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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Cobalt is run by an elected council of 6 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 Cobalt?

What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 10, 2026.

  • Partly
    Budgets posted online

    The financial page lists a 2025 Operating Budget and a 2025 Capital Budget, each one page. We did not find a 2026 budget there when we read the page on October 10, 2026. Source

  • Yes
    Audited financial statements

    Statements for 2016 to 2025 are posted. The 2025 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from Kemp Elliott & Blair LLP dated August 18, 2026. The files are scanned images, so they cannot be searched or copied as text. Source

  • Partly
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    Yearly statements are posted for 2020 to 2024. We did not find one for 2025 on the page on October 10, 2026. We did not use the 2023 and 2024 statements because their columns are not lined up in the file. Source

  • Unknown
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    The home page lists upcoming regular council meetings and the council page links agendas. We did not read any minutes. Source

  • Unknown
    Integrity Commissioner and closed meeting reports

    We did not find any linked from the pages we read. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

Cobalt'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.