Ville de Gatineau Public meetings: measures being taken due to COVID-19

Gatineau, March 16, 2020. – Ville de Gatineau is hereby informing the public of the temporary measures being introduced for the Municipal Council and Executive Committee meetings due to COVID-19. Exceptionally and until further notice, the public will not be able to attend the public sessions of the municipal meetings.

Quick facts

●	For the time being, these public sessions will not be accessible to the public.

●	All meetings will take place in the salle des Comités.

●	As usual, the meetings will be broadcast live and in recorded version on gatineau.ca.

●	Even though the public will not be able to attend the meetings in person, they will still be aired live and in recorded version on the Web site.

●	For the latest updates, go to gatineau.ca/covid19. Gatineau will post regular updates on the situation.

Municipal Council meeting

●	In order to minimize the number of people in the hall, only the Mayor, Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin, and the Chair of the Municipal Council, Daniel Champagne, will be physically present at the Municipal Council meetings.

●	They will be accompanied by the necessary staff.

●	The other councillors will take part by teleconference.

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Anyone with questions for the March 17 Municipal Council session is invited to submit them by 6 p.m. tomorrow to greffe@gatineau.ca. - Question period will remain on the Municipal Council agenda, but will be handled differently. The Chair will receive residents' e-mails and will let the appropriate councillors address them.

●	The Municipal Council meeting will not be aired on MaTV.

Executive Committee

●	Only the Mayor, Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin, and the Chair of the Executive Committee, Cédric Tessier, will be physically present.

●	They will be accompanied by the necessary staff.

●	The other Executive Committee members will take part by teleconference.

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