Steven Erdelyi Cote Saint-Luc City Councillor District 4

Steven Erdelyi

Côte Saint-Luc District 4
City Councillor

Phone:

514-485-6945

Email:

serdelyi@cotesaintluc.org

Election Platform and Accomplishments

Election results 2017

Highlights from Cote Saint-Luc District 4 for 2018

Operating and Capital Investment Budget 2019

It continues to be a pleasure to serve as your councillor for District 4. Thank you for your continued support and the confidence you have shown in me. I am enjoying working on the finance portfolio and my priority over the last few years has been to ensure that the city finances are well managed. The goal of the city has been to maintain or improve the services offered while keeping the tax rate as low as possible.

We are continuing to focus on improvements to the city’s infrastructure. Last year we saw renovations to the Westminster and Côte Saint-Luc underpasses, the library building envelope and renovations at Trudeau Park. In the next year, you will see extensive work on Côte Saint-Luc’s system of water and sewer pipes, including many sections of pipe in District 4. We have sleeved about 20 percent of the water pipes in the city so far and have reduced the number of water main breaks significantly over the last few years, through preventative maintenance.

In the summer and fall, you will see a new Nature Path / Dog Run built in District 4, just west of Richard Schwartz Park. I thank the residents who have given their feedback toward the project and I look forward to it being completed.

On the environmental front, we continue to produce large annual increases in waste that is diverted from landfill through either the brown or blue bin programs, household hazardous or bulky waste. From 2007 to 2016, the amount of garbage going to landfill from Côte Saint-Luc has decreased by 33 percent while the amount of waste diverted has more than tripled.

Côte Saint-Luc has been forced to cut down hundreds of diseased trees over the last few years, mostly due to the Emerald Ash Borer. We are trying to replace the trees as quickly as possible. As part of the Canada 150 celebrations, we are inviting residents to plant a tree at Trudeau Park in honour of a loved one for $150. See CoteSaintLuc.org/150trees for more details. I encourage all residents to use the city services and facilities and look forward to seeing you all at the upcoming special events throughout the year

EXPERIENCE

Educator and local activist Steven Erdelyi was re-elected as a City Councillor of Cote Saint-Luc District Four by acclamation during the electoral period of October 2013. In the previous municipal elections on November 1st, 2009 he was re-elected with 94% of the vote. This set the stage for Steven Erdelyi to continue to work on improvements to District 4 and Cote Saint-Luc as a whole.

Since 2013, Steven Erdelyi has worked as Principal, then Head of School of Solomon Schechter Academy after serving as Principal of Hampstead School and Vice-Principal of Westmount High School. Previously, he was the head of the Science Department at Marymount Academy where he taught Math and Science for six years. He has served Quebec’s English-speaking community for many years through his positions as a member of Alliance Quebec’s provincial Board of Directors and Vice-President of the Alliance Quebec Youth Commission. Erdelyi also worked as a Project Coordinator for Alliance Quebec, where he successfully lobbied for improved services in English for Montreal-area residents.

Erdelyi, who worked very closely with former mayor and current MP Anthony Housefather, Mayor Mitchell Brownstein and Councillors Glenn J. Nashen, and Ruth Kovac, played an integral role on the Cote Saint-Luc Demerger Committee. During the demerger campaign, he focused much of his efforts on District Four.

Erdelyi is also known for co-founding MATCH-LQ, a political action group seeking to encourage young people to stay in Quebec. During his days at McGill University, he was an active representative on the Student Council where he initiated a Library Improvement Fund that has raised over $10 million. In the past, he has co-chaired a fundraising committee at the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts and was a member of the Young Leadership Israel Advocacy Initiative.

Erdelyi served a two-year term on the board of La Symbiose, a non-profit group aiming to help new immigrants to the area adapt to life in Canada. He was a member of the board of the Montreal Jewish Hereditary Disease Fund, whose aim is to raise awareness and promote screening of common genetic diseases. He was a member of the board of the Quebec-Israel Committee, and then served on the board of the organization's successor the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs - Quebec.

Erdelyi is a graduate of Queen's University with a B.Ed. and McGill University with a B.Sc. in Biochemistry. He completed a post-graduate degree in Educational Leadership at McGill University and is working on an additional degree in the same field. He is fluent in English, French and Hebrew and partly fluent in Japanese. In 2007, he and his wife, Randi Berman, welcomed the birth of their son, Matthew Harry Erdelyi, and in 2009, the birth of their daughter, Bailey Leah Erdelyi.

PORTFOLIOS

2014-2018

Finance and Environmental Issues

The goal of the city has been to maintain or improve the services offered while keeping the tax rate as low as possible. This has become increasingly more difficulty with cuts in the transfer payments from the provincial government and salary increases for our unionized employees mandated by collective agreements.

From 2007-2016, the amount of garbage going to landfill from Côte SaintLuc has decreased by 33 percent while the amount of waste diverted has tripled.

2009-2014

Public Works and Engineering

Côte Saint-Luc prioritized capital works projects including road works and pipe relining where we get money back from the governments of Canada or Quebec. Not only do we save money on the project, we are also saving money in the long term by preventing water main breaks. Watermain breaks were reduced by 58% in past 5 years compared to previous 5 years.

2006-2009

Library, Culture and Special Events

Côte Saint-Luc initiated new special events such as the Annual Mega Garage Sale, and renewed our Canada Day activities and Winter Carnival events as a city again. Renovations were done to the library to improve the services offered to residents, and more digital options were available to patrons. The annual fee for members was eliminated.

COTE SAINT-LUC DISTRICT 4 MAP
WITH CAPITAL PROJECT, 2006-

Cote Saint-Luc District 4 Map with Capital Projects

Orange = Road Resurfacing & Underpass Repairs

Green = Park Renovations

Blue = Watermain sleeving & Pump Station Repairs

Light Blue = Watermain Protection (Sacrificial Anode)

Red = Traffic Light Replacement

COTE SAINT-LUC ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Steven Erdelyi

Côte Saint-Luc District 4 City Councillor