{"id":3193,"date":"2013-12-17T11:09:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T16:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=3193"},"modified":"2013-12-17T11:31:12","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T16:31:12","slug":"verdun-councillors-active-since-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/verdun-councillors-active-since-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Verdun Councillors Active Since the Election"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Borough of Verdun has already held two council meetings since the election, a special one on November 18 and the first regularly scheduled one on Tuesday, December 3. Also last week, several Verdun councillors were appointed by Denis Coderre to sit on Montreal\u2019s executive committee, the agglomeration council, and various permanent committees.<\/span><\/h1>\n

December 3 Meeting<\/h2>\n

Borough Hall in Verdun was packed for the regular borough meeting last week.<\/p>\n

After welcoming everyone in the room, which included several candidates who ran in the recent election, new Mayor Jean Fran\u00e7ois Parenteau welcomed questions.<\/p>\n

The first questioner, Alfred Tern, asked about social housing, which gave Parenteau an opportunity to emphasize a common vision shared by all the new councillors even though they come from two different banners (four ran for \u00c9quipe Coderre and three with Projet Montr\u00e9al).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have not finalized the structure we\u2019ll use yet,\u201d he said. \u201cBut with regards to the reserve fonci\u00e8re, we want to reinstitute the 15% minimum, not just for buildings with more than 200 units but for all new construction. Also there\u2019s a fund dedicated for social housing and we\u2019d like to use that to repurpose buildings for social housing.\u201d<\/p>\n

After that, questioners asked for details about the school on Nun\u2019s Island, unsanitary conditions in rental apartments, the future renovation of the arena, the renovation of the space for the Circus School and pedestrian struggles on busy streets, especially during snow clearing. Parenteau promised to look into each of the issues raised.<\/p>\n

Councillors then passed motions to hand out an $87,017.80 contract to Soltech Inc., approve payments of $10,000 to three local organisms that aid people with handicaps, provide $12,003 to the Point de Mire youth centre, and forgive the Circus School\u2019s 2014 rent of $17,786.40. They also provided $1,000 to the 2014 Games of Quebec, provided $31,113 to Verdun\u2019s social development roundtable and contributed $1,500 to Notre-Dame-de-Sept-Douleurs 100th<\/sup> Anniversary celebration.<\/p>\n

They passed motions to enable the new Nun\u2019s Island School to be three storeys high, have a bay window and be landscaped so that vehicles can access the property.<\/p>\n

Another motion modified the original architectural plans submitted by the Douglas Institute to expand the emergency facilities at the Reed Pavillion.<\/p>\n

Coderre Appointments<\/h2>\n
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  • Manon\u00a0Gauthier sits on the executive committee and is now in charge of culture & heritage, design and status of women for the city;<\/li>\n
  • Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Parenteau, recently-elected\u00a0Mayor of Verdun, is an assistant member of Montreal\u2019s Executive Committee and will improve water infrastructure;<\/li>\n
  • Pierre L’Heureux now sits on the permanent commission on transport and public works as well as the culture, heritage and sports commission;<\/li>\n
  • Marie-Eve Brunet will sit on the permanent commission on water, the environment and large park development and the one on social development and diversity; and<\/li>\n
  • Sterling Downey will sit on the permanent commission on social development and diversity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Special Meeting November 18<\/h2>\n

    Two weeks earlier, the councillors held their first meeting, which was called to modify budgetary estimates, increase the borough contribution to a renovation between Studios A and B at the Circus School by $642.21, purchase $1,715 worth of tickets to two events (the annual gala and the awards presentation) held by the Forum \u00e9conomiqe de Verdun, approve the Wellington Street holiday plans and finalize the budget of SDC Wellington.<\/p>\n

    They also named Marie-Eve Brunet, Pierre L’Heureux and Luc Gagnon as members on the urban consultative committee (CCU) for two year terms.<\/p>\n

    Note: This article appeared on page 13 of the City Edition of The Suburban on Wednesday, December 11. In that version, I incorrectly spelled Sterling Downey’s name. I apologize.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The Borough of Verdun has already held two council meetings since the election, a special one on November 18 and the first regularly scheduled one on Tuesday, December 3. Also last week, several Verdun councillors were appointed by Denis Coderre to sit on Montreal\u2019s executive committee, the agglomeration council, and various permanent committees. December 3 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-that-matter","category-verdunposts","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-Pv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2985,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/jean-francois-parenteau\/","url_meta":{"origin":3193,"position":0},"title":"Verdun Mayor Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Parenteau to Assist Executive Committee","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"November 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Denis Coderre named Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Parenteau, recently-elected\u00a0Mayor of Verdun, as an assistant member of Montreal\u2019s Executive Committee. 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