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Residents of the Glenmount district will once more be able to register early for sports and leisure activities in Town of Mount Royal.

But they will have to pay fees for out-of-town residents, under a deal announced Monday between T.M.R. and the borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.

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The borough has agreed to spend $40,000 this year for the privilege of letting Glenmount residents sign up for swim lessons and other activities at the same time as T.M.R. residents.

The deal, which expires next December, comes just in time to register for spring activities, the town and borough said in a joint communiqué.

“We don’t see this as a victory,” said Guillaume Tardif, a member of the Glenmount Community Association, representing about 1,800 residents in the enclave bordering T.M.R.

We’re disappointed. This is not the deal we wanted.”

“We’re disappointed. This is not the deal we wanted,” he said.

Glenmount residents will hold a meeting after the March school break to discuss the next step in their battle to obtain municipal services at the same cost as T.M.R. residents.