The Terrebonne bike path was the big item on the agenda at Tuesday night’s nearly 5-hour long CDN-NDG borough council meeting. The councillors voted unanimously to remove the controversial bike path earlier than planned. Borough Mayor Sue Montgomery voted against the motion.
By the end of the meeting, the angry tone of recent debates had dissipated and the councillors appeared ready to put the past behind them and work together again.
Continue readingThe CDN-NDG borough council called an emergency session Thursday where all five city councillors voted to overturn mayor Sue Montgomery suspension of borough director Stéphane Plante. Plante’s job was saved but the session revealed a deep dysfunction in the council itself.
During the session, the councillors openly displayed hostility towards Montgomery. The most direct attacks came from opposition councillor Marvin Rotrand who said the borough’s staff were experiencing a morale problem because of Montgomery. Rotrand said that in his 18 years working for the borough he’d never seen an issue that couldn’t be resolved diplomatically. He accused Montgomery of abusing her power and of having a vendetta against Plante.
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