2026.10.28 – Regular meeting of the executive committee of the City of Gatineau held in the committee room of the Maison du citoyen, 25 Laurier Street, Gatineau, on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.

Contract Award: Cooling System Replacement - Maison de la Culture

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee award a contract to the firm Mécanique Northerm inc., 112, boulevard Maisonneuve, Saint-Jérôme, Québec, J5L 0A1, for the replacement of the cooling system – Maison de la Culture (G802), for an approximate total amount of $1,195,900.97 including taxes, all in compliance with the tender documents and its bid submitted on September 15, 2026, as being the lowest bid received and compliant.

A treasurer's certificate was issued on October 27, 2026.

Financial Assistance Request: TAPU Program (2027-2028)

CONSIDERING THAT the Financial Assistance Program for the Development of Active Transportation in Urban Perimeters (TAPU) of the Quebec Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility (MTMD) aims to increase the modal share of active travel in urban areas and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with personal travel;

CONSIDERING THAT the project for the development of a multi-use path on rue du Curé-Roy, between rue Trudel and rue Pierre-Laporte, is a project eligible for a funding request under this program for the 2027-2028 fiscal year of the Government of Quebec;

CONSIDERING THAT the members of the executive committee of the City of Gatineau have reviewed the 2025-2028 application terms of the Financial Assistance Program for the Development of Active Transportation in Urban Perimeters (TAPU);

CONSIDERING THAT the City of Gatineau must comply with the laws and regulations in force and obtain the required authorizations before the execution of the project;

CONSIDERING THAT the City of Gatineau must authorize the filing of the financial assistance request, confirm its financial contribution to the project, and authorize one of its representatives to sign this request:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee:

• authorize the presentation of the financial assistance request for the project to develop a multi-use path on rue du Curé-Roy, between rues Trudel and Pierre-Laporte, to the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec, under the Financial Assistance Program for the Development of Active Transportation in Urban Perimeters (TAPU) by the Infrastructure and Projects Department;

• confirm having read and understood the 2025-2028 application terms of the program;

• confirm its commitment to have the eligible project carried out according to the terms in force, recognizing that in the event of non-compliance with these, the financial assistance will be terminated;

• authorize and certify that the Director of the Infrastructure and Projects Department, Patrick Larose, or the Assistant Director – Project Implementation, Johane Lavigne, are duly authorized to sign any document or agreement including the financial assistance agreement, if applicable, to this effect with the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility.

The treasurer is authorized to make the accounting entries required to follow up on this.

Temporary Traffic and Parking Modifications: Noël dans le Vieux-Aylmer

CONSIDERING THAT the parade will take place on rue Principale on Saturday, November 28, 2026, between the marina and the Galeries d’Aylmer as part of the Noël dans le Vieux-Aylmer festivities;

CONSIDERING THAT the Christmas market will take place at the Centre culturel du vieux-Aylmer and on surrounding streets on the weekends of November 27 to 29 and December 4 to 6, 2026;

CONSIDERING THAT the closure of the street to automobile traffic is necessary to allow the parade to pass safely;

CONSIDERING THAT the modification to parking regulations is necessary to ensure the safety of participants and ensure the fluidity of vehicles;

CONSIDERING THAT the Police Service ensures traffic control;

CONSIDERING THAT the costs related to road traffic modifications are covered in service according to the Major Events Support Program via resolution number CM-2026-341 of May 12, 2026:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee authorize the closure to automobile traffic as well as a temporary modification to parking regulations on certain streets as part of the Noël dans le Vieux-Aylmer event during the following days of November and December 2026, namely:

• prohibition of automobile traffic for the parade on Saturday, November 28, 2026, between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. on the following streets: − Rue Principale, between address 1 and rue du Bordeaux; − Boulevard Wilfrid-Lavigne, between rues Principale and North; − Rue LeGuerrier, between boulevard Wilfrid-Lavigne and rue John-Egan; − Rue Front, between rues Symmes and Principale; − Rue Prince-de-Galles, between rues du Patrimoine and Principale.;

• prohibition of automobile traffic except for residents outside market operating hours from Monday, November 23, 8 a.m. to Tuesday, December 8, 12 p.m. on the following streets: − Rue Broad, between rues Principale and Patrimoine; − Rue Park, between rues Principale and Patrimoine;

• parking prohibited for the parade on Saturday, November 28, between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. on both sides of the following streets: − Principale, between the marina and boulevard Wilfrid-Lavigne; − Du Couvent, between rue Front and chemin Eardley; − John-Egan, between boulevard Wilfrid-Lavigne and avenue des Artisans.

• parking prohibited for the parade on Saturday, November 28, between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. on one of the two sides of the following streets: − Patrimoine (odd/north side) along its entire length; − Symmes (odd/north side), between Tiberius and Front; − Court (odd/west side), between Patrimoine and Principale; − Court (even/east side), between Principale and Eardley; − Le Guerrier (odd/north side), between boulevard Wilfrid-Lavigne and rue John-Egan;

• parking prohibited for the market from Monday, November 23, 8 a.m. to Monday, December 7, 9 p.m. on one of the two sides of the following streets: − Rue Park (odd/west side), between rues Principale and Patrimoine; − Rue Broad (even/east side), between rues Principale and Patrimoine.

All according to plans CRO-22-477 and G06-144-01 and under the following conditions:

• respect the road signage standards of Quebec and the City of Gatineau concerning street closures;

• ensure an emergency lane at all times during the event;

The organization undertakes to provide the Events Office of the Arts, Culture and Letters Service, 30 days before the event, a general civil liability insurance certificate in the amount of $3,000,000 and also undertakes to release the City of Gatineau from any liability for damages to others that may result from the holding of the event and to designate the City of Gatineau as an additional insured on their liability insurance policy. The Public Works Department, Road Division is authorized to proceed with the installation of the required regulatory signage, all as indicated in the signage plans produced by the Traffic and Road Safety Division of the Infrastructure Department.

Financial Assistance Request: Véloce III Program (2027-2028)

CONSIDERING THAT the Active Transportation Infrastructure Assistance Program (Véloce III) aims to support the development, improvement, and maintenance of active transportation infrastructure to promote this type of travel, encourage sustainable tourism, improve road safety, contribute to health prevention, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by personal travel;

CONSIDERING THAT the project for the reconstruction of the multi-use path of the Rapibus corridor, between boulevard Montclair and the Casino Lac-Leamy parking lot, is a project eligible for a funding request under this program for the 2027-2028 fiscal year of the Government of Quebec;

CONSIDERING THAT the members of the executive committee have reviewed the 2025-2028 application terms of the Active Transportation Infrastructure Assistance Program (Véloce III) component 2;

CONSIDERING THAT the City of Gatineau must comply with the laws and regulations in force and obtain the required authorizations before the execution of the project;

CONSIDERING THAT the City of Gatineau must authorize the filing of the financial assistance request, confirm its financial contribution to the project, and authorize one of its representatives to sign this request:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee:

• authorize the presentation of the financial assistance request for the project to reconstruct the multi-use path of the Rapibus corridor, between boulevard Montclair and the Casino du Lac-Leamy parking lot, to the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec, under the Active Transportation Infrastructure Assistance Program (Véloce III) component 2, by the Infrastructure and Projects Department;

• confirm having read and understood the 2025-2028 application terms of the program;

• confirm its commitment to have the eligible project carried out according to the terms in force, recognizing that in the event of non-compliance with these, the financial assistance will be terminated;

• authorize and certify that the Director of the Infrastructure and Projects Department, Patrick Larose, or the Assistant Director – Project Implementation, Johane Lavigne, are duly authorized to sign any document or agreement including the financial assistance agreement, if applicable, to this effect with the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility.

UMQ Group Insurance Renewal (2026-2027)

CONSIDERING THAT the City of Gatineau wishes to benefit from insurance coverage to protect its assets and protect itself in the event of a lawsuit;

CONSIDERING THAT section 14 of the Loi sur les contrats des organismes municipaux allows the City of Gatineau to mandate the Union of Quebec Municipalities (UMQ) to award a contract on behalf of the municipality;

CONSIDERING THAT the UMQ has the mandate to prepare, in its name and that of the interested municipalities, a call for tenders document aimed at awarding a joint purchasing contract for property and casualty insurance as well as for consultant and risk management services;

CONSIDERING THAT the UMQ has awarded a contract;

CONSIDERING THAT it is possible for the City of Gatineau to integrate this joint purchase of property and casualty insurance as well as for consultant and risk management services, according to the rules established in the call for tenders document prepared by the UMQ;

CONSIDERING THAT the Group has proceeded with the renewal for the annual contract starting next November 1:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee:

• be authorized to renew its membership in the group from November 1, 2026, to November 1, 2027, for the joint purchase of property and casualty insurance as well as for consultant and risk management services of the UMQ for its portfolio of property, equipment breakdown, crime, automobile, and civil and municipal liability insurance;

• undertake to respect the terms of this contract as if it had contracted directly with the supplier to whom the contract is awarded;

• undertake to pay the property, equipment breakdown, and crime insurance premium to the firm Beneva for an approximate total amount of $2,227,067.29 including taxes;

• undertake to pay the automobile insurance premium to the firm BFL for an approximate total amount of $187,355.74 including taxes;

• undertake to pay the civil and municipal liability insurance premium to the firm BFL for an approximate total amount of $748,043.22 including taxes;

• undertake to pay as fees to the UMQ, an annual amount corresponding to 1% of the premiums paid, for an approximate amount of $36,360.45 taxes included;

• authorize the UMQ, on the occasion of the setting up of a guarantee fund, to retain the interest income generated by the investment of the funds guaranteeing the payment of the guarantee fund, as fees for the supervision of the insurer's operations and the management of the guarantee fund.

Furthermore, that:

• the preamble be an integral part of these presents as if recited at length.

• a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the UMQ.

The treasurer is authorized to make, during the covered period, the necessary disbursements based on the variation related to the volume of assets to be insured, up to the limit of budgetary availability. A treasurer's certificate was issued on October 27, 2026.

Implementation of Arbitration Decision: Grievance BLC-2019-029

CONSIDERING THAT grievance BLC-2019-029 was filed by the Syndicat des cols blancs de Gatineau - SCFP 5400 to contest the evaluation of the job title of civil engineering technician created on or about April 15, 2015;

CONSIDERING THAT the grievance arbitrator, Me Maureen Flynn, partially upheld the collective grievance BLC-2019-029;

CONSIDERING THAT pursuant to Règlement 816-2017 concerning the delegation of power from the executive committee to certain officials, including the power to authorize expenditures and enter into contracts on behalf of the City of Gatineau, it is necessary to authorize the payment of a judgment issued by an administrative or judicial tribunal for which the financial loss or expense exceeds $250,000;

CONSIDERING THAT the expense regarding the payment of the arbitration award in the BLC-2019-029 grievance file will be over the sum of $250,000:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee authorize the implementation of the arbitration decision rendered in the context of grievance BLC-2019-029.

A treasurer's certificate was issued on October 27, 2026.

Legal Mandate: Contract Rescission for Defective Rescue Boats

CONSIDERING THAT the City of Gatineau conducted a public call for tenders numbered 2021 SP 437 for the acquisition of two nautical vessels intended for the Fire Safety Service as part of a pilot project for whitewater search and rescue in the Outaouais territory;

CONSIDERING THAT the contract resulting from this call for tenders was awarded to the company 9238-5020 Québec inc., doing business under the name l’Expert Marine, in May 2022;

CONSIDERING THAT shortly after receiving the vessels in June and July 2023, they presented several defects, breakages, and failures affecting their operation, requiring their return to the seller for inspections and repairs;

CONSIDERING THAT the City of Gatineau undertook numerous steps to identify the origin of the problems and obtain the required corrections;

CONSIDERING THAT despite the work performed and the various interventions carried out, the vessels remained non-functional, preventing the realization of the search and rescue project as well as the training of employees called upon to use them;

CONSIDERING THAT the City of Gatineau found that it remained unable to use the vessels in a safe, reliable manner and in accordance with the purposes for which they were intended;

CONSIDERING THAT, faced with the absence of a lasting solution despite more than two years of efforts, the City of Gatineau sent a formal notice to the seller and the manufacturers on November 18, 2025, to demand in particular the replacement of the engines of the two vessels;

CONSIDERING THAT new inspections and repairs were carried out in the spring and summer of 2026, but that subsequent tests demonstrated that the problems persisted;

CONSIDERING THAT at the time of the introduction of the legal recourse, one vessel was still at the seller's awaiting diagnosis while the other continued to present engine defects after a short period of use;

CONSIDERING THAT the City of Gatineau had no other choice, despite the attempts at diagnosis and repairs, than to introduce a legal application in order to preserve its rights and interrupt the prescription applicable to its recourse;

CONSIDERING THAT it was necessary to file the legal recourse without delay in order to preserve the rights of the City of Gatineau insofar as the executive committee could not be seized of the matter in a timely manner within the administrative deadlines:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee ratify the steps taken by the Legal Affairs Department to introduce a legal recourse in order to obtain the rescission of the contract of sale between the City of Gatineau and 9238-5020 Québec inc. concerning the vessels and trailers following call for tenders 2021 SP 437 and to obtain condemnation for the payment of damages by the seller, the manufacturers, and any other party involved, as well as any other useful procedure to obtain compensation for the defective goods.

Legal Mandate: Structural Safety Injunction - 387 Rue Notre-Dame

CONSIDERING THAT the building located at 387, rue Notre-Dame, of which 9166165 Canada inc. is the owner, is in a structural state that is deemed dangerous for the safety of the occupants and the public;

CONSIDERING THAT the Legal Affairs Department filed with the Superior Court on October 6, 2026, an application for a provisional injunction based on section 231 of the Loi sur l’aménagement et l’urbanisme in order to obtain urgently, in particular, the evacuation of the occupants of the building, the prohibition of re-entering the premises, and the installation of barricades and construction fencing by the owner of the building, all to ensure the protection of the public and the occupants;

CONSIDERING THAT the Superior Court rendered judgment on October 7, 2026, concerning the application for a provisional injunction, and ordered in particular the evacuation of the building, prohibited its re-occupation, required its securing, and authorized the City to take the necessary measures in the event of a failure to act by the owner;

CONSIDERING THAT the orders pronounced in the judgment of October 7, 2026, were in effect for a duration of 10 days and that the Court extended these orders for an additional duration of 10 days on October 16, 2026, at the request of the City's Legal Affairs Department;

CONSIDERING THAT it was necessary to file the application for a provisional injunction without delay in order to ensure the safety of the public and the occupants insofar as the executive committee could not be seized of the matter in a timely manner within the administrative deadlines;

CONSIDERING THAT it is necessary that the City file an application for an interlocutory and permanent injunction before the Superior Court so that evacuation and securing orders for the premises are issued and in effect until the file is heard on the merits by the Court, and so that work is carried out by the owner of the building in order to comply with the applicable legislation and regulations, and failing that, to allow the City to carry them out at the owner's expense:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee:

• ratify the steps taken by the Legal Affairs Department to introduce applications for provisional, interlocutory, and permanent injunctions to the Superior Court concerning the building located at 387, rue Notre-Dame;

• mandate the Legal Affairs Department to undertake all other useful legal procedures to ensure the compliance of the building located at 387, rue Notre-Dame with the applicable legislation and regulations, in particular to protect the public and the occupants, and failing compliance by the owner, so that the City is authorized to execute all work at the owner's expense.