The Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton firm’s report was submitted to the prosecutor designated in this file from the Trivium firm, indicated the chairman of the board of directors of the STSClaude Bouchard.
I spoke to the lawyer, but he is going to present it to everyone together, to the whole board of directors
said the municipal councilor, in an interview, following a regular meeting of the board of directors during which the file was not, however, on the agenda.
Claude Bouchard did not receive a copy of the report. However, he indicates that he has a very good idea
of its content, following his discussion with the prosecutor in the file, without being able to say more before the document is presented to the administrators.
No date has yet been set, he said. However, he expects the file to progress in the coming days.
Mand Félix-Antoine Michaud, from Trivium, accompanies the directors who must decide on the future of general manager Jean-Luc Roberge, who was suspended with pay in February, following the damning report of the auditor on the transport company .
The internal investigation launched in the wake of the suspension of the director general must also guide the board of directors on the ways to straighten out the organization which has been the subject of 70 recommendations from the auditor general. The STS adopted an action plan in April to respond to each of the recommendations.
The investigation mandate entrusted to Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton cost the STS approximately $20,000. A dozen employees, elected officials and members of management were interviewed as part of the investigation process on the transport company, which has a budget of $25 million, half of which comes from Saguenay.
Councilor Claude Bouchard is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Société de transport du Saguenay.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Myriam Gauthier
Positions to be filled
Moreover, during Monday’s meeting of the board of directors, the positions to be filled within the transport company occupied part of the discussions, underlined Mr. Bouchard.
The STS is currently looking for an accountant, for a maternity replacement, an accounting clerk or technician, a human resources advisor, a project manager, a heavy vehicle mechanic, a service attendant and a driver.
We are like in all the other companies, in the field of the bus, we are no different elsewhere
, he said, referring to the labor shortage affecting many sectors. He believes that the conclusions of the Auditor General’s report have no impact on the attractiveness of the STS.
Transportation companies across the province are facing the same labor challenge, he added. Representatives of the STS were able to discuss this reality at the convention of the Association du transport urbain au Québec, which took place last week in Québec.
Diesel price hikes are of concern to transit companies.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Mélissa Savoie-Soulières
The price of diesel hurts terribly
The successive increases in the price of diesel are also of concern to public transport companies, which took advantage of the congress to address the issue.
” Whether it’s us, the STS, or the majority of other transport companies in Quebec, we agree that currently the price of diesel is hurting us terribly. We don’t pay for it at the pump price. But even if we don’t pay the pump price, currently, what we had budgeted for at the beginning of the year for our diesel, and where we are, there is a good margin between the two. »
However, it is too early to decide on the impact that this increase will have on the budget of the STShe added.
The transport companies took advantage of the rally to make the government aware of their situation. The government is aware of that and we certainly looked with them, we considered different avenues that we could consider that could help us,
mentioned Mr. Bouchard.
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