Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

Cavan Monaghan 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

• MayorMatthew Grahammgraham@cavanmonaghan.net
• Deputy MayorRyan Huntleyrhuntley@cavanmonaghan.net
• Ward 1 CouncillorNelson Edgertonnedgerton@cavanmonaghan.net
• Ward 2 CouncillorGerry Byrnegbyrne@cavanmonaghan.net
• Ward 3 CouncillorLance Nachofflnachoff@cavanmonaghan.net

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 approved budget (35 pages), the 2026 budget timetable and approved budgets back to 2010 are posted as PDFs on one page. Source

• Partly
  Audited financial statements

  The page posts consolidated statements for 2016 to 2024. The 2024 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from Baker Tilly KDN LLP dated December 17, 2025. We did not find 2025 statements posted on October 5, 2026. The 2023 file is a scanned image with no readable text. Source

• Unknown
  Council pay and expenses statement (s.284)

  We did not find a council remuneration and expenses statement on the budget, council or agendas pages we read. Source

• Yes
  Meetings live-streamed and recorded

  The Township says it will stream Council and committee meetings on YouTube and publish a recording if a stream fails. We did not check the channel. Source

• Yes
  2022 election candidate financial statements

  The Township lists 2022 candidate financial statements by office. We did not open them. Source

• Unknown
  Agendas, minutes and conflict-of-interest declarations

  The agendas and minutes page points to a meeting calendar on the Township's eScribe portal. We did not read agendas or minutes, so we did not check how current they are. Source

• Township of Cavan Monaghan on YouTube

  The Township links this channel from its Agendas and Minutes page for livestreams and recordings of Council and committee meetings. We did not check what is 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

• Funding plan for unfunded capital at December 31, 2024

  Note 16(b) gives $15,129,780 of unfunded capital by service area. A schedule by project shows what it is and how it will be paid. Related question: How will the Township pay for $15,129,780 of "unfunded capital", up from $5,398,882 a year earlier?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request any schedule or staff report listing the capital projects that make up the "unfunded capital" of $15,129,780 reported in Note 16(b) of the Township's December 31, 2024 consolidated financial statements, with the planned source of funding for each.

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• Reports to Council about the OLG slots at Kawartha Downs

  The statements say OLG would stop operating at Kawartha Downs in March 2026, and the 2026 budget still counts $320,000. Related question: The 2026 budget counts on $320,000 from the slot machines at Kawartha Downs. What happened after the province said it would stop running them in March 2026?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request any staff report, memo or correspondence from January 1, 2025 to the date of this request about the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation operations at Kawartha Downs and the effect on the Township's revenue and its Asset Replacement Reserve Loan.

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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 website says it has appointed an Integrity Commissioner, a lawyer at a Kingston law firm, who investigates Code of Conduct complaints and reports to Council. We did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports on the pages we read.