Your town, in plain words
A clear, checkable guide to Charlton-Dack's budget, taxes and council decisions. A small municipality in the Timiskaming District of northeastern Ontario, next to the Town of Englehart, with a reeve and four councillors. Every figure links back to the public record.
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+14%town property tax, 2024 to 2025
In 2025, Charlton-Dack collected $108K more in its own property tax than in 2024. That is a 14% jump, while prices went up about 2.1%. Only 1 of 24 similar towns raised theirs by more.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 3 sources
$216Kowed in unpaid property tax, end of 2025
At the end of 2025, $216K of property tax had been billed but not paid. That is 21% of everything billed. Only 2 of 24 similar towns had a higher share. A year earlier it was $218K.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 2 sources
2021the newest year of audited statements we found posted, against a June 2026 council approval of the 2025 statements
Audited financial statements are the yearly report card on a municipality's money, checked by an outside accountant. The Municipality's Financial Statements page links nine years, 2013 to 2021. The newest has an auditor's report dated June 6, 2022. Council's minutes of June 1, 2026 show that council received and approved the 2025 audited financials that day. We did not find the 2025 statements, or the ones for 2022, 2023 and 2024, on the website.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
3.75%tax increase approved on June 1, 2026, with no budget document that we could find
A budget is the plan for what the Municipality will spend and collect in a year. Council was shown a draft 2026 budget on April 13, 2026. On May 4, a motion to approve a budget with the tax increase left blank was deferred. On June 1, 2026, council approved the 2026 budget "with a tax increase of 3.75%", higher water charges, and tax rates were set on July 6. We did not find the budget itself, draft or adopted, on the website. The agendas list "2026 Draft Budget (attachment)", but the posted agenda files hold only the list of items.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 4 sources
$238,000Grant Road repair awarded on July 6, 2026
On July 6, 2026 council awarded the Grant Road repair to Curran Contracting for $238,000, after a request for quotes (an RFQ, where the Municipality asks contractors for a price). One month earlier, on June 1, the minutes list the roads for maintenance in 2026 as Brentha Road, River Road and the Charlton grindings. Grant Road was not on that list. We did not find how many quotes came in, what the other prices were, or which budget or grant pays for the work.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
2022the year of the newest tender listed on the RFP and Tenders page
A request for quotes is how a municipality asks contractors to price a job. The 2026 minutes and agendas name several: the Grant Road repair, sand shed repairs (a quote for $85,500.00 was approved on April 13) and a Winter Sand RFQ on the September 2 agenda. The Municipality's RFP and Tenders page lists two items, both gravel tenders from 2022, and nothing newer.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 4 sources
$20,000approximate bill for "extras" at the Charlton water plant by February 2, 2026
On February 2, 2026, staff told council that both lift pumps (the pumps that move water through the plant) at the Charlton water plant were having issues, although both were less than a year old, and that a bill for "extras" of approx. $20,000 had already come in for 2026. Staff were to meet the local MPP about the rising costs of running the plant. On June 1, council raised the charge for vacant lots on the water system from $50 to $75 and user fees for Charlton water system users by $50 each. A Charlton Water Plant report is listed as an attachment on the September 2 agenda, and we could not read it.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 4 sources
+53%water, sewers and garbage, 2019 to 2025
Charlton-Dack spent $187K on water, sewers and garbage in 2019 and $287K in 2025. Prices only went up about 21% in that time.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 2 sources
$85,500.00repair quote approved on April 13, 2026 and rescinded on May 4 after the fire
On April 13, 2026 council approved a quote of $85,500.00 from Carved in Stone for sand shed repairs. On May 4 the public works report said a plow truck caught fire, which damaged the sand shed, and that insurance was now involved. That day council rescinded (cancelled) the April approval "as the asset has since been damaged in a fire". The July 6 minutes say sand shed quotes were being obtained, and a Winter Sand RFQ is on the September 2 agenda. We did not find what the new repair will cost or what insurance will pay.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
$28,798landfill liability at December 31, 2021, described as unfunded
A landfill must be capped and watched for years after it closes, and the cost is counted as a debt that builds up as the site fills. The 2021 statements record a landfill closure and post-closure liability of $28,798, out of an estimated future total of $100,431. The note says the liability "is currently unfunded and is expected to be funded through budget allocations to a landfill reserve". The list of reserves in note 13 has no landfill reserve. The statements for later years are not posted, so we could not check whether one has been started.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
A property tax bill in Charlton-Dack pays for the town and schools. Only part of it goes to the town, and that part is what Charlton-Dack council controls.
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