Regular meeting, July 6, 2020
July 6, 2020
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COUNCIL MEETING SUMMARY
Moreover, taxpayers who need to
spread out their tax payments to lessen the burden can always reach a payment
agreement with the Municipality. Those who wish to do so should contact the
Finance Department and ask them to make the necessary arrangements.
Municipal Council has granted $4,656 in financial
support to lake associations for their role in helping the environment (water
quality analysis, water milfoil monitoring) and to allow them to continue their
lake conservation awareness campaigns. Support was provided to the following
associations: Les Amis de la Rivière Gatineau ($1,890*), Lac Bernard ($1,036),
Lac Gauvreau ($930), Lac Jean Venne ($400), and Lac Ricard ($400).
Municipal Council has increased financial support to Maison de la famille l’Étincelle for its meals-on-wheels program, which provides affordable meals to seniors aged 55 and over with physical or mental health issues. This $1,500 financial contribution will allow the organization to serve more people for an additional eight weeks.
The first
meals-on-wheels grant was awarded at the April 2020 Council meeting.
Municipal
Council has passed two separate resolutions approving a financial assistance
application to Ministère des Affaires Municipales et de l’Habitation in order
to carry out a feasibility study and prepare plans and specifications for
wastewater treatment in the Wakefield sector. This sewer extension project is
in line with the objectives of the Municipal Strategic Plan 2019–2023. The two
areas in question are chemin de la Légion and chemin Riverside, east of chemin
Rockhurst to the municipal boundary. A public consultation will be held very soon —August 2020 at the
latest—before proceeding with the grant application process.
Sidewalk
extension work is required on route Principale Est between chemin Gosselin and
chemin Kennedy. Municipal Council has therefore awarded a sidewalk construction
contract ($861,945) and a quality and quantity control contract ($11,774).
As part of the 2018–2020 Cultural Development Agreement between MRC des Collines-de-l’Outaouais and Ministère de la Culture et des Communications, Les Collines municipalities are entitled to a $10,700 grant for the purpose of acquiring a second work of public art. The Recreation, Culture and Community Living Commission unanimously recommended the acquisition of this work of art. Municipal Council has therefore authorized the Recreation Department to proceed with this project and has instructed the Recreation Commission to create a working committee. The location of the work of art will be determined at a later date.
Following the notice of motion tabled at previous meeting, borrowing bylaw 20-809 for the purchase and delivery of composting bins was passed ($256,179). In addition, notices of motion were tabled for the following projects:
Note that
roadwork on chemin Clark and chemin Riverside is conditional on obtaining a
provincial grant (50% of the costs for chemin Clark and 75% for Riverside)
since these projects are included in the 2015–2020 Local Road Infrastructure
Action Plan (PIIRL). Administered by Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ),
the program aims tooptimize local road investments with priority given to
infrastructure work. The action plan is also intended to help MTQ fulfill its
role of ensuring safe travel and mobility throughout Québec.
By-law 20-813 changes the speed limits on certain roads. For example, the speed limit is now 30 km/h on chemin Butternut, 40 km/h on chemin Schnob and chemin de la Prairie, and 50 km/h on chemin Saint-Louis, chemin du Lac Bernard, chemin Bernier, chemin Cléo-Fournier (from number 771 to the intersection of chemin Bernier and chemin du Lac Sinclair), and chemin des Érables (from chemin McCrank to route 105).
The Public Works Department will
be changing the signs in the next few weeks.
In May 2020, Vice-présidence à la vérification de la Commission
municipale du Québec submitted its
audit report on permit and certificate management. Considering that an action plan will be required to implement the
recommendations and that the Municipality of La Pêche is allowed to request
that the person in charge of the action plan receive assistance from Direction
régionale de l’Outaouais du Ministère des Affaires municipales et de
l’Habitation for the purpose of developing and carrying out the action plan,
Municipal Council has authorized the Director General to submit a request for
such assistance.
Municipal Council wishes to improve services to residents by setting up a one-stop shop to facilitate customer service. Council has therefore approved the creation of a new position in the coming months to set up this gateway for communicating with the Municipality’s various departments. This move stems directly from the Municipality’s Strategic Plan 2019–2023 and aims to improve quality of service, provide feedback to residents, and more. Following an external selection process, Ms. Annie Schnob has been selected to serve as Head of Citizen Services. Congratulations Ms. Schnob. |