2025.05.28 – Regular meeting of the Gatineau City executive committee held in the committee room of the Maison du citoyen, 25 Laurier Street, Gatineau, on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, at 9:30 a.m.
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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, and for which the maximum grant awarded to municipalities for a project is 50% of eligible expenses;
CONSIDERING THAT the project to improve the bike path on boulevard de la Gappe, between boulevard Gréber and the A-50 west ramp is a project eligible for a funding application under this program for the 2025-2026 financial year of the gouvernement du Québec;
CONSIDERING THAT the members of the executive committee have reviewed the application terms of the Active Transportation Infrastructure Assistance Program (Véloce III);
CONSIDERING THAT the Ville de Gatineau must comply with the laws and regulations in force and obtain the required authorizations before executing the project;
CONSIDERING THAT the Ville de Gatineau must authorize the submission of the financial assistance application, confirm its financial contribution to the project, and authorize one of its representatives to sign this application:
PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee:
• authorize the submission of the financial assistance application for the project to improve the bike path on boulevard de la Gappe, between boulevard Gréber and the A-50 west ramp, to the ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable du Québec, under the Active Transportation Infrastructure Assistance Program (Véloce III), by the Service des infrastructures et des projets; • confirm having read and understood the program's application terms; • confirm its commitment to having the eligible project carried out according to the terms in force, acknowledging that in the event of non-compliance, the financial assistance will be terminated; • authorize and certify that the Director of the Service des infrastructures et des projets, Rita Chahine, or the Assistant Director – Project Delivery, 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.
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Awarding of a contract for road resurfacing work, project 0021603.
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CONSIDERING THAT this committee, by its resolution number CE-2022-925 of November 23, 2022, awarded a contract to the firm DWB Consultants for professional services of consulting engineers specializing in building mechanics and electricity for the second phase of the Centre aquatique Paul-Pelletier upgrading project, for a total amount of $119,574.00 including taxes;
CONSIDERING THAT a delegation of power number 193205 has already been approved for an amount of $11,497.50 including taxes;
CONSIDERING THAT additional professional fees are being added regarding the professional services required in mechanics and electricity (AMC-10602) by the firm DWB Consultants in the amount of $35,642.25 including taxes;
CONSIDERING THAT pursuant to Règlement numéro 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 Ville de Gatineau, a resolution of the executive committee is necessary since the cumulative amount of the additional fees exceeds the 10% limit provided for in the bylaw:
PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee:
• ratify the delegation of power number 193205 for a total amount of $11,497.50 including taxes; • authorize an additional amount of $35,642.25 including taxes, with no budgetary impact, as part of the project for professional services in mechanics and electricity for the upgrading, phase II of the Centre aquatique Paul-Pelletier, bringing the cumulative total of adjustments to be approved to $47,139.75 including taxes.
The total cost of this adjusted contract represents a cumulative amount of $166,713.75 including taxes. A treasurer's certificate was issued on May 21, 2025.
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Approval of the minutes of the Executive Committee regular meeting of May 21, 2025.
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Approval of the minutes of the executive committee meeting held on May 21, 2025.
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Adjournment of the meeting
The meeting was adjourned by the chair, Steve Moran, with Me Véronique Denis acting as Clerk.