2025.11.26 – 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, November 26, 2025, at 9:30 a.m.

CONSIDERING THAT a copy of the minutes of the regular meetings of the Executive Committee of the City of Gatineau held on September 17, 24, and October 1, 2025, as well as the special meetings held on October 2, 16, and 30, 2025, has been submitted to the Executive Committee:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee adopt the minutes as submitted.

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee decree the implementation of all-way stops at the intersection of Chemin Industriel and the entrance and exit ramps of Highway 50 westbound, file RS-25-300, as illustrated in plan number CRO-25-445 of October 27, 2025.

The Public Works Department is authorized to proceed with the installation of the required regulatory signage, all according to the directives of the Mobility Department, in accordance with plan number CRO-25-445 which is an integral part of this resolution.

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee decree modifications to the parking signage on Rue Lausanne, file RS-24-364, as illustrated in plan number CRO-25-100 of March 5, 2025, all in order to:

Implement a no-parking zone:

This resolution cancels or replaces any previous signage governing parking in the parking zone mentioned herein. The Public Works Department is authorized to proceed with the installation of the required regulatory signage, all according to the directives of the Mobility Department, in accordance with plan number CRO-25-100 which is an integral part of this resolution.

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee decree modifications to the parking signage on Rue A.-Gibeault, file RS-25-168, as illustrated in plan number CRO-25-272 of September 10, 2025, all in order to:

Implement a no-parking zone:

Remove a no-parking zone:

This resolution cancels or replaces any previous signage governing parking in the parking zone mentioned herein. The Public Works Department is authorized to proceed with the installation of the required regulatory signage, all according to the directives of the Mobility Department, in accordance with plan number CRO-25-272 which is an integral part of this resolution.

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee approve the list and accept the filing of the list of disbursements for the period from September 19 to 25, 2025, in the amount of $10,337,751. A treasurer's certificate was issued on November 24, 2025.

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee approve the list and accept the filing of the list of disbursements for the period from September 26 to October 2, 2025, in the amount of $12,866,682. A treasurer's certificate was issued on November 24, 2025.

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee approve the list and accept the filing of the list of disbursements for the period from October 3 to 9, 2025, in the amount of $9,915,813. A treasurer's certificate was issued on November 24, 2025.

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee approve the list and accept the filing of the list of disbursements for the period from October 10 to 16, 2025, in the amount of $6,671,850. A treasurer's certificate was issued on November 24, 2025.

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee approve the list and accept the filing of the list of disbursements for the period from October 17 to 23, 2025, in the amount of $14,618,021. A treasurer's certificate was issued on November 24, 2025.

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee approve the list and accept the filing of the list of disbursements for the period from October 24 to 30, 2025, in the amount of $9,209,288. A treasurer's certificate was issued on November 24, 2025.

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee approve the list and accept the filing of the list of disbursements for the period from October 31 to November 6, 2025, in the amount of $17,923,656. A treasurer's certificate was issued on November 24, 2025.

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee approve the list and accept the filing of the list of disbursements for the period from November 7 to 13, 2025, in the amount of $9,704,732. A treasurer's certificate was issued on November 24, 2025.

CONSIDERING THAT under Article 477.3 of the Loi sur les cités et villes, lists related to contracts concluded must be filed with the Executive Committee on a monthly basis:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee accept the following lists of awarded contracts:

• of all contracts involving an expenditure of more than $25,000 for the month of September 2025; • of all contracts of more than $2,000 that it has concluded with the same contractor when the total of these contracts involves a total expenditure that exceeds $25,000 for the period from January to September 2025.

CONSIDERING THAT under Article 477.3 of the Loi sur les cités et villes, lists related to contracts concluded must be filed with the Executive Committee on a monthly basis:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee accept the following lists of awarded contracts:

• of all contracts involving an expenditure of more than $25,000 for the month of October 2025; • of all contracts of more than $2,000 that it has concluded with the same contractor when the total of these contracts involves a total expenditure that exceeds $25,000 for the period from January to October 2025.

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee award a contract to the firm EMCO Corporation, located at 1417, rue Cyrville, Unit C, Ottawa, Ontario, K1B 3L7, for the purchase of Hymax-type cast couplings, for a total amount of $126,449.39 including taxes, all in accordance with the tender documents and its bid submitted on November 5, 2025, as being the only compliant bid received.

After the first year of the contract, prices will be revised annually, all based on the Consumer Price Index of Statistics Canada. The contract could be renewed for an additional one-year period, from 2026 to 2027, which would bring the total approximate amount to $252,898.78 including taxes. The treasurer is authorized to make transfers if necessary to give effect to the awarding of the contracts and to provide for the necessary sums in the 2026 to 2027 budgets to give effect to this. A treasurer's certificate was issued on November 24, 2025.

CONSIDERING THAT under the zoning bylaw, construction in flood zones is subject to specific provisions;

CONSIDERING THAT one of the terms of this regulation requires the owner interested in building in such a sector to grant a flood easement to the City of Gatineau;

CONSIDERING THAT to accelerate the processing of this type of easement, it is appropriate for the Executive Committee to grant general authorization for their signature:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee authorize the Mayor or in her absence the Acting Mayor and the City Clerk or in her absence the Deputy City Clerk or the Assistant City Clerk to sign all contracts relating to flood easements granted to the City, at the nominal price of $1 or for good and valuable consideration, as soon as they are approved by the concerned department. This authorization is valid for the term of the council which ends in November 2029.

CONSIDERING THAT in the context of residential, commercial, or industrial development projects carried out by developers, they must grant the City of Gatineau easements for water, sewer, passage, public utility, development, non-construction, and non-clearing;

CONSIDERING THAT to accelerate the processing of these easements, it is appropriate for the Executive Committee to grant general authorization for their signature:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee authorize the Mayor or in her absence the Acting Mayor and the City Clerk or in her absence the Deputy City Clerk or the Assistant City Clerk to sign all contracts relating to water, sewer, passage, public utility, development, non-construction, and non-clearing easements granted in favor of the City, for good and valuable consideration, as soon as they are approved by the concerned department. This authorization is valid for the term of the council which ends in November 2029.

CONSIDERING THAT in the context of residential, commercial, or industrial developments carried out by developers, the City of Gatineau must grant real easements for water, sewer, passage, or public utility, in favor of developers, Hydro-Québec, Bell Canada, Vidéotron, or other companies offering public services;

CONSIDERING THAT to accelerate the processing of this type of easement, it is appropriate for the Executive Committee to grant general authorization for their signature:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee authorize the Mayor or in her absence the Acting Mayor and the City Clerk or in her absence the Deputy City Clerk or the Assistant City Clerk to sign all contracts relating to easement assignments for water, sewer, passage, or public utility services granted in favor of developers, Hydro-Québec, Bell Canada, Vidéotron, or any other companies offering public services, for good and valuable consideration, as soon as they are approved by the concerned department. This authorization is valid for the term of the council which ends in November 2029.

CONSIDERING THAT in the context of residential, commercial, or industrial development projects, the City of Gatineau must acquire street widenings, pedestrian walkways, basins, parks, streets, and bike paths during land consolidation and sensitive zones;

CONSIDERING THAT these acquisitions have been the subject of a promise of assignment between the developers and the City of Gatineau;

CONSIDERING THAT to accelerate the processing of this type of acquisition, it is appropriate for the Executive Committee to grant general authorization for the signature of acquisition deeds:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee authorize the Mayor or in her absence the Acting Mayor and the City Clerk or in her absence the Deputy City Clerk or the Assistant City Clerk to sign all deeds of acquisition for street widenings, pedestrian walkways, basins, parks, streets, and bike paths and sensitive zones granted in favor of the City, at the nominal price of $1 or for good and valuable consideration, as soon as they are approved by the concerned department. This authorization is valid for the term of this council which ends in November 2029.

CONSIDERING THAT the municipal council approved on June 10, 2025 (CM-2025-398) a development project at 11 to 55, rue de l’Achigan and 5 to 30, rue de la Rainette (N.O.), to allow the construction of phase 7 - F2 of the Village de la Ferme Ferris project, under the Règlement relatif aux plans d'implantation et d'intégration architecturale numéro 505-2005;

CONSIDERING THAT phase 7F-2 will allow the completion of phase 7F of the Village de la Ferme Ferris project, the first phase of which has already been authorized by the municipal council on July 6, 2021 (CM-2021-467);

CONSIDERING THAT the phase of this project involves the naming of a new street and the extension of an existing street, namely rue de l’Achigan;

CONSIDERING THAT the toponymic naming for the opening of a new street must be adopted. The Executive Committee must therefore proceed with the designation of the name for the lots having a street character and must adopt a resolution to this effect in order to officialize it;

CONSIDERING THAT the name "de la Rainette" complies with the criteria of the Commission de toponymie du Québec;

CONSIDERING THAT the Urban Planning and Sustainable Development Department and the Toponymy Committee have analyzed the suggested names and recommend their approval as mentioned during their meeting of May 9, 2020:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee:

• approve the designation of the proposed street name "Rainette" for the new street of the "Ferme Ferris" residential project; • approve the designation of the proposed street name "de la Rainette" in order to assign the toponym to lots 6 699 438 and 6 699 496 in the "Ferme Ferris, phase 7F-2" residential project.

New street naming:

Street extension:

CONSIDERING THAT under Règlement 816-2017 regarding 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, salary expenditures associated with a workload increase of more than $250,000 must be submitted to the executive committee;

CONSIDERING THAT the Human Resources Department has been authorized to extend a temporary workload increase assignment as a Human Resources Advisor and another as a Junior Human Resources Advisor for the Staffing and Recruitment Section of the Human Resources Department until December 31, 2026;

CONSIDERING THAT the expenditure of $202,049 granted for the extension of these workload increases results in a total amount exceeding $250,000:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee accepts the extension of a workload increase assignment as a Human Resources Advisor and another as a Junior Human Resources Advisor for the Staffing and Recruitment Section of the Human Resources Department until December 31, 2026. Funds for this purpose will be drawn from the available payroll and/or from the budget item of the department concerned. A treasurer's certificate was issued on November 25, 2025, conditional upon the adoption of the 2026 budget. Adopted 0021976

CONSIDERING THAT employee number 117731 was hired on October 24, 2022;

CONSIDERING the deficiencies observed in employee number 117731;

CONSIDERING THAT the criteria of jurisprudence regarding an administrative termination of employment are met; 0021977

CONSIDERING THAT it is appropriate to administratively terminate the employment relationship of employee number 117731:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee authorizes the administrative termination of employment of employee number 117731. Adopted

CONSIDERING THAT under Règlement 816-2017 regarding 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, salary expenditures associated with a workload increase of more than $250,000 must be submitted to the executive committee;

CONSIDERING THAT the expenditure of $119,215 granted for the extension of this workload increase results in a total amount exceeding $250,000; 0021978

CONSIDERING THAT the Human Resources Department has been authorized to extend a temporary workload increase assignment as an Administrative Coordinator, Public Works Department, until December 31, 2026:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee accepts the extension of a workload increase assignment as an Administrative Coordinator, Public Works Department, until December 31, 2026. Funds for this purpose will be taken from budget item 0414-10291-10291.01-53100-100 | STP ADM - Strategic Realignment. A treasurer's certificate was issued on November 24, 2025, conditional upon the adoption of the 2026 budget. Adopted

CONSIDERING the signing of the collective agreement for employees in the aquatic sector on October 5, 2022;

CONSIDERING the provisions of Article 11.05 f) of the agreement to the effect that an employee loses their length of service and their employment when they do not provide any work during a period of 12 months or when they declare themselves unavailable for more than three consecutive sessions, excluding inter-sessions;

CONSIDERING THAT in application of this article, it is appropriate to administratively terminate the employment relationship of the employees listed in the appendix:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee authorizes the administrative termination of employment of the employees listed in the appendix, which forms an integral part of the resolution. Adopted

CONSIDERING the conclusions of the investigation conducted by representatives of the City of Gatineau;

CONSIDERING THAT all the facts analyzed as well as the current state of jurisprudence in this matter;

CONSIDERING THAT the representatives of the Human Resources Department and the department concerned authorize the conclusions following the investigation:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee authorizes the imposition of a five-day unpaid suspension on employee number 118251. Adopted 0021979

CONSIDERING THAT under Règlement 816-2017 regarding 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, salary expenditures associated with a workload increase of more than $250,000 must be submitted to the executive committee;

CONSIDERING THAT the expenditure of $375,133.70 associated with the creation of this workload increase results in a total amount exceeding $250,000;

CONSIDERING THAT the Human Resources Department has been authorized to fill a temporary workload increase assignment as a Commissioning Coordinator for the Public Works Department for a duration of 36 months:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee authorizes the expenditure associated with filling this temporary workload increase assignment as a Commissioning Coordinator for the Public Works Department for a duration of 36 months. Funds for this purpose will be taken from the professional fees envelope ING-03-040. A treasurer's certificate was issued on November 24, 2025. Adopted

CONSIDERING THAT employee number 121956 was hired on October 20, 2025, as a temporary employee;

CONSIDERING THAT under the provisions agreed upon between the City and the Union, the employee is obligated to accept an assignment which they refused;

CONSIDERING THAT the representatives of the Human Resources Department and the department concerned authorize this recommendation:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee authorizes the administrative termination of employment of employee number 121956. Adopted

CONSIDERING THAT employee number 120887 was hired on October 20, 2025, as a temporary employee;

CONSIDERING THAT under the provisions agreed upon between the City and the Union, the employee is obligated to accept an assignment which they refused;

CONSIDERING THAT the representatives of the Human Resources Department and the department concerned authorize this recommendation:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee authorizes the administrative termination of employment of employee number 120887. Adopted

CONSIDERING THAT employee number 106066 has been employed since November 22, 1996;

CONSIDERING the investigation and the decision of the Tribunal administratif de déontologie policière (Police Ethics Administrative Tribunal);

CONSIDERING THAT the sanction of the Tribunal administratif de déontologie policière is enforceable: 0021981

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee takes note of the decision of the Tribunal administratif de déontologie policière to impose a 12-day unpaid suspension on employee number 106066 and authorizes the department concerned to determine the dates of the suspension. Adopted

CONSIDERING THAT employee number 107673 has been employed since September 12, 2005;

CONSIDERING the investigation and the decision of the Tribunal administratif de déontologie policière (Police Ethics Administrative Tribunal);

CONSIDERING THAT the sanction of the Tribunal administratif de déontologie policière is enforceable:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee takes note of the decision of the Tribunal administratif de déontologie policière to impose a 10-day unpaid suspension on employee number 107673 and authorizes the department concerned to determine the dates of the suspension. Adopted STEVE MORAN Me VÉRONIQUE DENIS President Clerk Executive Committee Executive Committee 0021982