The municipal council has authorized an additional expenditure of $113,996.31, taxes included, as a contingency budget, for the upgrading work of the city hall of Montreal (lot L2604 - Electricity - Lighting and related work), under the contract awarded to Les installations électriques Pichette inc. (CG24 0074). This expenditure brings the total amount of the contract to $1,351,965.25, taxes included.