Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

Adjala-Tosorontio is run by an elected council of 7 people. They set the budget, approve big purchases and hire the senior staff who run the town day to day.

Current council

• MayorScott W. Anderson
• Deputy MayorJulius Lachs
• Councillor, Ward 1 Colgan/BallycroyAnub Simson
• Councillor, Ward 2 Loretto/HockleyBob Meadows
• Councillor, Ward 3 Rosemont/EverettRonald O’Leary
• Councillor, Ward 4 EverettMiklos Borsos
• Councillor, Ward 5 Lisle/GlencairnAdam Cox

Names and official email addresses from the town's council page. None of the members lists a public social media account there.

• Yes
  Budgets posted online

  The 2026 final budget book (proposed November 3, 2025, deemed adopted December 4, 2025) and budgets back to 2020 are posted as PDFs on one page. Source

• Partly
  Audited financial statements

  Statements are posted for 2014 to 2024. The 2024 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from Baker Tilly SGB LLP dated September 10, 2025. We did not find 2025 statements on the page we read on October 5, 2026. Source

• Partly
  Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

  We found the 2024 statement (staff report FIN 2025-003, March 12, 2025) but not a 2025 statement. The text of its table is jumbled, so we did not copy any member's pay from it. The pay by-law (2025-025, passed April 9, 2025) is posted. Source

• Unknown
  Meeting agendas and minutes

  Agendas and minutes are on a CivicWeb portal. The portal's robots.txt asks all automated readers to stay out, so we did not read any agendas or minutes. The Township says agendas go up the Thursday before each monthly meeting and minutes once Council approves them. Source

• Unknown
  Integrity Commissioner reports

  We did not find any posted on the accountability page. Source

• Township of Adjala-Tosorontio on YouTube

  The Township links this YouTube channel from its website. We did not check whether council meeting videos are posted there.

• Township of Adjala-Tosorontio on Facebook

  The Township links this Facebook page from its website. We did not read it.

1. Send the request in writing to the town clerk (the freedom of information coordinator), on the town’s form or in a letter, with the $5 application fee.
2. Describe the records, not the answer you want. Dates, departments and the kind of record (a list, invoices, emails) make a request quicker and cheaper.
3. The town has 45 business days to answer (the law changed in 2026; older guides say 30 days). It can charge for search time and copies, but must send an estimate first if the fees will be over $25.
4. Some parts can be held back, such as legal advice or personal information about other people. The town must say which part of the law it relied on.
5. If you are refused, or the fees seem too high, you can appeal to the Information and Privacy Commissioner within 30 business days of the town’s decision.

The town's request form (on its Forms page) · The law · Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

• Schedule of the internal loan to water and wastewater, 2021 to 2026

  The 2026 budget says the working fund reserve covered the water and wastewater deficit. A schedule shows how much, at what interest and how it will be repaid. Related question: Why have water and wastewater fees not covered the cost of those services, and when will they?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the schedule of amounts lent from the working fund reserve to the water and wastewater systems for each year from 2021 to 2026, with the interest rate, the repayment plan, and the most recent water and wastewater rate study.

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• Funding and developer agreements for the Everett wastewater project

  The Township says the project costs taxpayers nothing. The agreements show who pays if costs or timing change. Related question: Who carries the risk on the $64,980,764 wastewater project that the Township says costs taxpayers nothing?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the funding agreements for the Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund and the Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program grants for the Everett wastewater treatment plant, the developer agreements that fund the project, and the most recent cost estimate reported to Council.

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• Council's resolution on the July 2023 Ombudsman report

  The Municipal Act requires Council to pass a resolution saying how it will address the report. Related question: What did Council do after the Ombudsman found that closed sessions in 2021 and 2022 did not follow the rules?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the resolution Council passed under section 239.2(12) of the Municipal Act, 2001 on how it would address the Ombudsman's July 2023 report on meetings held on June 29, 2021 and March 1 and 7, 2022, and any amendment made since to the Township's procedural by-law on notice of special meetings.

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The wording is a starting point, not legal advice. Narrow the dates if the town says a request is too broad or too costly.

1. Integrity Commissioner

   The Township's page names its Integrity Commissioner (Code of Conduct and conflict-of-interest complaints), gives the complaint forms, and says reports and recommendations go to Council through the Clerk. We did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports posted on that page.

2. Closed meeting investigator: Ontario Ombudsman

   The Ombudsman is the Township's closed meeting investigator. The Township posts the Ombudsman's July 2023 report on meetings held in 2021 and 2022.

3. Registry of declarations of pecuniary interest

   The Township posts a registry of the declarations members have made at meetings, for the 2022 to 2026 term. We did not use it in a finding.