Brett Thoms

Quyon July 12, 2022

The Municipality of Pontiac (MoP) held its monthly municipal council meeting last Tuesday at the Quyon Community Centre.

Here are few notable resolutions:

During the meeting an amendment was passed for . . .

by-law #03-10 which allows the municipality to maintain private roads where over half of the owners served by the road request it. The by-law also presents the conditions under which maintenance will be funded. The full resolution passing the amendment can be read on the municipality’s website.

Director General Mario Allen, who currently serves as the municipality’s interim director general, director of public works, and acting director of the fire department, had his hours set to be a minimum of 40 hours per week by resolution. A separate resolution was also passed that paid Allen 20 hours overtime for work he did over the preceding two weeks for an hourly rate of $60.00 an hour for a total of $1,200.

The position of Registrar and Secretary-treasurer was added to the municipalities organizational chart and the process to hire for the position was initiated. The resolution creating the post stated “a Registrar and Secretary-treasurer would be of great assistance to the Acting Director General/Public Works Director, allowing the latter to focus more on Public Works.”

The council also voted on a resolution accepting $24,800.00 from the Mutuelle des municipalités du Québec (MMQ) in compensation for a damaged fire truck.

In other news related to the MoP’s fire department, there is currently a job posting for firefighters posted on the municipality’s website.