Municipal
Montréal Motions
2025–2029 Term
Montreal backs 2026 agglomeration budget
Motion backs Montreal's 2026 agglomeration budget; a $39,361,031.14 tax-cut proposal was rejected.
Orientation au conseil d'agglomération
Montreal bylaw sets 2026 property taxes
Montreal city council approves a bill to set 2026 property taxes totaling $4.8 billion, adopted Jan 28, 2026.
Adoption du règlement
Montreal Parking Tax Hikes for 2026
Montreal council would tax parking lots via bylaw, raising $38.1 million in 2026.
Adoption du règlement
Montreal downtown funding shares set
Resolution would require 15 municipalities to pay $9,785,916 to Montréal in 2026, based on each area's fiscal capacity. Payments due in two instalments on March 16 and June 1, 2026.
Résolution
City bylaw for 2026 agglomeration payments
Montreal council motion would set four 2026 agglomeration payments, with 1.2433% monthly interest, for linked municipalities.
Orientation au conseil d'agglomération
Water charges shared by usage
Municipal council motion backs 2026 drinking-water charge bylaw. Initial provisional charges would start at $0.3324 per cubic metre, with $121.7 million in estimated revenue.
Orientation au conseil d'agglomération
Montreal hikes water charges for nonresidential properties
Montreal adopts water-charge bill increasing rates 5% in 2026 for nonresidential properties. Revenue from the charge is projected at $11.1 million.
Adoption du règlement
Montréal proposes 2026 shared funding plan
Montréal would adopt a 2026 agglomeration funding plan totaling $3,186.9 million across four shares. Côte-Saint-Luc would be excluded from the first-responder share.
Orientation au conseil d'agglomération
Municipal expense-sharing reform shifts costs
A bill would update the city's expense-sharing formula, setting the 2026 rate at 10.26896% and updating 2025 figures.
Orientation au conseil d'agglomération
City allocates $297.7M to capital reserve
Montréal city council approved a resolution on Jan 28, 2026, to allocate $297.7 million from the general fund to a capital-expenditures reserve.
Résolution
City allocates $175.9M for capital reserve
Resolution would earmark $175.9 million from the general fund for a capital expenditures reserve. Agglomeration council will decide later which projects to fund.
Orientation au conseil d'agglomération
Water Revenues Allocated to Reserve
Montreal council would move CAD 385.2 million in 2026 water revenues into the agglomeration reserve for water service.
Orientation au conseil d'agglomération
City tariffs for 2026 update
City council resolution would set 2026 tariffs for local services.
Adoption du règlement
Agglomeration tariffs bylaw moves forward
City council backs motion to adopt 2026 agglomeration tariffs bylaw.
Orientation au conseil d'agglomération
City approves 2026 funding to museum and metro
Motion would approve $44,437,500 in 2026 budget contributions to the CMM and Pointe-à-Callière.
Résolution
Montreal approves 2026 transit, housing funding
Montreal agglomeration resolution approves 2026 payments totaling up to $862,224,500, including up to $808,379,200 to ARTM for transit and $1,417,900 for the Grand Prix.
Orientation au conseil d'agglomération
Montréal council advances bill to raise parking fines
Montréal council advances bill to raise parking fines; general fines rise to $67 and most offences to $299, effective on publication.
Adoption du règlement
Montreal appoints arts board member
Montreal passes a resolution naming Andréanne Moreau to the arts board for a renewable two-year term, replacing Ericka Alneus.
Résolution
City backs arts board appointments
City council motion would appoint Duguay and renew terms for Duplessis, Codère, and Péan for three-year terms on the arts board, and thank outgoing Alie.
Orientation au conseil d'agglomération
Rent-reduced lease approved for Athlétisme Canada
Resolution would grant Athlétisme Canada a rent-reduced lease at Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard from Feb 1, 2026 to Dec 31, 2028.
Résolution
Montreal council weighs Hydro-Quebec transformer project
Montreal council approves a resolution on Hydro-Quebec's 315-25 kV transformer project, sending conformity opinion to the utility; work could begin in 2026 and the line would cost about $444 million.
Orientation au conseil d'agglomération
Montreal approves conformity for Hydro-Québec power line
Montreal council approved a conformity finding for Hydro-Québec's underground 315-kV line; the city clerk will send the notice to Hydro-Québec, with work planned spring 2026 to fall 2027.
Orientation au conseil d'agglomération
Hénault-Ratelle nomination to board seat
Motion backs Hénault-Ratelle's nomination to PME MTL Centre-Est board; agglomeration council approval pending.
Orientation au conseil d'agglomération
City extends land-transfer deadline for ecoquartier
City council motion would push the start of parcel transfers to October 31, 2027 for the former hippodrome site.
Orientation au conseil d'agglomération