[0:00] welcome everybody uh this is a separate meeting [0:04] than what was at 7 o'clock [0:09] oest welcome to the special meeting for the city of [0:15] westm uh for October 21st 2024 this is a very short agenda that we have tonight [0:22] so uh I will pass the adoption of the agenda to councelor Shamy Merc [0:28] mamees uh [0:41] all in favor carried uh item number three is councelor kez [0:50] which is the addendum for snc Laval Inc uh common expertise councelor kez thank [0:56] you Madame mayor whereas the city of Westmount has filed legal proceedings [1:00] court number 500-1 2017-09 8516 [1:05] d175 against the minister the transport mtq and Kash turot part s Kash to have [1:14] them build at their own expense and noise barrier along the westbound Lane [1:19] of Route 136 whereas in the context of the legal proceedings the parties agreed [1:25] to mandate an expert to conduct a common expertise whereas an an agreement had [1:30] been reached between the city of Westmount the mtq and kpat to appoint SN [1:36] lavalin now Atkin to produce the joint evaluation with the three parties [1:42] sharing the cost in equal parts whereas on October 5th 2022 Council awarded the [1:48] contract to snc lavalin Inc at kinali for a maximum amount of $15,452.57 [1:59] number 20 22-10 D20 34 divided among the three parties in equal parts whereas May [2:07] 15th 2023 Council increased the amount of the Mandate of Ence lavalin at kinsi [2:14] for the amount of $667 [2:19] 3.75 taxes included resolution number [2:30] whereas additional funds are necessary for SN lavalin at kin REI to proceed [2:35] with the analysis of the data collected as part of its assessment whereas it is [2:40] necessary to increase by $198,500 [3:00] and 19815 72 cents taxes included to be [3:06] divided between the three parties to the dispute for a maximum amount of $66,872 [3:28] [Music] 516 d175 against the minister the [3:33] transport mtq and K to In N resolution number 2022 d10 d234 be [3:42] modified and increased to a maximum amount of [3:47] $186,700 32 including taxes for the city of [3:53] Westmount that an additional expenditure be authorized in the amount of $ [3:58] 66,329 57 cents including taxes for the said contract to allocate this [4:04] expenditure in accordance with the financial information included in the [4:08] decision-making file number 20 20221 1703 2023 [4:14] d918 and 202 [4:18] 24-24 thank you very much seconded by councelor Gallery um do you want to give [4:24] the commentary on this or yeah this is there's been two increments since the [4:28] initial contract we went into with that Sensei [4:32] Lain to be shared three ways but there's been two increases one in 2023 and now [4:37] we have one in 2024 so West mount's total cost would be [4:44] $168,000 roughly with the increases because more money is needed because [4:49] it's more detailed the readings the analysis is more complex there's it's [4:54] very intricate so more money is needed it's more complicated than originally [4:58] thought so to have the best outcome the best possible outcome we need to do the [5:03] best possible work and this is an important step uh in the process of us [5:07] trying to secure the investment from the government from the provincial [5:11] government uh in mitigating the noise that comes off um that comes off the [5:16] turkot so this is all part of that that process and add additional cost in that [5:20] so thank you councelor kez it's seconded by councelor Gallery uh councel Pier has [5:25] recused himself um so all in favor carried and we have one more item on [5:33] tonight's agenda as our uh as part of this special council meeting is the [5:38] modification of a modification to a contract the purchase of ashal counselor [5:44] boock I move that the contract awarded to Construction djl Inc for the purchase [5:51] of asphalt purchase number 0 29572 be modified and increased to a maximum [5:58] amount of 91,9 [6:01] 97885 including taxes that an additional expenditure be authorized in the amount [6:07] of [6:09] $4,495 including taxes for said contract and to allocate this expenditure with [6:15] the financial information included in the decision-making file number 2024 [6:22] d238 thank you very much seconded by councelor Shamy uh any further comments [6:26] on this this was a a a time sensitive uh in order to do the resurfacing and [6:33] filling of potholes in time for the upcoming lousy weather uh we [6:41] need to get get more Asphalt in okay so seconded by councelor Shamy all in [6:48] favor carried uh that brings us to the question period which has to pertain to [6:53] the items that are on the special agenda if there are no questions I will adjourn [6:56] the meeting looking like there's no question [6:59] questions there's no questions online I'm assuming okay thank you the meeting [7:03] is adjourned