Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

Clarington is run by an elected council of 7 people. They set the budget, approve big purchases and hire the senior staff who run the town day to day.

Current council

• MayorAdrian Fostermayor@clarington.net
• Regional Councillor, Wards 1 and 2Granville Andersonganderson@clarington.net
• Regional Councillor, Wards 3 and 4Willie Woowwoo@clarington.net
• Councillor, Ward 1Sami Elhajjehselhajjeh@clarington.net
• Councillor, Ward 2Lloyd Ranglrang@clarington.net
• Councillor, Ward 3Corinna TraillMeetCouncillorTraill@clarington.net
• Councillor, Ward 4Margaret Zwartmzwart@clarington.net

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 yearly statements the treasurer gives council under the Municipal Act, 2001, s. 284: FSD-011-26 (2025), FSD-009-25 (2024) and FSD-009-24 (2023). "Pay" is regular pay. "Other" is travel allowance, conferences and other expenses, less the mayor's donation to the Municipality of $3,000.00 in 2025. The mayor's 2023 regular pay is shown net of a donation, as the statement marks it. Former members who received municipal severance in 2023 and 2024 are not listed. The statements cover the Municipality only: Regional Councillors Anderson and Woo are also paid by the Region of Durham, which publishes its own statement.

• Yes
  Budgets posted online

  The 2026 Budget Update (deemed adopted December 12, 2025), the 2025 budget and the 2024-27 operating budget are posted as PDFs on one page. Source

• Yes
  Audited financial statements

  The 2025 consolidated statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from Deloitte LLP dated August 7, 2026. They say the 2024 statements were audited by another auditor, with an opinion dated July 15, 2025. Annual financial reviews are posted for 2020 to 2024. Source

• Yes
  Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

  The yearly statement is posted for 2021 to 2025, with quarterly Mayor and Council expenditure reports for 2026. Source

• Unknown
  Meeting agendas and minutes

  Agendas and reports are on an eScribe meeting portal. The portal refused a scripted download of one document (HTTP 403), so we did not read any minutes. Source

• Unknown
  Integrity Commissioner and closed meeting reports

  The accountability page names the officers but we did not find any reports from them. Source

• Clarington Connected on YouTube

  The Municipality links this YouTube channel from the footer of its website. We did not check whether council meeting videos are posted there.

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

• List of investments held at December 31, 2025

  Note 5 groups $226,108,263 into four types. A list by issuer, amount, maturity and rate shows what the principal protected notes are. Related question: What are the $116,189,100 of principal protected notes in Clarington's investments, and how are they valued?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the Municipality's schedule of investments held at December 31, 2025, showing for each holding the issuer, type, amount, purchase date, maturity date and interest rate or return basis, and the most recent investment report to Council.

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• Annual Repayment Limit worksheet for 2026

  The 2026 budget book gives available room of $18,514,765 and $15,123,388 if the new debt is issued. The worksheet shows how the new payments of $12,055,473 were counted. Related question: Can development charges cover $12,055,473 a year of new debt payments when 2025 collections were $6,911,605?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the Annual Repayment Limit calculation used in the 2026 Budget Update, including the worksheet that shows how the estimated payments on the proposed new debt were treated.

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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 Municipality says Council has appointed three accountability officers: an Integrity Commissioner (Code of Conduct complaints), a closed meeting investigator and a municipal ombudsman. We did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports on the pages we read.

2. Closed meeting investigator: Ontario Ombudsman

   The Municipality says the Ontario Ombudsman is its closed meeting investigator, and links the Ombudsman's complaint form from its closed meetings page. We did not find reports about Clarington.

3. Registry of declarations of interest

   The Municipality says its registry links each member's declaration of interest form and the minutes of the meeting. We did not read the registry itself.