[0:00] and Os Barna, freshly arrived in
[0:02] store. Whether it's for the maintenance of
[0:04] your lawn, your grounds or
[0:06] your landscaping, B Cha.
[0:09] Lawn and garden
[0:11] mower extractor and even
[0:42] OK.
[0:45] Good evening and welcome to the
[0:46] regular council meeting on July 28,
[0:51] 2026.
[0:58] Resolution 286: This regular
[1:00] council meeting is now opened at 6:00
[1:02] PM.
[1:06] Proposed by Councillor, seconded by
[1:08] Councillor.
[1:10] The resolution was
[1:12] adopted. Thank you. We will now stand
[1:18] for a moment of silence.
[1:51] Thank you.
[1:57] Adoption of the agenda.
[2:01] It is resolved that the council interrupt
[2:02] the rules of procedure in order to add to
[2:04] the day's agenda a topic to be dealt with at
[2:06] h concluding on
[2:08] confidential information transmitted to the municipality
[2:10] by a third party.
[2:21] proposed by councillor seconded by
[2:23] councillor for the resolution
[2:27] adopted thank you
[2:29] interest
[2:31] venten
[2:34] [breath taken]
[2:35] adoption of the minutes of the council meetings
[2:37] adoption of council of meetings
[2:41] be resolved to approve the minutes
[2:43] of the ordinary meeting of the council held
[2:44] on 30 June 2026 and of the
[2:46] extraordinary meetings held on 10 and 17
[2:49] July 2026
[3:00] proposed by councillor the mayor second
[3:03] councillor the nois for the resolutions
[3:06] account adopted thank you
[3:10] delegation and presentation delegation
[3:13] presentation
[3:15] Audience and public meeting
[3:19] correspondence question how the
[3:21] correspondence
[3:28] resolved to classify the list of
[3:29] correspondence presented at the
[3:30] ordinary meeting of the council held on 28 July
[3:33] 2026
[3:40] proposed by councillor second is
[3:43] seconded by councillor Vachon for the
[3:45] resolution
[3:48] adopted. Thank you
[3:54] report and minutes from committees
[3:57] and board veterinary services committee
[3:59] .
[4:01] Advising the mayor.
[4:03] Ah, thank you, Mr. Mayor. So as
[4:04] you can see, the
[4:06] veterinary committee continues to
[4:08] meet and get involved at different
[4:11] levels. Uh, the main topics
[4:13] discussed during these meetings are as
[4:15] follows. Therefore, organization of
[4:16] volunteer participation during the
[4:18] two-ice tournament. Discussion
[4:20] regarding the location made
[4:22] available to the committee by the
[4:23] Russian city. Approaching various
[4:26] veterinary clinics to find
[4:27] one interested in offering a
[4:29] mobile veterinary service in our
[4:30] region. Despite several approaches, these
[4:33] efforts have not been conclusive
[4:34] so far. And then there was a
[4:37] congress of the
[4:39] Canadian Veterinary Medical Association at
[4:41] Point Sédouard Island. So, madam, the
[4:43] best person made the trip to attend this
[4:46] meeting. Well, that makes contacts.
[4:49] Sometimes you can find people who
[4:52] might be interested in opening their own
[4:54] clinic or having a locom service
[4:58] if you can get an approved clinic.
[5:00] So the process continues. Well, we
[5:03] hope it will be successful one
[5:05] day and, to date, the committee
[5:08] is still active. We had another
[5:11] student call because she was
[5:13] applying to become a
[5:15] veterinarian, and he spoke with her and then
[5:19] explained what we could do
[5:20] for her.
[5:23] We know there is a great need but
[5:25] it hasn't been fruitful so far,
[5:27] but we hope there will be
[5:30] good news one day.
[5:33] Question advisor I know that maybe you won't have
[5:38] the answers but that's it I had
[5:39] two not two calls, I had a
[5:41] call from a person who came to
[5:43] meet Éc the future veterinarian I had
[5:46] a discussion with another person
[5:47] just by chance
[5:49] then this person had never been
[5:50] approached and probably she would be
[5:52] available to come to them and that's what
[5:55] she was telling me so that
[5:57] we could maybe talk about it
[5:58] later I don't want to mention the name there
[6:01] to bring it to the committee
[6:03] and see what can happen with it.
[6:06] If you have any information, always
[6:07] contact the best lady who
[6:10] currently works at B Fure. Can
[6:12] certainly take the information, there was
[6:17] Yeah, you don't have any news
[6:18] from July 22nd there
[6:21] No.
[6:22] OK. And also, the
[6:23] official registration of a clinic, what would it
[6:26] take to get that? They
[6:27] need help, they need the
[6:29] city's support for this,
[6:30] for a clinic,
[6:31] well, that's not what it says in the
[6:33] service site notes, they're
[6:34] still waiting for the official registration
[6:36] of a clinic
[6:37] to get locomotor equipment, what does it take, it
[6:39] takes
[6:40] support from the city, they need help, well,
[6:42] the clinic needs to get organized,
[6:44] the installation needs to be done, the
[6:45] machines and so on, okay, no, that's all, maybe there are
[6:49] things that are delaying it, maybe it's
[6:51] support that the city can
[6:52] give, we can look into it,
[6:53] yeah,
[6:54] and that's all, thank you, that's all, yes,
[6:56] thank you. [laughs]
[6:58] Centrreville d'entend dated
[7:01] June 22nd.
[7:03] [clears throat]
[7:03] Thank you, Mr. Mayor. So, uh, it was
[7:07] a quick meeting. We talked about
[7:10] the flowers that have been
[7:13] installed in the city center.
[7:17] The list of candidates was adopted. There was
[7:19] a dance activity with H Dance and
[7:21] Art Studio by Victoria. Uh, it took
[7:23] place at that moment, at the
[7:26] moment we are speaking. Uh, it was
[7:27] a drop-in activity. People
[7:29] arrived, they could do
[7:30] things. There were times when there were
[7:31] more people, and times when there were fewer
[7:32] people. AC, it was like in
[7:34] 10-minute blocks, so if someone
[7:36] arrived, they could start, then
[7:38] someone else could walk in and
[7:39] join. Well, it's really meant to
[7:40] liven up the city center. It was good
[7:42] . I think this is something that will
[7:43] be repeated. Uh, I think there was a
[7:46] little problem with one of the
[7:50] groups from the school daycare who were
[7:51] supposed to be there, supposed to go, but
[7:54] they weren't in the right place in the end
[7:56] . There were, there were, uh, poorly
[7:57] filled-out permission forms,
[7:59] something like that, which meant that we ended up
[8:00] not going, which meant that it would have been
[8:01] a great group to lead, but I think we still want to, it's still something we want to
[8:04] take over. I
[8:06] think Victoria greatly appreciated it. Well, it's a
[8:08] way to
[8:10] bring a little more life into
[8:11] the city center. The fact is, it was
[8:12] really good.
[8:13] Uh, we had made a
[8:14] special request to the radio for a ride on
[8:17] George Street. We really wanted to do
[8:18] something, uh, a little bit of cruising
[8:21] on George Street there. The fact that people
[8:23] would come in cars to stroll around and
[8:25] some could pass by in a car and
[8:26] so on, pick up Mr Freez, have the
[8:28] radio, make special requests,
[8:29] win prizes. But on the radio we're
[8:32] already doing something similar to some extent
[8:34] . started, he was at the dollar
[8:37] store and so on, so they go to
[8:39] places, uh, then it was Sin Financial
[8:41] who wanted to organize, so, uh,
[8:44] following certain matters, it was
[8:46] postponed, it was rescheduled. Well, it's still
[8:48] something we're
[8:49] considering, so if it's not this
[8:52] year, it'll be next
[8:54] year. Uh, there's
[8:56] also the car exhibition we talked about. Uh,
[8:59] again, we had tried to
[9:00] line up some dates
[9:03] with Edit Lear, who
[9:06] really knows the scene, knows a lot about how it
[9:09] works and on the circuit, because it's
[9:12] a circuit where people travel around, so
[9:13] you can't steal
[9:14] someone else's weekend.
[9:16] Unfortunately, there was an
[9:18] unforeseen circumstance preventing him from taking his daughter to
[9:20] school for the weekend, which is what it could have
[9:23] been. That means we'll have to do that again
[9:25] too. But we're really excited to be
[9:28] able to take it up again, to be part
[9:30] of the circuit a little bit. There are sweet
[9:32] spots there with dates you need to take,
[9:33] it's not obvious. That's quite something
[9:34] . These are tanks that the
[9:36] world doesn't let out just any time or
[9:38] in any situation.
[9:39] So, we'll continue to keep an eye on that
[9:42] . And then there is a
[9:43] painting project in collaboration with the Rotari club
[9:47] to create a mural in the city center.
[9:49] Uh, really add a little bit of
[9:51] public art, a little bit of
[9:54] beautification. Well, flowers are fun
[9:56] , but the fact remains that they need to be replaced
[9:57] every year. Putting
[9:59] things in place, projects like that which are
[10:01] added and which have
[10:03] a lasting impact year after year, I
[10:05] think that would be good, it would do
[10:06] the city centre good. Uh, the
[10:08] winter banners, they had a problem because some of them in the
[10:11] sun
[10:13] shrank and now they don't fit anymore. Well, that's
[10:15] something we're going to
[10:17] replace, uh, the
[10:19] Christmas decorations and banners, it's something we're going to
[10:20] try to
[10:22] replace with, uh,
[10:24] the funds in reserve that we have for that, uh,
[10:28] to really try to do
[10:29] something coherent that will work well
[10:30] in the coming years. And
[10:32] besides, that meeting wasn't bad at all.
[10:35] Thank you very much, Joel.
[10:37] Uh now [clears throat] we are
[10:38] going to move on to the detachment council of
[10:41] the B James
[10:45] advisor
[10:47] Mr. Mayor
[10:53] 25
[11:03] order business
[11:05] interest board meetings there was no
[11:07] business arriving uh work in progress is
[11:09] the road closes highway 11 um over the
[11:14] last few months I would say the OPP has
[11:18] heard what the northeastern um mayors
[11:22] have been saying in the municipalities
[11:24] uh so they over the last few months
[11:27] they've had 6 stops we've seen a lot of
[11:31] arrests happening
[11:33] um they're finding things in transports
[11:36] in cars transportations of drugs and
[11:40] paranilia and a lot of stuff. Um so when
[11:43] you're out driving on the highway we see
[11:45] their present more and even within the
[11:47] town limits, it's helped us a lot uh in
[11:50] the community buse there's a lot of
[11:52] speeders so that's helping a lot. Um
[11:56] there was also the mayor and the CEO
[11:58] were to have a meeting about the road
[12:01] conditions and the heavy vehicle part
[12:06] later on that day.
[12:14] monsieur
[12:18] special
[12:25] irdate rapid resping
[12:29] and then also they talked about the
[12:32] hospital having new guards security
[12:36] guards Hm hm.
[12:42] Con on peut juste de un nouveau sujet. We
[12:45] also talked about the air patrols
[12:47] between Lon Lac and H,
[12:50] once in a while, not all
[12:51] the time. It depends on the availability of
[12:54] the plane, but maybe we can have
[12:56] that when we arrive there, especially with
[12:59] the winter truckers who take
[13:01] chances if there is a plane that
[13:03] could make it happen,
[13:05] as we have talked. I don't know if it's
[13:07] going to happen.
[13:07] Yeah, that's it. That's in the past. I don't know
[13:10] if you've ever seen the yellow ones
[13:11] when you arrive at the big centers.
[13:13] Before, it was really someone who had to
[13:15] watch the vehicle pass,
[13:19] they set a timer, someone said go.
[13:21] Then when it arrives, there are
[13:22] master calculations of the radars and it
[13:25] would be a good thing that even perhaps
[13:27] when the paths are
[13:28] blocked, it would be to go and
[13:31] check in advance to
[13:33] make sure that everyone is correct.
[13:35] Then Guin wasn't there, but I was lucky enough
[13:38] to be invited to the swearing-in
[13:41] of an officer who, with the dog that will be
[13:44] staying at H. That's a
[13:47] request we had in the past.
[13:48] Then well he was on Nan he was at the
[13:51] pee before there he was on Nan there he's
[13:54] back at the pee so we're going to
[13:56] see the local dog so that this is
[14:01] no development in place but thank you for
[14:04] other questions to advise
[14:05] Bergon
[14:07] we continue
[14:10] North Eastern Ontario Municipality
[14:11] Association dated June 26 I was a little
[14:15] disappointed because it's one of the times we had a
[14:18] meeting at H
[14:21] and a little more we didn't have corum and
[14:23] uh at
[14:24] Can's with his team had prepared
[14:27] food, had everything done everything and
[14:30] everything I think that uh there is something that
[14:33] was done a lot more than elsewhere so
[14:36] I don't think we'll do it again if they don't
[14:38] want to come well
[14:41] we'll keep it that way no other
[14:42] comments so we had
[14:46] discussions from the table
[14:48] we gave everyone who
[14:50] was there a chance to speak. We had a
[14:52] presentation
[14:53] from Horn Pain regarding the... You
[14:56] know, when we got the Grants for the
[14:58] houses, I don't know if you remember
[15:00] Daniel, I think the federal government
[15:02] released a project, you could build 50
[15:06] units in your city, but 50 units
[15:08] is too big for us. Then what we are
[15:10] talking about is that the
[15:12] government is the government that
[15:14] when projects come along that have
[15:16] 10 units in Pain 20 in H20 in
[15:21] Cap and so on and even small
[15:23] villages, it is what is
[15:26] correct and that they have support to do that,
[15:29] uh, after that, well, Moonbeam,
[15:34] a mother came back again with her, uh,
[15:38] let's see, uh,
[15:40] the spring there
[15:44] for the forest there and he says that it is
[15:45] hard on
[15:47] the food at the level of agriculture, it is not
[15:50] simple, it is not the
[15:52] first time that we heard him
[15:55] speak of that, his judgment
[15:58] also concerns
[16:03] the construction
[16:05] that is taking place
[16:07] at the level of the communities.
[16:10] After that, there is
[16:13] the correspondence between species and risk,
[16:16] Caribou that I talked about. After that, we had
[16:20] Objet ask us for support
[16:22] for the parking lot for the
[16:26] trucker.
[16:28] Uh,
[16:30] after that, we have Valrita.
[16:33] Valerita is asking for the same thing that
[16:35] we others have asked for in the past
[16:37] for fire trucks so that we don't have to
[16:39] change them every 5 years, which is to
[16:41] have an extension like we had
[16:44] there, uh,
[16:47] part of that, it's not bad,
[16:54] advisor Bruce Newton from Cap, not here,
[16:57] I'm doing the report, advisor
[17:00] Newton,
[17:03] not bad at all. I have some questions for you
[17:05] .
[17:07] Yes.
[17:09] I just wanted
[17:11] people to see that Tim
[17:15] Boot mentioned that they launched
[17:17] Canada,
[17:18] which was something
[17:19] really impressive. People do
[17:21] n't necessarily know that it's happening, but
[17:23] uh, people from the aerospace industry, uh, there is, there is, there is
[17:26] a big, big
[17:28] aerospace competition taking place in
[17:30] Tminou where there are people from all
[17:32] over. So I would invite
[17:35] people to go and see Launch Canada
[17:37] Challenge there just to see these are
[17:39] things that are happening in our region. That's
[17:40] still impressive
[17:42] . It's worth it. I think there's one nice
[17:44] thing to highlight that I took away
[17:45] from this meeting. Thank you,
[17:48] Joe.
[17:51] It is resolved that the council take note of the
[17:52] reports and minutes of the
[17:54] meetings of committees and
[17:55] municipal councils presented at the
[17:56] regular council meeting held on July 28,
[17:58] 2026.
[18:09] Moved by Councillor Lauson seconded
[18:10] by Councillor Billard for the
[18:12] resolution
[18:14] . Adopted, thank you.
[18:18] Chief Administrator's Report. Report
[18:20] chief administrator officer question
[18:22] comments.
[18:26] OK. Function of the council, function of
[18:29] council, report of the public works committee,
[18:35] operation committee, council.
[18:39] Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, the first
[18:41] topic is, uh, on the side of, uh, the
[18:44] exploitation of natural resources
[18:46] in northern Ontario. Uh, what
[18:48] I understood was that we were supposed to
[18:49] have funds to develop and
[18:52] repair paths on the natural resources side,
[18:54] and then I think
[18:56] money arrived there just at the last
[18:57] minute, even before our
[19:00] committee meeting, and the amount was
[19:03] $139, almost $1400. And
[19:07] then here is a recommendation that the
[19:10] council authorize the staff to
[19:13] continue the steps for the funds
[19:16] that would operate the Little
[19:19] Gaspé Road from Route 183 to
[19:21] Bin Road for the continuity of what 2 years
[19:25] ago was
[19:27] resolved that the council authorizes and
[19:29] directs the municipal staff to
[19:30] submit a funding request
[19:32] to the body of the Northern Ontario
[19:33] Natural Resources Development Support Fund
[19:35] for the
[19:37] Gaspé Road Reflection Project from the
[19:38] South Road to Bin Road
[19:58] proposed by councillor seconded by
[20:00] councillor the mayor for the resolution
[20:04] adopted thank you.
[20:06] This is the update on the
[20:10] Monjon and McManis Street Local Improvement Project. Update on the Mon and
[20:13] Mcman Street Local Improvement Project.
[20:18] At the time of the meeting, all the
[20:19] piping around the earth was
[20:22] done, the gravel was put in place, it was
[20:24] ready to receive the curbs. I don't know if they've
[20:26] started. Yeah. They
[20:28] started the cement curves. Then the
[20:30] spade will go there a little later
[20:31] , probably September to
[20:33] complete the path to give it a
[20:34] chance to compact properly before
[20:36] laying the asphalt. So, I
[20:38] think the work will be done with no extra costs,
[20:41] if I understand correctly, and no
[20:43] surprises, which is very
[20:45] good. This is for informational purposes only.
[20:48] Then the third topic is the
[20:50] report on the
[20:55] water and wastewater system for the
[20:57] month of April and May.
[21:00] We had big, big variations
[21:03] in the systems because of the
[21:05] water level. The melting of the
[21:07] river thaws, these are things that we cannot
[21:11] control, but in the end, it was
[21:14] very well managed.
[21:18] The events had almost happened
[21:20] with the water levels playing a role in the
[21:22] thawing, but nothing major for the
[21:25] system. It's all types of information,
[21:30] and then there were two new topics
[21:31] that were addressed at the last minute.
[21:32] I will leave them to our
[21:34] administrator in numerical form.
[21:36] We're just going to
[21:38] adopt the report from the
[21:39] Public Works Committee, Martin, uh, Councillor Lanois. Therefore, it was resolved
[21:41] to adopt the report of the
[21:42] public works committee dated July 22, 2026,
[21:50] proposed by the
[21:52] secondary councillor, the mayor, for the
[21:54] resolution
[21:56] adopted. Thank you
[22:03] [clears throat]
[22:04] Mr. Mayor. So the first topic
[22:07] is the agreement with new construction
[22:08] for the spreading of granulus on chemin
[22:10] blé roi and mec. As you know, on
[22:13] April 14th the municipal council
[22:14] approved a budget of 252,000 to buy
[22:16] granular material and then carry out the work to
[22:19] put the granular material on Chemin Bl Roi and Chemin
[22:21] Mec.
[22:22] After the call for tenders, we had only
[22:24] one bidder who
[22:26] entered at 320487
[22:28] and 25. So approximately 68000 pieces in
[22:33] case we expected.
[22:34] After we did a little
[22:36] investigation, we realized
[22:37] that there was an error
[22:38] in the conversion factor and
[22:41] we requested too much equipment
[22:43] from Villeneuve. So following this,
[22:45] we had discussions with Villeneu
[22:47] to see if they were open to reducing
[22:48] the amounts. There were no problems.
[22:50] The first discussion, the amount
[22:51] entered was 268155.
[22:56] [clears throat] And indeed, yesterday
[22:57] we had a revised quote for V9 which brings it down
[23:00] to 259000. That's a little
[23:02] lower. What is a service note?
[23:03] Disassemble.
[23:05] It's still [clears throat] that there's
[23:05] a gap to fill after
[23:07] 23000 because for the whole
[23:08] project, we still estimate even with the
[23:10] new quotation that the total cost
[23:13] of the project is around 275000.
[23:15] That includes a little bit of a
[23:16] contingency but also outside of
[23:18] just Villeneu there is work on
[23:20] our machines our equipment that must be
[23:21] taken into account. So there is a shortfall
[23:23] of $23,000 to be filled, as it stands
[23:24] . Whatever we propose would be to
[23:26] take 23000 of the amount that was
[23:28] entered as we had funds in the
[23:30] budget that we kept in Kazou. This
[23:32] would be part of all that. So there would
[23:34] not necessarily be an impact yet
[23:35] in relation to the budget and then to go
[23:37] looking for other other pots of other
[23:39] things. Why do we have a recommendation
[23:41] ? I don't know if it is
[23:44] resolved to adopt municipal bylaw
[23:45] number 5526, which is a bylaw authorizing
[23:48] the signing of an agreement with City9
[23:50] Construction to undertake
[23:51] stabilization work on the
[23:53] Blé Roi and Mec roads at a cost of
[23:56] $259,879 plus HSD, and if it is
[23:59] resolved to grant an
[24:31] additional budget allocation of $23,000
[24:35] to cover the project shortfall to be
[24:37] financed from the contingency fund
[24:39] included in the 2026 budget.
[24:42] proposed by Councillor Lenois, seconded by
[24:43] the Mayor, for resolution,
[24:47] account adopted, thank you.
[24:50] So the second additional subject
[24:52] is also an agreement with Ville9
[24:54] Construction to optimize it
[24:57] [clears throat] at a unit price
[24:58] of 2880 for a total amount of 51840.
[25:01] That's something, the winter sand,
[25:03] as we often say, the reason we're
[25:05] bringing it this year compared to
[25:06] past years is the increase, bringing the
[25:08] threshold above 50000 which needs
[25:10] council approval, but apart from that it's
[25:12] in the budgets we
[25:13] estimated when we made the budget in
[25:14] April.
[25:16] Therefore, our recommendation
[25:19] is resolved that the contract
[25:20] for the supply of optimized sand
[25:22] for the municipality's winter operations
[25:23] be awarded to City
[25:25] Construction at a unit price of
[25:27] 28.80 for a total amount of 51,840
[25:31] dollars plus HST. This was
[25:49] proposed by the second councilor,
[25:52] the mayor,
[25:53] for the resolution
[25:56] adopted. Thank you.
[26:01] OK. Uh,
[26:05] report from the planning committee to the camp,
[26:10] report from the parks and recreation
[26:12] committee,
[26:14] councillor,
[26:17] thank you Mr. Mayor.
[26:18] Our number 1 topic is a request
[26:20] from the Hor Hockey Association
[26:22] for
[26:24] free use of the La Limite Hall
[26:32] .
[26:35] Just to give you some
[26:36] context, this is the 5th consecutive year
[26:39] that the hacky miner association of H
[26:42] uh has submitted a request for
[26:44] free use of the room. the
[26:47] limit uh for their tournament which is used
[26:49] during the seasons. This is
[26:52] the 2026-2027 season. Uh, and the
[26:57] last four years, it was granted.
[26:59] Uh, these events represent 10 days
[27:02] of use of the hall, the limit, and then
[27:05] in the event that the
[27:08] minor hockey association of Ser has
[27:10] the opportunity to host
[27:12] regional provincial tournaments during the
[27:15] 2026-2027 season, which is the NOH OHF. Uh,
[27:19] free use of the
[27:22] event space may also be
[27:24] permitted.
[27:25] Uh, the financial involvement, we're talking
[27:27] about $1424 and 78 cents plus TV, uh,
[27:32] excuse me, TVH.
[27:34] But you also have to take into
[27:36] consideration that it's good for
[27:40] young people, it's good for the
[27:41] community.
[27:43] We have a recommendation for that.
[27:49] It is resolved that the council grant
[27:50] free use of the hall
[27:52] to the minor hockey association
[27:54] for its training camp and
[27:55] tournaments for the 2026-2027 season, suggesting
[27:58] that municipal programming and
[28:00] existing rentals should not be affected.
[28:03] Council authorization
[28:09] 2026
[28:17] proposed by councillor Dr seconded by
[28:20] Guin or councillor
[28:24] for the resolution
[28:26] adopted thank you
[28:28] second subject then there if I miss anything
[28:30] Mr Eric you will be able to see jump
[28:33] in, it is a big file then I
[28:35] entered quite a bit at the end of the file. It's
[28:39] either a "well" or, I should say, an ongoing case
[28:41] . This is an update on the
[28:43] improvement project at the
[28:44] Claude Larose Recreation Centre. Update on the
[28:47] Claude Larose Recreation Center
[28:49] Improvement Project. Uh, again, on
[28:52] April 18, 2024, there were
[28:54] funding opportunities for the
[28:55] municipality that were announced as part of the
[28:58] fund for
[29:01] community sports and recreation infrastructure.
[29:03] On October 28, 2024, the council
[29:05] authorized municipal staff to
[29:07] submit a funding request to the
[29:10] Ministry of Sport for a project
[29:12] totaling $904,000, excuse me,
[29:17] $904,200, which includes a
[29:20] 30% municipal contribution, uh, which is estimated at $
[29:23] 271,260.
[29:25] On May 30, 2025, the city obtained
[29:28] approval for maximum funding
[29:30] of $452,100, which represents 50% of the
[29:35] total project cost.
[29:38] Subsequently, on November 10, 2025, the
[29:40] city council authorized the
[29:41] signing of a funding agreement
[29:43] with the province and confirmed the
[29:46] city's commitment to assume
[29:47] half of the costs for a project
[29:49] totaling $904,000.
[29:53] $904,200, excuse me.
[29:55] The exterior door replacement project
[29:58] involves replacing
[30:00] 17 doors at the Arena recreation center,
[30:03] which was scheduled for completion on July 14, 2026.
[30:06] Work has progressed
[30:09] up to door number 10, in accordance with
[30:11] the established execution schedule. The
[30:14] project is proceeding as planned. There is
[30:16] no problem. There have been no
[30:17] major unforeseen events so far. Uh, the
[30:21] elevator renovation project is progressing
[30:24] according to plan. The
[30:25] equipment necessary for the execution of the
[30:28] work was received on June 30, 2026,
[30:32] dated July 14, 2026, following
[30:35] a discussion with representatives
[30:36] of TK Elevator. Um, they've planned for
[30:41] the work to start in the
[30:43] next few weeks and it will
[30:46] take place over a period of 4 to 5
[30:48] weeks.
[30:50] Regarding the improvement of
[30:52] sanitary facilities, the project
[30:54] includes the renovation of 11
[30:56] bathrooms. The progress of the work as of
[30:59] July 14th is as
[31:02] follows. Okay, I'm just going to give you
[31:04] a quick recap.
[31:06] The bathroom on the boundary has been
[31:08] completed since the beginning of
[31:09] April. The bathroom in the room with
[31:12] the two mirrors has been completed since
[31:14] mid-mid. The bathroom in room 27
[31:17] has been completed since the end of
[31:18] March. The pool bathrooms have been
[31:21] completed since the beginning of May.
[31:24] The bathrooms in rooms 1 through
[31:26] 8 are almost finished.
[31:29] Only the installation of the ceramic tiles
[31:31] in the showers remains to be done.
[31:34] which should be done within the
[31:35] next few weeks. The
[31:37] referees' bathroom only requires the installation of
[31:40] ceramic tiles in the shower to be
[31:41] completed. Bathroom of room
[31:45] 26. Again, it's the same thing. The
[31:47] ceramic tile installation is what still needs
[31:49] to be completed. And the
[31:52] lumberjack bathroom requires
[31:54] floor finishing in order to complete the work.
[32:01] And then for
[32:06] my third topic, it won't be too long, it's
[32:08] the annual maintenance of
[32:09] the municipal swimming pools.
[32:18] For many years the
[32:20] Stéphane Lecour swimming pool has closed its doors for
[32:22] a period of two to three weeks at the end
[32:24] of the school year in order to carry out the
[32:26] annual maintenance work.
[32:29] This period is essential to
[32:31] carry out inspections, to make sure
[32:32] that everything is in good condition, the
[32:34] deep cleaning, the necessary repairs
[32:36] if there are any. It is also necessary to check that
[32:38] the installations are functioning correctly.
[32:40] This work helps to preserve the
[32:42] quality of the infrastructure, to
[32:44] extend the life of the pool, and to
[32:47] ensure that the pool meets
[32:48] current safety standards.
[32:52] The annual interview took place
[32:54] from June 22nd to July 12th. The pool
[32:57] was reopened on July 13, 2026.
[33:00] Uh, every 2 years, there is
[33:02] more in-depth maintenance
[33:03] required. This year, the pool was
[33:06] completely emptied to allow for a
[33:08] full inspection of the basin, to make
[33:09] sure everything was in good condition, a
[33:11] thorough cleaning and the repair
[33:13] of joints or repointing or
[33:16] replacement of grout or whatever
[33:18] small things need to be done
[33:20] where necessary. This
[33:23] work is essential to
[33:25] maintain the structural integrity of the
[33:28] basin, prevent
[33:31] water infiltration, and ensure the maintenance of standards,
[33:33] quality, and safety.
[33:37] Everything was beautiful on that side. That's
[33:42] all.
[33:43] Excuse me.
[33:44] THANKS.
[33:46] It was resolved to adopt the report of the
[33:47] Parks and Recreation Committee dated
[33:49] July 23, 2026,
[33:56] proposed by Councillor Berjon, seconded by
[33:58] Councillor Berjon. Do you have any
[34:00] questions or comments to advise
[34:02] Delais?
[34:04] Everything was clear regarding the
[34:08] adopted resolution.
[34:10] Thank you,
[34:14] now we will move on to the report of the
[34:17] finance committee, Ms. Vachon please
[34:19] .
[34:20] Thank you, Mr. Mayor. So item
[34:21] number 1, it has been removed from
[34:24] tonight's agenda. Uh, settled.
[34:30] Yes,
[34:31] we [clears throat] when we had
[34:32] made the calls for tenders
[34:34] for someone to clean
[34:36] certain municipal places, uh
[34:38] [clears throat] we had four
[34:39] places where there was no one in the
[34:40] bids or the prices were too
[34:42] high. We had started looking at the
[34:43] options of abusing an employee or having
[34:46] someone else do it. Then the
[34:47] bidder who was number 1 and the
[34:49] cheapest showed interest in doing it
[34:50] . So we are in negotiations
[34:52] to try to finalize and then
[34:53] sign contracts.
[34:57] OK
[34:58] thanks.
[34:59] Uh, the second item,
[35:03] municipal procurement policy update.
[35:05] So naturally we had a
[35:08] policy and it dated from 2004,
[35:12] it was revised in 2016 and then had
[35:14] several small changes over
[35:15] the years. So we put our hands on the
[35:18] door and now we have a new
[35:20] policy which is presented
[35:24] in the following pages. The
[35:26] major changes are
[35:27] the increase in the amounts that
[35:29] must be approved by the council.
[35:31] Uh, conflicts of interest,
[35:33] clarification of employee roles and
[35:34] responsibilities and boardrooms
[35:36] , refinement of processes
[35:38] for purchasing RFQs, RFPs,
[35:40] things like that, updating of
[35:42] publication requirements again for
[35:44] RFPs, RFQs, credit card purchases
[35:47] , creation of a table for
[35:51] purchasing and then updating the annex
[35:53] which is a list of goods or
[35:56] circumstances why we do not need a
[35:58] call for tenders. So uh the
[36:01] authorizations and responsibilities of the
[36:03] council, the council approves the
[36:05] uh [clears throat]
[36:06] operational and capital budgets and then uh we
[36:09] approve the additional expenditures. There
[36:11] could be cases such as
[36:13] emergency situations where
[36:16] the administrator could
[36:18] make purchases and then provide
[36:20] details to the board, and then items
[36:23] that are necessary for
[36:25] daily operations that are done there on a
[36:28] recurring basis.
[36:30] So, there are some
[36:34] significant changes there.
[36:36] We need an agreement, or if we
[36:40] need to sign an agreement, if the
[36:42] council must approve the agreement before we
[36:44] start making purchases. Uh, the
[36:46] council must also
[36:48] approve purchases exceeding
[36:50] 999999.
[36:53] Uh, the council must approve any
[36:55] purchase that deviates from the
[36:57] purchasing policies if the purchases exceed the
[37:01] amounts approved in the budget by 10% or
[37:04] by an amount of $20,000. Well, if the
[37:07] choice of the bidder was made, we
[37:10] chose the person who was not
[37:12] the cheapest. Well, if there's
[37:17] no budget to approve the expenditure.
[37:18] Then, uh, these are all reasons
[37:20] why the council must approve
[37:23] purchases that are a little
[37:27] out of the ordinary. Uh, conflicts
[37:29] of interest, one of the members of the board
[37:32] must not be involved in
[37:33] any way in the processes. It takes
[37:36] POs for all purchases. Credit cards
[37:39] , we try to use them as little as
[37:41] possible.
[37:43] Uh, changes at the RFQ and
[37:46] RFP level. Well, that's
[37:47] not bad. On page 21
[37:50] of the documents, there is a list
[37:53] showing the amounts that need to be
[37:54] approved by whom. Uh, we also have uh,
[37:57] section 12, we can see
[38:00] emergency purchases, these are exemptions and then
[38:04] uh, that's pretty much it. Good policy,
[38:07] thank you for the great work.
[38:11] resolved to adopt Municipal Order
[38:13] No. 56 2026, being an order
[38:15] establishing the new
[38:16] municipal procurement policy, and which is
[38:19] resolved to adopt Municipal Order
[38:20] No. 5726, being an order amending By-
[38:23] law No. 112 2025 on the
[38:25] delegation of powers in order to delegate to the
[38:28] chief administrative officer the authority to
[38:29] draft and execute
[38:55] procurement contracts
[38:58] with a maximum value of $99,999.
[39:06] proposed by Councillor Vacant, seconded
[39:07] by Councillor, and the for the resolution
[39:11] adopted. Thank you so much.
[39:14] Uh, 3rd topic, appointment of an
[39:17] assistant treasurer.
[39:20] So following the departure of the treasurer,
[39:23] uh the board appointed the
[39:27] chief administrator uh as Acting Treasurer and
[39:31] then it's on an interim basis
[39:33] until we have a
[39:35] permanent hire. So we believe it's
[39:40] a good idea to have another
[39:42] person available since we might have an
[39:45] urgent need and someone
[39:47] might be on vacation or something like
[39:48] that. So we have a resolution
[39:51] here to appoint Sonia Col as deputy president,
[39:59] or to adopt
[40:01] municipal decree number 5826, which is a decree
[40:04] appointing Sonia Col as deputy treasurer of
[40:06] the corporation of the city of
[40:09] 586,
[40:18] proposed by Councillor Vachon seconded
[40:19] by Councillor Lausant for the
[40:22] resolution when adopted. THANKS.
[40:27] Our third theme is, uh,
[40:32] a
[40:35] mid-term financial review. So here we have
[40:39] a table with the different
[40:45] operating expenses, revenues and
[40:47] operating expenses, and also capital expenses. Then uh
[40:50] the chief administrator and his
[40:51] team, they really uh brought
[40:54] comments to explain where there were
[40:57] big variances. Well,
[40:59] most of the variances are due to
[41:01] timing. We know that some things
[41:03] happen more towards the end of the year. We must
[41:05] also remember that we approved the
[41:07] budget in April. So there are many of
[41:10] these expenses that are just
[41:11] beginning. We are doing construction work here
[41:13] , and it's already been 6 months.
[41:16] So most of the variances can
[41:18] be explained by timing, but we
[41:20] can see that things are going very well in terms of
[41:22] current budgets and expenditures. That's
[41:27] all.
[41:30] resolved to adopt the report of the
[41:32] finance committee dated July 21,
[41:34] 2026
[41:40] proposed by councillor second councillor
[41:43] for the resolutions
[41:47] thank you councillor thank you
[41:48] Mr.
[41:52] Finance representative
[41:53] of the policy committee councillor the uson
[41:56] thank you Mr. Mayor so the first
[41:58] point. It's always a fun event, it's
[42:00] the 2026 bicycle rodeo.
[42:03] Uh, I want to say a huge
[42:06] thank you to Mrs. Bastarach and her team
[42:08] for the rodeo. It was a great
[42:09] success, a resounding success this year. Uh, there was a
[42:11] lot of participation, uh,
[42:14] the bicycle draw and so on. The
[42:16] people and the shopkeepers were generous;
[42:19] they gave away many prizes. If this
[42:21] continues, it won't be about prizes, it'll
[42:23] just be everyone getting
[42:24] stuff because
[42:26] people were really encouraged. Well, it was
[42:28] lovely to see Mrs.
[42:29] Bastarach talking about it because you can see that it's something that's close to her
[42:33] heart. Uh, it even happened
[42:36] outside this year instead of in
[42:38] the arena. Uh, and it's true, when she
[42:40] said that, I remember that in
[42:42] the arena, there are slippery patches,
[42:43] uh, on a bicycle. Then I don't want to
[42:46] when we go cycling,
[42:47] usually it's outside. So in the
[42:48] future, that's what we're looking at here, if the
[42:50] temperature allows it, it would be outside.
[42:53] People really enjoyed it. It was
[42:55] really fun.
[42:57] There was the participation of
[42:58] Clinton Brown school this year, which
[43:01] was, well, a
[43:03] first. There were the
[43:06] young people who came down from Matis,
[43:09] there were Saint who came. So it
[43:11] was a really, really great
[43:13] success. Then it's something
[43:15] to repeat, even that Mrs.
[43:17] Bassarach suggested we start
[43:20] doing a little research for
[43:21] other trials, other
[43:23] similar projects or if there would be
[43:25] different stations. Well,
[43:27] with the support of the
[43:28] community, we might be able to
[43:29] make the stations a little
[43:32] more interesting, a little more
[43:34] interactive for young people. Uh, then
[43:36] we even floated the idea of ​​having a
[43:38] family section either in the evening or on a
[43:42] weekend. But that's fun. I
[43:44] think that this is something that will happen, that this will be done
[43:46] with the schools. So we would
[43:47] n't want to lose that aspect either. Well, that being the case, that
[43:49] was still a huge
[43:51] thank you. Uh, point number 2,
[43:55] it's the "Let's aim for cleanliness 2026" campaign,
[43:57] the 2026 Pitchin. Uh, I think we talked about it
[44:01] last year, uh, we didn't
[44:03] really have any news from
[44:05] Pitchin, which is the provincial entity,
[44:08] I think, uh, or provincial or federal.
[44:11] Uh, cit was an entity that used to
[44:13] supply bags and so on.
[44:15] Last year we did it ourselves, we
[44:17] provided the bags because then we did it again
[44:19] this year, uh, the website
[44:22] no longer exists, etc. I think that the
[44:25] pitchin pitchin is no longer
[44:27] unfortunately but several places
[44:29] have started to rebrand and then do it
[44:32] . It's not something we
[44:33] want to stop doing either. Uh, there was
[44:35] a day that was suggested uh in
[44:37] May at the
[44:39] provincial level, but uh, we still have
[44:41] snow, so it's not the best time to
[44:42] go and collect on the side of the
[44:44] road because we can't see what there is
[44:45] to collect. Uh, on the other hand,
[44:47] from that perspective, uh, it's certain
[44:50] that the costs are quite uh, minimal.
[44:52] If it's bags and so on, it's
[44:54] really about coordinating the city. Then that
[44:56] really gives a boost, I
[44:57] think. It's worth it. So, the question is
[44:59] how we can
[45:00] relaunch it next year, perhaps
[45:01] under a different brand. Well, either
[45:04] keep the pitch because people
[45:05] know it or do something else but
[45:07] still keep the spirit of the thing
[45:10] alive because we still believe that it is
[45:11] very important. That
[45:13] was also a point of information.
[45:16] Uh, the next point is the
[45:17] proposed delegation of power for the
[45:19] renewal of the beautiful commercial properties
[45:21] at 801 rue George. So proposes
[45:23] Delegation of Authority for Rene of
[45:25] Commercial Leases at 801 George Street.
[45:28] So this is, uh, for those familiar with it, this is
[45:31] where the library is and also
[45:33] the other shops in this building
[45:35] . Well, the city is
[45:38] in a rather curious situation. We rent
[45:40] to people, uh, we do what we do, we
[45:44] are landlords. Well, that being said, all
[45:49] the leases would have to come, would have
[45:51] to come here. Some
[45:53] negotiations have concluded, and
[45:55] others are coming
[45:56] soon. The fact that all the leases
[45:57] would have to come here. Uh, just for
[46:00] basic renewals with, you know,
[46:02] indexation to the cost of living and so on.
[46:05] We don't really think we need to
[46:07] do that. This is something that
[46:09] could be done automatically.
[46:11] So it would involve delegating those powers
[46:12] . It should be noted, however, that if there are
[46:14] major changes, something new,
[46:18] something big that
[46:20] changes, even if it was with someone
[46:22] who has been there for a long time, there are changes, there are
[46:25] changes that are not usual,
[46:26] let's say. It will come back eventually, and then we will
[46:28] need the
[46:30] council's approval. This is just for the basic day-to-
[46:32] day renewal, which
[46:34] is the recommendation.
[46:37] resolved to adopt Municipal By-law
[46:39] No. 5926, an amendment to By-
[46:41] law No. 1125 concerning the delegation
[46:44] of authority, in order to delegate to
[46:45] the Chief Administrative Officer the authority
[46:47] to approve and execute
[46:48] renewals of commercial leases with
[46:50] tenants of the
[46:51] municipal property located at 801 George Street,
[46:54] conditional upon the renewal
[46:55] retaining substantially the same
[46:56] terms as the existing lease.
[47:24] Proposed by Councillor Lauson, seconded
[47:26] by Councillor Vachon, for the
[47:29] resolution when adopted. Thank you. So
[47:34] the next item is item
[47:37] number 4, which is the 2025-2026 Annual Report
[47:40] of the Ontario Board of Buildings.
[47:47] So you have, uh, you have
[47:49] excerpts. The town of Hurst is actually
[47:53] part of it as well. There were, uh, if I'm not
[47:56] mistaken, three requests and then, uh, it should be
[47:59] noted that N, who can do, can make
[48:02] interventions with
[48:05] the ombsman for the city of Hst. Well, that doesn't
[48:08] always mean it will
[48:10] lead to something.
[48:11] Bodsman still has to do some
[48:14] research, sometimes it will even lead
[48:18] to communicating with the
[48:20] staff. I think they went there to
[48:21] get information, but
[48:23] nothing came of it. We are still doing
[48:24] well, and
[48:27] we have had that, it has been
[48:30] good for this year.
[48:32] [grunt]
[48:33] Thank you councillor,
[48:36] it is resolved to adopt the
[48:37] policy committee report dated July 21,
[48:40] 2026,
[48:46] proposed by Councillor Lauson seconded
[48:47] by Councillor Vachon for the resolution
[48:51] adopted. Thank you, Laon councillor.
[48:56] Now, we will move on to the
[48:59] economic development report.
[49:03] The one and only Mr. Bergon,
[49:15] mid-air traffic
[49:22] airport.
[49:25] We're very glad to look at his report
[49:27] this year to see the increase in the
[49:30] traffic has almost double if not. Um for
[49:34] the period from January 1st to January
[49:36] 30th, 2026, air traffic total 1,021
[49:39] aircraft movements representing an
[49:42] average of 5.6 movements per day while
[49:45] accommodating
[49:47] 100 and some passengers throughout the
[49:49] air terminal building. Uh compared to
[49:52] the period in 2025 where 658 air traffic
[49:56] movements and 460 passengers were
[49:59] recorded. The increase is over 55% for
[50:02] half year. Uh plus 363 movement. Traffic
[50:07] rose by 282%.
[50:10] It's 1298 passengers. The results are
[50:13] primarily attributed to the significant
[50:15] increase in flight training activity,
[50:17] fueling destination, commercial charges, uh
[50:20] wildfire survey, flights, fire
[50:23] suppression, and medical air transfers.
[50:26] So we have some numbers there for 2026
[50:28] midyear breakdown. fuel stopper
[50:30] stopovers accounted for 22% there was 20
[50:33] 228 of them uh wildfire uh survey
[50:36] flights accounted for 20% 207 of them so
[50:39] that went up 184%
[50:42] medical air transfers accounted for 19%
[50:45] and that's also up uh 28% and it was 194
[50:49] commercial trer flight accounted for 14%
[50:51] of 138 of those. flight training
[50:54] operations accounted for 7% with 76 of
[50:57] those up 55% and we did have the hope
[51:00] air military and miscellaneous accounted
[51:02] for 64 uh 6% through 64 flights uh fire
[51:08] suppression flight accounted for 3%
[51:10] although we had a lot of wallfires here
[51:12] it was only 3% but it's still up 154%
[51:17] environmental survey flights accounted
[51:19] for 1% there were eight of them forestry
[51:21] survey flights accounted for less 1%
[51:24] there is two aircraft maintenance
[51:25] flights counted for two also corporate
[51:29] charter flights counted for 0% they were
[51:32] none this year uh so it represents the
[51:35] airport's busiest half year recorded in
[51:37] 16 years of continuous statistical
[51:39] towing with air traffic statistics
[51:42] becoming a key daily operational tax
[51:45] task in the early Thank you
[51:48] . It's good that it's
[51:53] fun to see the airport
[51:55] expanded like this. Then I would also like to
[51:57] congratulate Marc Olivier there.
[52:01] Uh Marc Olivier, he's committed, he believes in
[52:04] his little corner there, and we see
[52:07] a big difference in the fact that it was
[52:11] resolved to adopt the report of the
[52:12] economic development committee dated
[52:14] July 23, 2026,
[52:23] proposed by the councillor seconded by the councillor
[52:25] for the resolution, account
[52:29] adopted, thank you, I did,
[52:34] I mixed up my papers,
[52:42] if I put my agent there,
[52:44] I sent it with apology.
[52:49] Uh
[52:51] now we're going to
[52:55] a notice of motion,
[52:57] quiet
[53:00] work in progress deferred, a finish
[53:02] business of
[53:05] h lot, it goes to 8 lots, that it be resolved,
[53:10] that the council meet in
[53:11] closed session in order to discuss the
[53:13] confidential information transmitted to the municipality
[53:15] by 1/3 article 2392i of the law on the
[53:18] municipality
[53:29] proposed councillor second councillor for
[53:33] the resolution
[53:35] adopted thank you see you in 15
[53:38] minutes.
[1:20:13] resolved that the ordinary meeting of the
[1:20:15] council resume and that the
[1:20:16] confidential report of deliberations in session
[1:20:18] be hereby noted for
[1:20:19] the information of the council resolved at the
[1:20:21] regular meeting of the council resume confidential
[1:20:24] report
[1:20:29] proposed by relay councillor seconded
[1:20:31] by councillor goes
[1:20:33] for the resolution account adopted. THANKS.
[1:20:45] It was resolved to adopt
[1:20:46] municipal decree number 6026. This
[1:20:48] decree confirms the deliberations
[1:20:50] of the council at the ordinary meeting of
[1:20:52] July 28, 2026.
[1:21:02] Proposed by Councillor Vachon, seconded
[1:21:04] by Councillor the Mayor, for the
[1:21:06] resolution
[1:21:08] adopted. THANKS.
[1:21:13] It is resolved that this ordinary meeting
[1:21:14] of the council held on July 28, 2026, be
[1:21:17] adjourned at 7:20 p.m.
[1:21:28] proposed by advisor seconded by
[1:21:30] advisor Lausanne for the resolution
[1:21:34] adopted. Thank you, see you next time.