon, for the
resolution when adopted. Thank you. So
the next item is item
number 4, which is the 2025-2026 Annual Report
of the Ontario Board of Buildings.
So you have, uh, you have
excerpts. The town of Hurst is actually
part of it as well. There were, uh, if I'm not
mistaken, three requests and then, uh, it should be
noted that N, who can do, can make
interventions with
the ombsman for the city of Hst. Well, that doesn't
always mean it will
lead to something.
Bodsman still has to do some
research, sometimes it will even lead
to communicating with the
staff. I think they went there to
get information, but
nothing came of it. We are still doing
well, and
we have had that, it has been
good for this year.
[grunt]
Thank you councillor,
it is resolved to adopt the
policy committee report dated July 21,
2026,
proposed by Councillor Lauson seconded
by Councillor Vachon for the resolution
adopted. Thank you, Laon councillor.
Now, we will move on to the
economic development report.
The one and only Mr. Bergon,
mid-air traffic
airport.
We're very glad to look at his report
this year to see the increase in the
traffic has almost double if not. Um for
the period from January 1st to January
30th, 2026, air traffic total 1,021
aircraft movements representing an
average of 5.6 movements per day while
accommodating
100 and some passengers throughout the
air terminal building. Uh compared to
the period in 2025 where 658 air traffic
movements and 460 passengers were
recorded. The increase is over 55% for
half year. Uh plus 363 movement. Traffic
rose by 282%.
It's 1298 passengers. The results are
primarily attributed to the significant
increase in flight training activity,
fueling destination, commercial charges, uh
wildfire survey, flights, fire
suppression, and medical air transfers.
So we have some numbers there for 2026
midyear breakdown. fuel stopper
stopovers accounted for 22% there was 20
228 of them uh wildfire uh survey
flights accounted for 20% 207 of them so
that went up 184%
medical air transfers accounted for 19%
and that's also up uh 28% and it was 194
commercial trer flight accounted for 14%
of 138 of those. flight training
operations accounted for 7% with 76 of
those up 55% and we did have the hope
air military and miscellaneous accounted
for 64 uh 6% through 64 flights uh fire
suppression flight accounted for 3%
although we had a lot of wallfires here
it was only 3% but it's still up 154%
environmental survey flights accounted
for 1% there were eight of them forestry
survey flights accounted for less 1%
there is two aircraft maintenance
flights counted for two also corporate
charter flights counted for 0% they were
none this year uh so it represents the
airport's busiest half year recorded in
16 years of continuous statistical
towing with air traffic statistics
becoming a key daily operational tax
task in the early Thank you
. It's good that it's
fun to see the airport
expanded like this. Then I would also like to
congratulate Marc Olivier there.
Uh Marc Olivier, he's committed, he believes in
his little corner there, and we see
a big difference in the fact that it was
resolved to adopt the report of the
economic development committee dated
July 23, 2026,
proposed by the councillor seconded by the councillor
for the resolution, account
adopted, thank you, I did,
I mixed up my papers,
if I put my agent there,
I sent it with apology.
Uh
now we're going to
a notice of motion,
quiet
work in progress deferred, a finish
business of
h lot, it goes to 8 lots, that it be resolved,
that the council meet in
closed session in order to discuss the
confidential information transmitted to the municipality
by 1/3 article 2392i of the law on the
municipality
proposed councillor second councillor for
the resolution
adopted thank you see you in 15
minutes.
resolved that the ordinary meeting of the
council resume and that the
confidential report of deliberations in session
be hereby noted for
the information of the council resolved at the
regular meeting of the council resume confidential
report
proposed by relay councillor seconded
by councillor goes
for the resolution account adopted. THANKS.
It was resolved to adopt
municipal decree number 6026. This
decree confirms the deliberations
of the council at the ordinary meeting of
July 28, 2026.
Proposed by Councillor Vachon, seconded
by Councillor the Mayor, for the
resolution
adopted. THANKS.
It is resolved that this ordinary meeting
of the council held on July 28, 2026, be
adjourned at 7:20 p.m.
proposed by advisor seconded by
advisor Lausanne for the resolution
adopted. Thank you, see you next time.