On February 9, 2010, during a telephone conversation between Cynthia Dubé, a member of the coalition, and Mrs. Paul Blain Clotteau, Advisor to the City of Brownsburg-Chatham, the latter reported not having received such formal requests. Cynthia Dubé then transmitted them directly by email that same day. On 22 February, Mrs. Clotteau sent an unsigned email, reproduced here in full (originally in French):
Hello, we have received your message. The library is in our future projects, but the current state of the city's finances is, and you will surely understand it, that we are handling the most urgent matters, the state of infrastructure in our municipality is currently in our priorities.The Mayor, Mr. Georges Dinel had also made statements to the local press that the city's finances were disastrous.
The 2009 financial profile of Brownsburg-Chatham available on the website of the Ministry of Affaires municipales, Régions et Occupation du territoire nonetheless suggests that it compares very well with other cities.
The total long-term net debt per $100 of RFU (richesse foncière uniformisée in French) and the long-term debt per capita are hardly superior to other municipalities of the MRC d'Argenteuil, but equivalent to those of the administrative region Laurentides and all of Québec.
The standardized overall rate of taxation (TGT in French) is below the average of municipalities of the same class (2000 to 9999 population), as well as of those of the MRC d'Argenteuil, the Laurentides administrative region and throughout Québec .
As hard as we search for the catastrophe, we do not see it in these numbers.
The provincial government also provides grants for infrastructure projects (sewers, water pipes, etc.)
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