Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

Augusta is run by an elected council of 5 people. They set the budget, approve big purchases and hire the senior staff who run the town day to day.

Current council

• MayorJeff Shaverjshaver@augusta.ca
• Deputy MayorAdrian Wynandsawynands@augusta.ca
• CouncillorMichele Bowmanmbowman@augusta.ca
• CouncillorTanya Henrythenry@augusta.ca
• CouncillorHendrik Papehpape@augusta.ca

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

Top number: pay. Second number: benefits and expenses together, such as health cover, mileage, conferences and training. Exactly what goes in it differs a little from town to town; the note below says what this town’s statement includes. Some members take the town’s health plan and some do not, so a higher second number is not a problem by itself. The statements give only totals; the receipts behind them can be requested from the clerk.

Each year links to the town's statement. From the treasurer's 2025 Statement of Remuneration and Expenses for Council (Municipal Act, section 284). "Pay" is the remuneration column. "Other" is conference and expenses (the mileage column is $0.00 for council); each member's pay plus other equals the total the statement prints. The page's table layout scrambles in some text extraction, so we read it in reading order and checked every row against the printed total. The 2023 and 2024 statements are titled "amended" and are not entered here. Committee and conservation authority payments are not included.

• Yes
  Audited financial statements

  Audited statements are posted for 2018 to 2025. The 2025 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from MNP LLP dated July 13, 2026. The 2024 statements carry a clean opinion dated August 27, 2025. Source

• Partly
  Budgets posted online

  The links labelled "2022 Budget" to "2025 Budget" lead to financial statements and a tax rates by-law, not budgets. The 2026 budget workbook (February 27, 2026) is posted but is almost entirely page images. We could not read it. Source

• Yes
  Council pay statements

  Treasurer's statements are posted for 2022 to 2025. The 2023 and 2024 statements are titled "amended". Source

• Partly
  Council agendas and minutes

  The page lists council meetings from January 13 to June 23, 2025. We found nothing later, and the page says past agendas and minutes are available on request. Meetings are recorded and posted on the Township's YouTube channel. Source

• Unknown
  Tender results

  The Township has a Bids and Tenders page. We did not read it. Source

• Augusta Township on YouTube

  The Township says council meetings are recorded and posted on its official YouTube channel. We did not check which meetings are posted.

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

• The approved 2025 operating and capital budget

  The Budget and Finance page links the 2025 tax rates by-law under the label "2025 Budget". The budget approved on February 24, 2025 is the document that explains the planned deficit and the planned spending. Related question: Where are the approved 2022 to 2025 budgets that the Township's budget page says are posted, and why is the 2026 draft a scan?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the 2025 operating and capital budget approved by Council on February 24, 2025, with its staff report, in a readable electronic format.

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• Reports to Council about the land held for resale

  The statements show $2,217,136 of land held for resale, bought in 2024 and financed by a mortgage. A report to Council would say which land it is and what is planned. Related question: Why does the Township still hold $2,217,136 of land for resale, with a mortgage against it?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the reports to Council and the resolutions about the purchase of the land recorded as "land held for resale" in the 2024 and 2025 financial statements, and any report on its planned sale.

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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 says Council appoints an independent Integrity Commissioner who reviews complaints about members of council, committees and local boards, and prepares annual reports. We found the Council Code of Conduct (By-law 3616-2023) and one older report on the Township's reports page, from 2020, which we did not use. We did not find recent annual reports.