 The implementation of this new model has enabled Saguenay to make substantial cost savings and improve the efficiency of municipal services.He has presented this strategy on many occasions to other municipalities.In November 2009, Mayor Tremblay and the City of Saguenay were fined over half a million dollars by the superior court of Quebec, to be paid to Bertrand Girard, the former general manager of the city, for 'wrongful dismissal' by Tremblay.