2026.06.23 – Special meeting of the Gatineau City Council held in the Jean-Despréz hall of the Maison du citoyen, 25 Laurier Street, Gatineau, on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, at 11:01 a.m. at which are
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CONSIDERING THAT the financial results of the City of Gatineau for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, show 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 prior protocols of agreement;
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 mobilize on a transitional basis sums from three specific financial reserves, namely the reserves for Commitments, for Prior Released Ongoing Projects, and for Contingencies;
CONSIDERING THAT the insufficiency of the available surplus requires exceptionally derogating, for the current fiscal year, from the targets of step 1 of policy PO-057 by deferring 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:
IT IS PROPOSED BY COUNCILLOR STEVE MORAN, SECONDED BY MAYOR MAUDE MARQUIS-BISSONNETTE, AND RESOLVED THAT, following the recommendation of the executive committee number CE-2026-447 of June 23, 2026, this council:
• approves 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:
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Net proceeds from property sales | $4,283,770 |
| Allocations already authorized by city council resolution | $7,867,506 |
| Tax revenues from PPU downtown – Investment plan – Development projects (PIVP) | $677,886 |
| Surplus – Economic development – FDT ($143,196) and Oversizing in debt repayment ($12,309) | $155,505 |
| Elections – Interest income | $18,962 |
| Commitments | $6,030,854 |
| Ongoing projects | $11,651,243 |
Furthermore, the treasurer is authorized to pay the necessary sums to the budget for the items included in the ongoing projects:
• to approve the transfer of the balance from certain reserves to the free surplus;
| Reserve | Amount |
|---|---|
| Commitments Reserve | $273,477 |
| Prior released ongoing projects | $1,975,231 |
| Contingency Reserve | $3,166,625 |
• to approve the derogation from the Surplus Policy regarding 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 |
| Net proceeds from property sales (industrial parks) | $2,463,866 |
| Allocations already authorized by city council resolution (loan repayment - Zibi ($747,237) & 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 as a priority to the concerned reserves during the next fiscal years, as soon as budgetary flexibility allows. The treasurer is authorized to perform the accounting entries to follow up on this. A certificate from the treasurer was issued on June 18, 2026. Adopted
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CONSIDERING THAT the City wishes to offer a positive experience to real estate stakeholders and citizens;
CONSIDERING THAT the City wishes to promote real estate development throughout its territory;
CONSIDERING THAT the City is undertaking steps to optimize the processing of real estate projects and permit issuance, with a constant focus on project quality, their alignment with sustainable land-use planning needs and issues, and the reduction of completion times;
CONSIDERING THAT the City wishes to adopt new processes to improve its capacity to respond to requests for real estate project processing;
CONSIDERING THAT the City has identified as a priority the replacement of its regulations governing municipal works agreements to update expectations and requirements according to current best practices in the field as well as to meet municipal needs;
CONSIDERING THAT updating the regulations governing municipal works agreements will allow the City to meet the objective of its Schéma d’aménagement et de développement de la Ville aimed at equitably distributing the costs of urbanization and service optimization:
IT IS PROPOSED BY COUNCILLOR CAROLINE MURRAY, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR MICHAEL KORHONEN, AND RESOLVED THAT this council adopts the draft Bylaw number 1018-2026 regarding agreements for municipal works. Adopted. Councillor Isabelle N. Miron takes her seat at 11:07 a.m.
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CONSIDERING THAT the City wishes to offer a positive experience to real estate stakeholders and citizens;
CONSIDERING THAT the City wishes to promote real estate development throughout its territory;
CONSIDERING THAT the City is undertaking steps to optimize the processing of real estate projects and permit issuance, with a constant focus on project quality, their alignment with sustainable land-use planning needs and issues, and the reduction of completion times;
CONSIDERING THAT the City wishes to adopt new processes to improve its capacity to respond to requests for real estate project processing;
CONSIDERING THAT the City has identified as a priority the prioritization of real estate project processing applications in order to clarify the expectations of municipal services involved in the files and to offer dedicated support to real estate stakeholders and citizens;
CONSIDERING THAT the prioritization of files will allow the City to meet two objectives of its Schéma d’aménagement et de développement de la Ville:
• Manage urbanization according to planning priorities; • Equitably distribute the costs of urbanization and service optimization.
IT IS PROPOSED BY COUNCILLOR CAROLINE MURRAY, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR MICHAEL KORHONEN, AND RESOLVED THAT this council:
• mandates the administration to implement a process for the categorization and prioritization of real estate project applications aimed at the construction of new housing and new institutional, commercial, industrial, or recreational areas, comprising three categories of real estate projects:
A first category requiring no municipal works agreement, including residential projects of eight units or less served by water and sanitary sewer;
A second category requiring a municipal works agreement, including:
o residential projects of nine units or more served by water and sanitary sewer, and compliant with regulations;
o industrial, commercial, institutional, or recreational projects served by water and sanitary sewer, and compliant with regulations;
A third category of projects requiring a municipal works agreement, including:
o projects not served by water or sanitary sewer, whether or not compliant with municipal regulations;
o residential projects of nine units or more served by water or sanitary sewer, but not compliant with municipal regulations;
o industrial, commercial, institutional, or recreational projects served by water or sanitary sewer, but not compliant with municipal regulations;
• adopts the prioritization criteria grid that will establish an order and processing time for applications requiring municipal works agreements and processed by the Espace promoteur;
• mandates the administration to establish an Espace promoteur to offer dedicated support for projects requiring municipal works agreements and subject to the application prioritization process. Adopted
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CONSIDERING THAT the City wishes to offer a positive experience to real estate stakeholders;
CONSIDERING THAT the City wishes to promote real estate development throughout its territory;
CONSIDERING THAT the City is undertaking steps to optimize internal processes for processing real estate projects and permit issuance, with a constant focus on project quality, their alignment with sustainable land-use planning needs and issues, and the reduction of completion times;
CONSIDERING THAT the City wishes to adopt a governance structure to improve its capacity to respond to requests for real estate project processing;
CONSIDERING THAT a governance structure will allow the City to effectively communicate its intentions to applicants regarding real estate project processing requests and the associated process timelines:
IT IS PROPOSED BY COUNCILLOR CAROLINE MURRAY, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR MICHAEL KORHONEN, AND RESOLVED THAT this council:
• establishes an advisory committee on real estate project applications, composed of:
the elected official serving as Chair of the Comité consultatif d’urbanisme, Chair;
the elected official serving as Vice-Chair of the Comité consultatif d’urbanisme, Vice-Chair;
the elected official serving as a member of the Comité consultatif d’urbanisme, member;
the Assistant Director General of Sustainable Development, member;
the Director of the Service de l’urbanisme et du développement durable, member;
the Director of the Service de la planification des actifs et des investissements, member;
• mandates the advisory committee to review the prioritization of projects to ensure its compliance with the prioritization grid adopted by the City Council;
• defines the mandate of the advisory committee as follows:
Validate the prioritization of real estate projects evaluated by the administration;
Document its activities to serve as support for decision-making by the City Council regarding specific real estate projects;
Establish a meeting schedule. Adopted
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IT IS PROPOSED BY MAYOR MAUDE MARQUIS-BISSONNETTE, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR VINCENT ROY, AND RESOLVED THAT this council adopts the agenda as submitted. Adopted
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NOTICE OF MOTION is given by Councillor Caroline Murray that she will propose, or that it will be proposed at a future council meeting, the adoption of Bylaw number 1018-2026 regarding agreements for municipal works. In accordance with the provisions of section 356 of the Loi sur les cités et villes, she tables the draft Bylaw number 1018-2026 at this meeting.
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CONSIDERING THAT a notice of motion regarding Bylaw number 61-45-2026 was given during the council meeting of June 9, 2026, and that the bylaw was tabled there, all in compliance with section 356 of the Loi sur les cités et villes:
IT IS PROPOSED BY COUNCILLOR RACHEL M. DESLAURIERS, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR STEVE MORAN, AND RESOLVED THAT, following the recommendation of the executive committee number CE-2026-446 of June 23, 2026, this council adopts 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.
Councillor Timmy D. Jutras requests a vote and the chair asks the members present to vote by voice:
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSENT |
|---|---|---|
| Maude Marquis-Bissonnette | ||
| Marc Carrière | ||
| Julie Bélisle | ||
| Sonia Ben-Arfa | ||
| Luc Chénier | ||
| Chloé Bourgeois | ||
| Caroline Murray | ||
| Timmy D. Jutras | ||
| Bettyna Bélizaire | ||
| Jean Lessard | ||
| Rachel M. Deslauriers | ||
| Michael Korhonen | ||
| Adrian Corbo | ||
| Steve Moran | ||
| Isabelle Cousineau | ||
| Isabelle N. Miron | ||
| Tiffany-Lee Norris Parent | ||
| Catherine Craig-St-Louis | ||
| Edmond Leclerc | ||
| Vincent Roy |
The chair declares the main resolution adopted. Adopted on division
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CONSIDERING THAT the three-year staffing plan exercise has allowed for the prioritization of needs to create new permanent positions while respecting allocated budgets;
CONSIDERING THAT the Service de l’urbanisme et du développement durable is currently in a process aimed at optimizing and revising the processes for handling requests related to real estate projects;
CONSIDERING THAT the Service de l’urbanisme et du développement durable has conducted an analysis of its needs:
IT IS PROPOSED BY COUNCILLOR STEVE MORAN, SECONDED BY MAYOR MAUDE MARQUIS-BISSONNETTE, AND RESOLVED THAT, following the recommendation of the executive committee number CE-2026-449 of June 23, 2026, this council accepts the modification to the organizational structure of the Service de l’urbanisme et du développement durable as follows:
• create a position of Head of Service, Espace promoteur (position number UDD-CAD-016), whose salary grade will be determined by the Human Resources Department, under the supervision of the Assistant Director, Population Services and Real Estate Projects;
• create a position of Coordinator, Espace promoteur (position number UDD-PRO-050), whose salary grade will be determined by the Human Resources Department, under the supervision of the Head of Service, Espace promoteur.
The Human Resources Department is authorized to modify the organizational chart of the department concerned. The funds for this purpose will be taken from the budget allocated to the three-year staffing plan (Plan triennal des effectifs). A certificate from the treasurer was issued on June 19, 2026. Adopted
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CONSIDERING THAT Chapter II of the Charte de la Ville de 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 City 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 City Council, which corresponds to 'management' category employees within the City of Gatineau;
CONSIDERING THAT Bill 22, Loi bonifiant les pouvoirs d’intervention des municipalités et modifiant d’autres dispositions législatives, has been 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 positions in the Administration falls exclusively under the City 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 established appointment process, namely through the approval of the City Council:
IT IS PROPOSED BY COUNCILLOR STEVE MORAN, SECONDED BY MAYOR MAUDE MARQUIS-BISSONNETTE, AND RESOLVED THAT, following the recommendation of the executive committee number CE-2026-450 of June 23, 2026, this council accepts the probationary engagement and the permanence of the management employees presented in the attached table, for the period of June 8 to 19, 2026. These are subject to all working conditions of management employees of the City of Gatineau. A certificate from the treasurer was issued on June 19, 2026. Councillors Timmy D. Jutras and Marc Carrière vote against this project. Adopted on division
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CONSIDERING THAT in accordance with the terms of section 108 of the Loi sur les cités et villes, the City 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 City Council meeting of June 23, 2026:
IT IS PROPOSED BY COUNCILLOR STEVE MORAN, SECONDED BY MAYOR MAUDE MARQUIS-BISSONNETTE, AND RESOLVED THAT, following the recommendation of the executive committee number CE-2026-448 of June 23, 2026, this council receives 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. Adopted
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IT IS PROPOSED BY MAYOR MAUDE MARQUIS-BISSONNETTE, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR VINCENT ROY, AND RESOLVED THAT this council agrees to adjourn the meeting at 11:12 a.m. Adopted
VINCENT ROY, Councillor and Chair Me VÉRONIQUE DENIS, City Clerk