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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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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 Brant County'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

Brant County is run by an elected council of 11 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 Brant County?

What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 5, 2026.

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    The 2026 approved budget (with a forecast to 2029), the 2025 budget, the 2024 budget and the 2026 to 2035 capital forecast are posted as PDFs on one page. Source

  • Yes
    Audited financial statements

    The 2025 consolidated statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from Millard, Rouse and Rosebrugh LLP, dated September 8, 2026. Statements for 2020 to 2024 are also posted, along with a yearly municipal study by BMA and the development charges statements. Source

  • Unknown
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    We did not find a yearly statement of council remuneration and expenses on the budget, finance or council pages we read. The County does post a 2025 Public Sector Salary Disclosure list, which names the Mayor, but our text copy of it is scrambled in places, so we did not use it. The budget book lists each member's budgeted salary and benefits line. Source

  • Unknown
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    Agendas and minutes are on an eScribe meeting portal. The portal is built to be read in a browser, and we did not read any minutes. Source

  • Unknown
    Integrity Commissioner and closed meeting reports

    We did not find any reports from an Integrity Commissioner or closed meeting investigator on the pages we read. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

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

    How to raise a concern

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

    1. Code of Conduct

      The County posts its Code of Conduct by-law (By-law 44-19) as a PDF. We did not find an Integrity Commissioner or closed meeting investigator named, or any reports from them, on the pages we read.

    2. Conflict of Interest Registry

      The County says it keeps the public registry of declared pecuniary interests required since March 1, 2019. It says the registry is on the Council and Committee Calendar webpage under the conflicts tab, and that the written statements can be read at the Paris Customer Service office. We did not read the registry itself.