2026.04.08 – Ordinary meeting of the City of Gatineau executive committee held in the committee room of the Maison du citoyen, 25 Laurier Street, Gatineau, on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at 1:00 p.m., at which

CONSIDERING THAT this committee awarded to the contractor 3990591 Canada inc. (Beaudoin Canada), by resolution number CE-2022-875 of November 9, 2022, a contract for the works of lot 5 of the refurbishment program for the wastewater treatment plant of the Gatineau sector, for a total amount of $83,011,950.00 including taxes;

CONSIDERING THAT this committee, by its resolution number CE-2024-157 of March 20, 2024, authorized a first adjustment in the amount of $365,915.65 including taxes, for a total readjusted contract cost of $83,377,865.65 including taxes;

CONSIDERING THAT this committee, by its resolution number CE-2024-692 of October 16, 2024, authorized a second adjustment in the amount of $757,035.26 including taxes, for a total readjusted contract cost of $84,134,900.91 including taxes;

CONSIDERING THAT this committee, by its resolution number CE-2025-314 of April 23, 2025, authorized a third adjustment in the amount of $674,686.66 including taxes, for a readjusted contract of $84,809,587.57 including taxes;

CONSIDERING THAT this committee, by its resolution number CE-2025-765 of September 24, 2025, authorized a fourth adjustment in the amount of $546,612.90 including taxes, for a readjusted contract of $85,356,200.47 including taxes;

CONSIDERING THAT since the awarding and since resolution number CE-2025-765:

• a notice of change was approved in PIVO (AMC-10819), grouping six change orders that were recommended by the consultant WSP Canada inc., and totaling an amount of $62,508.16 including taxes;
• a notice of change was approved in PIVO (AMC-10897), grouping 12 change orders that were recommended by the consultant WSP Canada inc., and totaling an amount of $186,910.02 including taxes;
• two new change orders were recommended by the consultant WSP Canada inc., and total an amount of $38,852.18 including taxes;

CONSIDERING THAT under Règlement 816-2017 concerning the delegation of power of the executive committee to certain officials including the power to authorize expenses and to enter into contracts on behalf of the Ville de Gatineau, a resolution of the executive committee is necessary since the cumulative amount of additional fees exceeds the 10% limit provided for in the bylaw or is greater than $250,000:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee:

• ratify the notice of change AMC-10819 for a total amount of $62,508.16 including taxes;
• ratify the notice of change AMC-10897 for a total amount of $186,910.02 including taxes;
• authorize an additional amount of $38,852.18 including taxes, without budgetary impact, for a cumulative total of adjustments to be approved of $288,270.36 including taxes. The total cost of this adjusted contract represents a cumulative amount of $85,644,470.83 including taxes. A treasurer's certificate was issued on April 2, 2026.

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 consulting engineering services specializing in building mechanics and electricity for the second phase of the upgrade project for the Paul-Pelletier Aquatic Centre, for a total amount of $119,574.00 including taxes;

CONSIDERING THAT this committee, by its resolution number CE-2025-408 of May 28, 2025, authorized a first adjustment in the amount of $47,139.75 including taxes, for a total readjusted contract cost of $166,713.75 including taxes;

CONSIDERING THAT since the awarding and since resolution number CE-2025-408:

• a notice of change was approved (AMC-10693, amendment number 3) for additional professional fees in the amount of $12,267.83 including taxes;
• additional professional fees are added regarding the services required in mechanics and electricity (AMC-10996, amendment number 4) in the amount of $20,350.58 including taxes.

CONSIDERING THAT under Règlement 816-2017 concerning the delegation of power of the executive committee to certain officials including the power to authorize expenses and to enter into contracts on behalf of the Ville de Gatineau, a resolution of the executive committee is necessary since the cumulative amount of additional fees exceeds the 10% limit provided for in the bylaw or is greater than $250,000:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee:

• ratify the notice of change AMC-10693 for a total amount of $12,267.83 including taxes;
• authorize an additional amount of $20,350.58 including taxes, thus bringing the contract cost adjustment to the amount of $32,618.41 including taxes, without budgetary impact. The total cost of this adjusted contract represents a cumulative amount of $199,332.16 including taxes. A treasurer's certificate was issued on April 2, 2026.

CONSIDERING THAT the Infrastructure and Projects Department wishes to carry out a first project using the Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) method and that it has identified the refurbishment project for the water resource recovery station in the Buckingham and Masson-Angers sectors as a project that could benefit from the advantages of this delivery method;

CONSIDERING THAT section 73 of the Loi sur les contrats des organismes municipaux (Act respecting municipal bodies' contracts) allows the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, under conditions determined by the Minister, to authorize a municipality to award a partnership contract;

CONSIDERING THAT section 11 of the Loi sur les contrats des organismes municipaux governs the Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) method:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee mandate the municipal services to undertake all inherent steps leading to the authorization and exemption from the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing allowing the Ville de Gatineau to proceed with an integrated project delivery method for the refurbishment of the water resource recovery station in the Buckingham and Masson-Angers sectors.

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee award contracts to the following firms for professional laboratory services concerning 2026 material quality control, namely:

Lot 1: To the firm AtkinsRéalis Canada inc., 420, boulevard Maloney Est, bureau 6, Gatineau, Québec, J8P 1E7 for an approximate total amount of $445,330.37 including taxes, all in compliance with the tender documents and its bid submitted on February 23, 2026, as being the bid having obtained the best final score, after evaluation by a selection committee, all in accordance with the authorized evaluation grid.

Lot 2: To the firm Groupe ABS inc., 531, boulevard Maloney Est, Gatineau, Québec, J8P 1E8 for an approximate total amount of $875,850.81 including taxes, all in compliance with the tender documents and its bid submitted on February 23, 2026, as being the bid having obtained the second best final score, after evaluation by a selection committee, all in accordance with the authorized evaluation grid.

Lot 3: To the firm Englobe corp., 900, boulevard de la Carrière, bureau 100, Gatineau, Québec, J8Y 6T5 for an approximate total amount of $783,255.69 including taxes, all in compliance with the tender documents and its bid submitted on February 23, 2026, as being the bid having obtained the third best final score, after evaluation by a selection committee, all in accordance with the authorized evaluation grid.

The funds for this purpose will be taken from the concerned sub-projects, up to the limit of budgetary availability. A treasurer's certificate was issued on April 2, 2026.

CONSIDERING THAT this committee, by its resolution number CE-2025-889 of November 26, 2025, awarded to the firm Entreprises G.N.P. inc., a mandate for the refurbishment of municipal services on Rue Joseph, between Rue Bélanger and Chemin Belter;

CONSIDERING THAT a railway crosses Rue Joseph near Rue James and that the new municipal service pipes must be installed by directional drilling underneath;

CONSIDERING THAT the owner of the railway requires that it be kept operational during the work, and that for safety reasons, it requires that no equipment be found under the rails during the passage of trains every Tuesday and Thursday;

CONSIDERING THAT the firm proposes to carry out the work continuously, day and night, between the last train passage on Thursday and the first train passage scheduled on Tuesday in order to allow for faster completion of the work, reducing the long-term impacts of the work on resident citizens nearby;

CONSIDERING THAT the work should be carried out over a period of 15 days, between mid-April and mid-June 2026;

CONSIDERING THAT section 7 of Règlement 44-2003 concerning noise on the territory of the Ville de Gatineau stipulates that work carried out outside permitted hours, i.e., Monday to Saturday between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m., must be authorized by the executive committee if a building used for accommodation is located within 150 m of the work;

CONSIDERING THAT the work will be carried out outside the periods permitted by Règlement 44-2003:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee authorize a derogation from Règlement 44-2003 concerning noise on the territory of the Ville de Gatineau in order to allow the firm Entreprises G.N.P. inc. to carry out directional drilling work under the level crossing of Rue Joseph, in the Buckingham sector, outside permitted hours, over an approximate period of 15 days including three Sundays between mid-April and mid-June 2026.

CONSIDERING THAT this committee, by its resolution number CE-2022-378 of May 11, 2022, awarded a contract to the firm WSP Canada inc., 480, boulevard de La Cité, bureau 200, Gatineau, Québec, J8T 8R3, for the professional services of a multidisciplinary team of consulting experts to produce a government authorization request document for the realization of an environmental impact study in the context of the widening project of Boulevard La Vérendrye Ouest, between Boulevard Gréber and Montée Paiement, for a total amount of $688,125.38 including taxes;

CONSIDERING THAT the notices of change 10094, 10256, and 10572 which concern in particular the update of analyses relating to runoff water discharge and the sound climate, the drafting of the public consultation report, as well as the development of the sound monitoring program, have been approved, for a total amount of $56,751.66 including taxes;

CONSIDERING THAT following the submission of the environmental impact study in December 2024 to the ministère de l'Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs, two rounds of questions were transmitted to the City and that additional acoustic modeling must be carried out and new mitigation measures must be evaluated, which requires an update of the sound study, an additional amount of $22,967.41 including taxes is necessary to allow for the completion of this work and ensure a complete response to the questions;

CONSIDERING THAT under Règlement 816-2017 concerning the delegation of power of the executive committee to certain officials including the power to authorize expenses and to enter into contracts on behalf of the Ville de Gatineau, a resolution of the executive committee is necessary since the cumulative amount of additional fees exceeds the 10% limit provided for in the bylaw or is greater than $250,000:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee:

• ratify the notices of change 10094, 10256, and 10572, for a total amount of $56,751.66 including taxes;
• authorize an additional amount of $22,967.41 including taxes, without budgetary impact. The total revised cost of this contract, following these adjustments, represents an amount of $767,844.45 including taxes. The funds for this purpose will be taken from the following budgetary item:

A treasurer's certificate was issued on April 2, 2026.

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee award a contract to the firm Av-Tech inc., 101-2300, rue Léon-Harmel, Québec, Québec, G1N 4L2, for the service of maintenance and installation of the access control system for the real estate assets of the City, on the basis of the unit prices or hourly rates entered in the tender form, for an approximate total amount of $549,900.94 including taxes, all in compliance with the tender documents and its bid submitted on February 24, 2026, as being the lowest bid received and compliant. The treasurer is authorized to make the necessary transfers to follow up on the awarding of the contracts and to provide for the funds in the 2027 budget to follow up on this. The funds for this purpose will be taken from the concerned budgetary items, up to the limit of budgetary availability. A treasurer's certificate was issued on April 7, 2026.

CONSIDERING THAT the municipal policy (n° S-ING-2004-03) establishes the eligibility criteria for the municipalization of private water and sanitary and storm sewer networks;

CONSIDERING THAT the Syndicat des copropriétaires du Plateau de l’Orée-du-Parc has filed a request, in accordance with the policy, for the municipalization of the private water network serving the residences located on a portion of Rue du Gisement (lot 2 636 783 of the cadastre of Quebec, registration division of Hull);

CONSIDERING THAT the majority of the required technical documents have been submitted to the Asset Planning and Investment Service and that these satisfy the requirements of the municipal policy, thus confirming the eligibility of the request, subject to the completion of upgrade works;

CONSIDERING THAT an agreement was approved on October 1, 2013, between the City and the Syndicat des copropriétaires du Plateau de l’Orée-du-Parc in order to approve a first phase of municipalization of the water and sewer networks in this project;

CONSIDERING THAT a new agreement must be concluded between the Ville de Gatineau and the Syndicat des copropriétaires du Plateau de l’Orée-du-Parc in order to define the terms of transfer of the private network of Rue du Gisement and the nature of the upgrade works to be carried out in this second phase of municipalization of the networks:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee recommend to the council:

• to accept the agreement to be entered into with the Syndicat des copropriétaires du Plateau de l’Orée-du-Parc concerning the municipalization of the private water network serving a portion of Rue du Gisement;
• to authorize the acquisition of the targeted private water network, in accordance with policy S-ING-2004-03, conditionally upon the prior completion of the required upgrade works;
• to accept that the Syndicat des copropriétaires du Plateau de l’Orée-du-Parc, its assigns and legal heirs transfer to the Ville de Gatineau, free of charge, the private water network according to the conditions stipulated in the agreement;
• to authorize the mayor or in her absence the acting mayor and the clerk or in her absence the deputy clerk or the assistant clerk to sign the agreement, as well as the deed of transfer of easements and municipal services resulting from this agreement.

This recommendation of the executive committee comes into effect on the day of its approval by resolution of the municipal council.

CONSIDERING THAT this committee, by its resolution number CE-2024-897, awarded a contract for various services and more particularly the Public Works Department to rent sweepers, trucks, and cranes with operator, necessary for the execution of various municipal works, all while taking into account prices, the availability of equipment, in accordance with the bids received, and this, in the most advantageous way for the City;

CONSIDERING THAT in section 1.6 of the "General Specifications," it is mentioned that the quantities indicated in the tender form are entered for information purposes only and may vary upwards or downwards according to the actual needs during the contract;

CONSIDERING THAT the initially estimated amount was for one year while the contract is for two years and that this is an adjustment of the contract value:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee authorize an additional amount of $610,000.00 including taxes, to the various firms, on the basis of the unit prices appearing in the tender form with indexation, all in compliance with the tender documents 2025 SP 005, thus bringing the value of the contract to $1,220,000.00 including taxes. The treasurer is authorized to make the transfers if necessary to follow up on the addition to the contract. The funds for this purpose will be taken from the concerned budgetary items, up to the limit of available sums. A treasurer's certificate was issued on April 2, 2026.

CONSIDERING THAT trucks 341F358 and 352F372 must be upgraded to remain compliant with the requirements of the NFPA;

CONSIDERING THAT the company L’Arsenal is the only authorized supplier for Pierce original parts;

CONSIDERING THAT under section 573.3.9 of the Loi sur les cités et villes (Cities and Towns Act), the provisions applicable to the awarding of contracts do not apply to a contract whose object is the maintenance of specialized equipment that must be carried out by the manufacturer or its representative:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee authorize a contract to the firm Thibault & associé (L’Arsenal), located at 2250, rue André-C Hamel, Drummondville, Québec, J2C 8B1, for the repairs of two fire trucks (341F358 and 352F372) for an approximate total amount of $380,179.37 including taxes. A treasurer's certificate was issued on April 2, 2026.

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee authorize the various services of the City and more particularly the Public Works Department to rent light vehicles necessary for the execution of various municipal works, all while taking into account prices, availability, and performance of the equipment, in accordance with the bids received on March 19, 2026, and this, in the most advantageous way for the City. The contract will be in effect for a period of three years, from April 15, 2026, until April 14, 2029. This committee authorizes the treasurer to make the transfers if necessary to follow up on the awarding of the contract and to provide for the necessary amounts in the budgets of 2027 to 2029 to follow up on this. The funds for this purpose will be taken from the concerned budgetary items, up to the limit of available sums, the anticipated total being $5,688,397.47 taxes included. A treasurer's certificate was issued on April 2, 2026.

CONSIDERING THAT this committee, by its resolution number CE-2025-334 of April 30, 2025, awarded a contract to the firm 9363 - 9888 Québec inc. (Sanivac), for the rental of portable toilets, for an approximate amount of $149,278.71 including taxes;

CONSIDERING THAT an additional amount of $14,927.92 including taxes has already been authorized in order to cover additional costs related to acts of vandalism;

CONSIDERING THAT under Règlement 816-2017 concerning the delegation of power of the executive committee to certain officials including the power to authorize expenses and to enter into contracts on behalf of the Ville de Gatineau, a resolution of the executive committee is necessary since the adjustment amount exceeds the limit provided for in the bylaw;

CONSIDERING THAT due to the instability and unpredictability of the behavior of the users of the portable toilets, mostly people experiencing homelessness, the City has noted that an additional amount is required in order to cover the costs related to theft, breakage, as well as acts of vandalism perpetrated on these installations:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee authorize an additional amount of $67,175.42 taxes included, to the firm 9363 – 9888 Québec inc. (Sanivac), 100, rue Huot, Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot, Québec, J7W 1M4, for the rental of portable toilets, thus bringing the cumulative value of this contract to $231,382.01 including taxes. The contract will be renewed for two additional periods of six months, distributed as follows: for section 1, this would span from May 1, 2026, to October 31, 2026, and from November 1, 2026, to April 30, 2027, for section 2, thus bringing the approximate total amount of the contract to $380,560.72 including taxes.

The funds will be taken from the following budgetary items:

A treasurer's certificate was issued on April 7, 2026.

CONSIDERING THAT the Quebec Ministry of Tourism offers a Financial Assistance Program for Festivals and Tourist Events;

CONSIDERING THAT the Arts, Culture and Letters Service wishes to benefit from this program for the realization of the 2027, 2028, and 2029 editions of the Domaine des flocons, at Parc Jacques-Cartier, within the framework of Winterlude;

CONSIDERING THAT Gatineau residents largely support the event as 97% of them showed themselves to be rather or completely in agreement that the City subsidize the Domaine des flocons and 84% say they are proud of this event;

CONSIDERING THAT the Domaine des flocons of Winterlude annually attracts tens of thousands of visitors, the majority of whom come from outside Gatineau, thus allowing the region to benefit from significant economic spin-offs:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee recommend to the council:

• to authorize the Arts, Culture and Letters Service to make a request for financial assistance to the Financial Assistance Program for Festivals and Tourist Events of the Quebec Ministry of Tourism for the realization of the 2027, 2028, and 2029 editions of the Domaine des flocons of Winterlude;
• to authorize the director of the Arts, Culture and Letters Service to act as representative of the Ville de Gatineau for the signing of the request for financial assistance to the Quebec Ministry of Tourism;
• to authorize the mayor or in her absence the acting mayor and the clerk or in her absence the deputy clerk or the assistant clerk to sign the Financial Assistance Agreement 2027-2029 between the Ville de Gatineau and the Quebec Ministry of Tourism, as well as any modification or amendment to the agreement upon receipt of the Financial Assistance Agreement to be entered into between the Ville de Gatineau and the Quebec Ministry of Tourism;
• to authorize the treasurer to transfer to the budget of the Arts, Culture and Letters Service, any subsidy received within the framework of this program.

This recommendation of the executive committee comes into effect on the day of its approval by resolution of the municipal council.

CONSIDERING THAT a contract was given to the firm, SaniGear inc. for the cleaning and repair of personal protective equipment (turnout gear);

CONSIDERING THAT the estimate did not take into account the fact that a significant proportion of the turnout gear was at the end of its useful life and the recent obligation to have the personnel's hoods checked annually for operations, which led to an underestimation of the actual repair costs;

CONSIDERING THAT turnout gear and hoods constitute essential personal protective equipment, aimed at ensuring the protection, health, and safety of responders in the exercise of their functions, notably by protecting them against exposure to contaminants, in accordance with the Good Practices Guide issued by the CNESST:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee:

• authorize an increase of the contract to the firm SaniGear inc., 290, chemin industriel, Gatineau, J8R 3N9, for the cleaning and repair of personal protective equipment for a total amount of $100,000.00 taxes included. This brings the contract amount to $398,895.05 taxes included. The 2026 budget has been adjusted to comply with the requirements of the new standards.
• authorize the treasurer to pay the invoices resulting from the contract. A treasurer's certificate was issued on April 2, 2026.