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Not the full picture. Built from public records, which leave things out.Read by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date. Check the sources, and tell us if you spot a mistake. What this site can't tell you
Read by hand. We read Billings's own documents for this site in October 2026; the Sources page lists which ones. The comparisons with other places still come from the Province's yearly reports.

Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

Billings 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

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

How open is Billings?

What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 7, 2026.

  • Partly
    Agendas and minutes

    Agenda packages and minutes posted as PDFs on the Township's own pages run through 2024. Meetings from 2025 on are listed on a separate calendar site (calendar.billingstwp.ca) that refused our automated request, so we could not check whether 2025 and 2026 agendas and minutes are there. Source

  • Partly
    Budgets posted online

    The adopted 2026 and 2025 budgets are posted as by-laws with attached schedules. The 2025 by-law PDF contains no readable text (it is a picture of pages), so we could not read it. In the 2026 PDF the operating expense lines are printed apart from their amounts, so we read only the totals. Source

  • Partly
    Audited financial statements

    Statements for 2020 to 2024 are posted. The 2024 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") dated July 15, 2025. We did not find 2025 statements on the page when we read it on October 7, 2026. Source

  • Unknown
    Council pay statements (section 284)

    We did not find a yearly statement of remuneration and expenses on the Township's pages. A 2020 by-law on mayor and council remuneration is posted under By-laws and Policies. We did not read it. Source

  • Unknown
    2022 election candidate finances

    The elections page links the 2022 certificate of election results. We did not find candidates' 2022 financial statements posted there. Source

  • Unknown
    Tender results

    The Bids and Tenders page posts calls for proposals. We did not find awarded contracts listed. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

Billings' official channels, as linked from its own website. Council members may also post on their own pages; we link only to official municipal channels.

Ask for the records

Anyone can ask the town for its records under Ontario's Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA). You do not have to say why. Here is how it works, and the wording for the records that would answer the questions on this site.

  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 full 2025 and 2026 operating budget, line by line

    The posted budgets are either a picture of pages (2025) or have expense lines separated from their amounts (2026).

    Show the request wordingHide the wording
    I request the 2025 and 2026 operating budgets as presented to council, showing each expense line with its amount and the prior year's actual figures, in a readable electronic format.

  • Funding plan for the public washroom, laundry and shower facility

    The 2026 capital schedule lists the project at $1,000,000 but does not say which funding sources pay for it.

    Show the request wordingHide the wording
    I request the council report or funding plan that shows how the public washroom, laundry and shower facility in the 2026 capital budget is to be paid for, including any borrowing and any grant agreement.

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

How to raise a concern

From the gentlest step to the most serious. Start at the top.

  1. Integrity Commissioner

    The Township's council page says it uses Expertise for Municipalities (E4M) as its Integrity Commissioner and links a contact page. We did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports posted.

  2. Closed meeting investigator: Ontario Ombudsman

    The council page points residents with concerns about a closed meeting to the Ontario Ombudsman.

  3. Declaration of pecuniary interest log

    The council page links a log of declarations for the 2025 council. We did not find a log for 2026. We did not read the log's contents.