2026.06.23 – Special meeting of the City of Gatineau executive committee held in the committee room of the Maison du citoyen, 25 Laurier Street, Gatineau, on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, at 10:59 a.m. at which
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Allocations - Operating surplus for fiscal purposes - Year 2025
CONSIDERING THAT the financial results of the City of Gatineau for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, demonstrate a surplus available for allocation;
CONSIDERING THAT it is appropriate to allocate the surplus for specific purposes to ensure the availability of budgetary credits necessary to cover future costs of various municipal activities, to respect commitments resulting from council directives and resolutions, as well as to honor contractual obligations and certain previous memoranda of understanding;
CONSIDERING THAT the council adopted policy PO-057 on the Management of operating surpluses – Allocated and unallocated surpluses on March 21, 2023, which governs the order of priority for allocations;
CONSIDERING THAT the financial needs identified in step 1 of the policy prove to be greater than the available surplus, thus creating a funding gap compared to the 2025 fiscal year surplus;
CONSIDERING THAT in order to maintain financial balance and bridge this gap, it is recommended to temporarily mobilize sums from three specific financial reserves, namely the reserves for Commitments, for Previous released ongoing projects, and for Contingencies;
CONSIDERING THAT the insufficiency of the available surplus requires an exceptional derogation, for the current fiscal year, from the targets of step 1 of policy PO-057 by postponing a portion of the planned allocations;
CONSIDERING THAT the financial situation does not allow for the replenishment of steps two, three, and four of this same policy:
PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee recommends that council:
• Approve the transfer of the available surplus to the allocated surpluses of the City of Gatineau, based on the amounts indicated below in order to pay into the reserves the sums according to the budgetary planning or specific revenues of step 1 of the Surplus Policy;
| Surplus Policy – Step 1: Payments to reserves according to budgetary planning or specific revenues | Amount |
|---|---|
| Proceeds from net property sales | $4,283,770 |
| Allocations already authorized by municipal council resolution | $7,867,506 |
| Tax revenues from the PPU centre-ville – Investment Plan – Development Projects (PIVP) | $677,886 |
| Surplus – Economic Development – FDT ($143,196) and Oversizing | $155,505 |
| Debt repayment | ($12,309) |
| Elections – Interest income | $18,962 |
| Commitments | $6,030,854 |
| Ongoing projects | $11,651,243 |
In addition, the treasurer is authorized to pay the necessary sums to the budget for items included in ongoing projects:
• Approve the transfer of the balance from certain reserves to the free surplus;
| Reserve | Amount |
|---|---|
| Commitments Reserve | $273,477 |
| Previous released ongoing projects | $1,975,231 |
| Contingency Reserve | $3,166,625 |
• Approve the derogation from the Surplus Policy concerning sums that cannot be allocated to the reserves provided for according to the budgetary planning or specific revenues of step 1 of the Policy.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Life cycle | $4,055,000 |
| Proceeds from net property sales (industrial parks) | $2,463,866 |
| Allocations already authorized by municipal council resolution (loan repayment - Zibi ($747,237) and Airport ($225,000)) | $972,237 |
| Allocation of the residual amount of the additional rate increase for six units and more in 2023 and 2024 to affordable housing | $573,000 |
To reallocate the total amounts to the concerned reserves as a priority during the next fiscal years, as soon as budgetary leeway permits. The treasurer is authorized to make the accounting entries to give effect to this. This recommendation of the executive committee comes into force on the day of its approval by resolution of the municipal council. A certificate from the treasurer was issued on June 18, 2026. Adopted
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Amendment to the organizational structure - Urban Planning and Sustainable Development Department
CONSIDERING THAT the three-year staffing plan exercise allowed for the prioritization of needs in order to create new permanent positions while respecting allocated budgets;
CONSIDERING THAT the Urban Planning and Sustainable Development Department is currently in a process aimed at optimizing and revising the processing of applications related to real estate projects;
CONSIDERING THAT the Urban Planning and Sustainable Development Department has conducted an analysis of its needs:
PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee recommends that council accept the modification to the organizational structure of the Urban Planning and Sustainable Development Department as follows:
• Create a position of Service Head, Espace promoteur (position number UDD-CAD-016) whose salary class will be determined by the Human Resources Department, under the direction of the Assistant Director, Population Services and Real Estate Projects;
• Create a position of Coordinator, Espace promoteur (position number UDD-PRO-050) whose salary class will be determined by the Human Resources Department, under the direction of the Service Head, Espace promoteur.
The Human Resources Department is authorized to modify the organizational chart of the concerned department. The funds for this purpose will be taken from the budget allocated to the three-year staffing plan (Plan triennal des effectifs).
This recommendation of the executive committee comes into force on the day of its approval by resolution of the municipal council. A certificate from the treasurer was issued on June 19, 2026. Adopted
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Bylaw 61-45-2026 amending Tariff Bylaw 61-2006 establishing a tariff applicable for goods, services or activities offered by the City of Gatineau in order to add tariffs to Schedule II
PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee recommends that council adopt Bylaw number 61-45-2026 amending Tariff Bylaw number 61-2006 establishing a tariff applicable for goods, services or activities offered by the City of Gatineau in order to add tariffs to Schedule II. This recommendation of the executive committee comes into force on the day of its approval by resolution of the municipal council. Adopted
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Tabling of the City of Gatineau financial report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 - 2025 Financial Statements
CONSIDERING THAT in accordance with the terms of section 108 of the Loi sur les cités et villes, the municipal council retained the services of the chartered professional accounting firm Deloitte to audit the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025;
CONSIDERING THAT under section 105.1 of the same act, the treasurer must, during a council meeting, table the financial report and the independent auditor's report;
CONSIDERING THAT a notice was published to the effect that the financial report as well as the independent auditor's report would be tabled at the municipal council meeting of June 23, 2026:
PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee recommends that council receive the tabling of the financial report of the City of Gatineau including the independent auditor's report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. This recommendation of the executive committee comes into force on the day of its approval by resolution of the municipal council. Adopted
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Appointment of management staff - Period from June 8 to June 19, 2026
CONSIDERING THAT Chapter II of the Charter of the City of Gatineau was repealed by the Loi modifiant diverses dispositions afin notamment de donner suite à certaines demandes du milieu municipal (Bill 104);
CONSIDERING THAT section 70.3 of the Loi sur les cités et villes (RLRQ, chapter C-19), introduced by this bill, provides that the appointment of a civil servant or employee referred to in the second or third paragraph of section 71 of this act now falls exclusively under the municipal council;
CONSIDERING THAT this section 70.3 thus provides that the appointment of employees who are not employees within the meaning of the Code du travail falls under the municipal council, which corresponds to the "management" category of employees within the City of Gatineau;
CONSIDERING THAT Bill 22, Loi bonifiant les pouvoirs d’intervention des municipalités et modifiant d’autres dispositions législatives, was tabled at the National Assembly and proposes to amend section 70.3 of the Loi sur les cités et villes so that only the appointment of certain key administration positions falls exclusively under the municipal council;
CONSIDERING THAT the bill came into force on June 12, that the official text will be available shortly and that an analysis will have to follow to confirm that the desired modifications are included and that they allow for the desired delegations;
CONSIDERING THAT until the conclusion of this analysis, it is appropriate to continue with the appointment process put in place, namely by the approval of the municipal council:
PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee recommends that council approve the probationary hiring and permanence of the management employees presented in the attached table, for the period from June 8 to June 19, 2026. These are subject to all the working conditions of the management employees of the City of Gatineau. This recommendation of the executive committee comes into force on the day of its approval by resolution of the municipal council. A certificate from the treasurer was issued on June 19, 2026. Adopted
STEVE MORAN, President, Executive Committee Me VÉRONIQUE DENIS, Clerk, Executive Committee