The municipal council approved the awarding of two contracts for general maintenance and ecological and horticultural management of Frédéric-Back Park, for a period of 30 months, to 178001 Canada inc. (Groupe Nicky) and to 9190-8673 Québec inc. (Les Entreprises Roseneige). The total authorized expenditure is $2,025,095.03, taxes included, of which $96,433.10 is for contingencies; the contracts include two options for extension of 12 months each.