Submit a citizens' initiative

Would you like to have a specific topic discussed in the municipal council? Submit your proposal to the municipal council.

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Approach

How to submit your citizens' initiative:

  • Send an email to the Municipal Clerk’s Office. They will then send you the PDF form to fill out.
  • Submit your proposal to the city council.
  • Please indicate in the proposal:
    • what goal you want to achieve
    • what should or should not be done to achieve that goal
    • what the plan will cost approximately

When the council discusses the proposal, the proposers may come to explain it. Once the council has made a decision, we will inform the proposers and publish the proposal.

Description

You can have a topic discussed in the municipal council. You can do this by means of a citizens' initiative. It must be a topic on which the municipality is authorized to make a decision.

You can propose a topic if more people in your neighborhood or district consider it important. To do so, you will need signatures from other residents.

Examples include:

  • the construction of a youth center
  • placing a bench where elderly people can gather
  • setting up a new museum
  • grant a building monument status

Requirements

The Requirements a citizens' initiative include:

  • The city council has not made any decisions on this subject in the last two years. Check with the council registry to see if your subject has already been discussed during that period.
  • The subject is serious and concrete.
  • The citizens' initiative does not concern municipal policy.
  • Anyone aged 16 or older may submit proposals.
  • The citizens' initiative must receive support from:
    • 300 residents in the city if the initiative concerns the city
    • 100 residents in a neighborhood if the initiative concerns that neighborhood.

More information

The difference between a petition, a citizens' initiative, and a referendum