{"id":15688,"date":"2014-04-15T22:24:14","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T02:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=15688"},"modified":"2014-04-15T22:24:14","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T02:24:14","slug":"two_verdun_meetings_this_week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/two_verdun_meetings_this_week\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Verdun Borough Meetings This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Verdun Mayor Announces Nun’s Island Information Meeting on April 16 and Estate General Consultation April 17,\u00a0Hires Five New People\u00a0and Loses Vote<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Parenteau\"<\/a>During Verdun\u2019s borough meeting on Tuesday, April 1, Mayor Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Parenteau\u00a0<\/span>invited citizens to participate in a major estates general discussion about the future of the borough. The process will begin with a 5 a 7 on Thursday, April 17 in Borough Hall. A two-day consultation will follow on Friday, May 30 and Saturday, May 31. More information will appear on the borough website after the launch Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Parenteau also\u00a0<\/span>announced a public information meeting about the new school on Nun’s Island in the current school gymnasium on April 16 at 7 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

Verdun also plans to hire five new employees.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese new resources will solidify our borough structures as we go into phase two of our reform,\u201d said Parenteau.<\/p>\n

These new hires are the second phase of the borough\u2019s administrative reorganization. They include: a human resources coordinator, a secretary researcher, a financial resources management adviser, a planning architect and a communications officer.<\/p>\n

They wil<\/span>l cost $405,000 a year, with the first year coming out of the borough surplus. Their salaries will be included in the regular operating budget after that.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first phase of the administration restructuring was a review that ended with the departure of two borough employees. Borough manager Pierre Boutin was released from the borough without cause. The review found some fault with urban planning manager Benoit Malette, who lost the promotion he got in 2011 after Dany Tremblay quit. Both employees have time remaining in their contracts with the City of Montreal and can be picked up by other boroughs who need them.<\/p>\n

Near the end of the meeting, the mayor suffered a minor loss of face when Marie-Eve Brunet voted with three Projet Montreal councillors to defeat a motion about signage in exterior parks.<\/p>\n

The borough provides a summary of the meeting<\/a> in French on its website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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