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5 rue Gale, Ormstown
Agenda (PDF)
How to read this article. The agenda below is reproduced as published, in French, with a plain English translation. Everything after it is the Observer’s explanation, and each item is tagged with its source: Official document — a public notice, by-law, or written reply from the municipality. Agenda — the published agenda, which names subjects but records no outcomes. Where two tags appear, both sources support the item.
The agenda, as published
The agenda for this sitting was published by the municipality on July 31, 2026, with a certificate of publication signed by Daniel Leduc, director general and clerk-treasurer. It is reproduced below in full and unedited. The French is the official version; the English is the Observer’s translation. Where a public document exists for an item, it is linked.
What to watch
Fourteen sections, most of them routine. One line carries a file that has been running since June, and the agenda does not say what council will do with it.
Item 9.3 — the Church Street project
AgendaItem 9.3 reads, in full: Demande de PPCMOI 2026-041 pour le projet immobilier sur le lot 6 455 729. It names the file and the lot, and stops there.
Official documentThe municipality’s public notice of July 8, 2026 sets out what that file is. A PPCMOI — projet particulier de construction, de modification ou d’occupation d’un immeuble — lets a municipality authorize a specific project that does not conform to its zoning by-law. This one, filed by Yannick P. Michel for Groupe Firma inc., would permit a projet intégré domiciliaire on lot 6 455 729, in zone R-7, next to the Le Toit Vert restaurant at 52 rue Church: four multifamily buildings of six dwellings each, 24 in total.
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June 1, 2026Council accepted the first draft resolution (agenda item 9.7).
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July 2, 2026Public consultation held at the hôtel de ville, announced by a notice published June 22.
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July 6, 2026Council adopted the second draft resolution.
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July 8, 2026The municipality published the notice opening an eight-day window in which residents could demand a referendum.
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July 16, 2026, 4:30 p.m.The window closed.
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August 3, 2026The file returns to council at item 9.3.
Official documentThe July 8 notice lists six ways the project departs from zoning by-law 148-2023: six-dwelling multifamily buildings where the R-7 grid permits four; three storeys and 13 metres where the maximum is two storeys and 11 metres; a 6-metre rear isolation margin where article 14.9 requires 9 metres; a 6-metre two-way lane where article 9.13 requires 6.7 metres; a vegetated strip narrowing to 1.3 metres in the south-east where article 9.8 requires 2 metres; and 27.4 metres between the two site accesses where article 9.27 requires 30 metres.
What happened in the referendum window
Official documentUnder the July 8 notice, a valid demand had to identify the provision it targeted and the zone it came from, carry the signatures of at least 12 interested persons from that zone (or a majority where a zone has 21 or fewer), and reach the hôtel de ville by July 16 at 4:30 p.m. Demands could come from the concerned zone R-7 and the contiguous zones R-6 and R-8.
Official documentResidents filed a demand before the window closed. Thirty-five people signed it, asking that the project be submitted to a referendum. The municipality refused it. The organizer of the petition informed the Ormstown Observer of the refusal and provided the municipality’s written explanation. Two grounds were given: that under article 133 of the Loi sur l’aménagement et l’urbanisme the approval procedure applies separately to each contested provision, so each requires its own demand carrying its own signatures; and that the signature page did not clearly identify which provision it targeted.
What the notice said about this
- The rule was stated — the July 8 notice says the approval procedure « s’applique distinctement à chaque disposition susceptible d’approbation référendaire » — applies distinctly to each provision open to referendum approval.
- The instructions differ from the conditions — the same paragraph tells readers to identify « la ou les dispositions » — the provision or provisions — of their demand, while the formal Conditions de validité below require a demand to indicate « la disposition », in the singular.
- The threshold — 12 signatures per demand, from the zone the demand comes from.
- No form was provided — the notice includes no model demand, no signature sheet, and no contact point for procedural questions.
Official documentIn a written reply to the organizer, which the organizer shared with the Observer, municipal inspector Luc Pilon confirmed that beyond accepting the demand as filed or granting a correction period — neither of which the law provides for at this stage — a third route exists: council may direct a complete relaunch of the referendum procedure, by resolution, followed by a new public notice with a precise calendar, re-verification of any demands received, the register and, if triggered, a vote, and a final resolution recording the result.
What item 9.3 might be
- The final resolution — the July 8 notice states, under Absence de demandes, that any provision which received no valid demand « pourront être incluses dans la résolution finale qui n’aura pas à être approuvé » by the qualified voters. On that footing, the next step is a resolution approving the PPCMOI.
- A relaunch — council may instead adopt a resolution restarting the referendum procedure, as inspector Pilon set out in writing.
- What the agenda says — neither. An agenda names subjects; it records no decisions.
What it means for residents
If Monday brings the final resolution, the approval process for a 24-unit development in the village core is complete and the ordinary route for residents to require a vote on it has closed. If Monday brings a relaunch, that route reopens under a new notice and a new calendar. Either way, the second draft resolution stands unless and until a new procedure is opened.
The same stage applies to item 9.2, PPCMOI 2026-039 at 33 rue Prince-Albert, which had its own referendum notice and returns the same night.
Item 4.5 — the clerk’s position
AgendaOfficial documentItem 4.5 is the hiring of a greffière et directrice des affaires juridiques — clerk and director of legal affairs. Under Québec municipal practice the clerk is the officer who holds registers and receives and verifies referendum demands. The municipality’s 2026 calendar of regular sittings, the notice that fixed Monday’s date, was signed by the previous holder of that office, Me Antonina Roudavina.
Items 6.1 to 6.3 — support resolutions and the meeting calendar
AgendaItems 6.1 and 6.2 are resolutions of support — one on watercourse maintenance, one on the provincial Règlement sur la langue de l’Administration. The agenda does not state what position either resolution takes. Item 6.3 is a modification to the calendar of regular sittings; the agenda does not say which dates change, or why. The calendar adopted in December 2025 sets the remaining 2026 sittings at September 14, October 5, November 2 and December 7.
What to watch on August 3
- Item 9.3 — whether council adopts a resolution approving PPCMOI 2026-041, or one relaunching the referendum procedure.
- If it is a relaunch — whether a new public notice with a precise calendar follows, and what it says about one demand per provision.
- If it is not — whether council states publicly why not, and on what timeline.
- Item 9.2 — whether the Prince-Albert file takes the same course.
- Item 4.5 — who takes the clerk’s position, and from what date.
- Item 6.3 — which sitting dates change.
- Item 3.1 — once the July 6 minutes are adopted and signed, the official record of the July 6 PPCMOI resolutions becomes public.
How to take part
The sitting is public and begins at 6:30 p.m. at 5 rue Gale. There are two question periods of thirty minutes each: a general one at the opening of the sitting (item 1.2), and a second near the close (item 13) restricted to subjects on the agenda. Written questions must reach the clerk’s office at greffe@ormstown.ca by noon on the preceding Friday (by-law 2-2026 on the internal management of council, in force April 17, 2026). Sittings are livestreamed and archived on the municipality’s YouTube channel.
Communications watch
- Official documentMinutes. As of August 1, 2026, the minutes of the July 6 sitting had not been published on ormstown.ca. They are listed for adoption at item 3.1 on Monday. By-law 2-2026 allows up to 60 days after adoption for posting.
- Official documentConsultations page. As of August 1, 2026, the municipality’s Consultations et séances publiques page listed nothing more recent than a library consultation held in September 2025. The July 2 PPCMOI consultation does not appear on it.
- Official documentPublic notices. As of August 1, 2026, no notice concerning PPCMOI 2026-041 had appeared on ormstown.ca since the notice of July 8.
How the Observer covers this
The Ormstown Observer takes no position on the merits of the Church Street project or of any other item on this agenda. It reports the process because the process is what determines whether residents have a say. This preview reproduces the agenda as published and explains what the items are; it does not predict what council will decide. The Observer will publish a recap after the sitting.