Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

East Gwillimbury 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

• MayorVirginia Hacksonvhackson@eastgwillimbury.ca
• Councillor, Ward 1Loralea Carrutherslcarruthers@eastgwillimbury.ca
• Councillor, Ward 1Terry Fostertfoster@eastgwillimbury.ca
• Councillor, Ward 2Brian Johnsbjohns@eastgwillimbury.ca
• Councillor, Ward 2Tara Roy-DiClementetroydiclemente@eastgwillimbury.ca
• Councillor, Ward 3Scott Cronescrone@eastgwillimbury.ca

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 Business Plan and Budget (adopted December 3, 2025, per the Town) is posted in sections, with the 2019 to 2025 budgets linked below it. Source

• Yes
  Audited financial statements

  Annual Financial Reports are posted from 2008 to 2025. The 2025 report carries a clean opinion ("present fairly") from KPMG LLP dated July 24, 2026. The 2024 report carries a clean opinion from the same firm dated June 3, 2025. Source

• Partly
  Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

  We did not find a yearly statement for the whole of council on the Town's site. The one we found is a 2025 statement that one councillor posts on her own page. Source

• Unknown
  Meeting agendas and minutes

  Agendas and minutes are on a CivicWeb portal. Its robots.txt asks automated programs to stay out, so we did not read any minutes. We could not check how current they are, how often council meets in closed session, or conflict declarations. Source

• Yes
  Integrity Commissioner reports

  The accountability page links investigation reports to council, and the Integrity Commissioner's 2024-2025 annual report. Source

• Unknown
  Tender results

  Competitive bids are advertised on a separate bids and tenders site. We did not look for awarded contracts. Source

• Town of East Gwillimbury on YouTube

  The Town says it live streams all Council meetings on its YouTube channel, with auto-captions, and that the recordings are for convenience and are not the official record. We did not check how long the recordings are kept.

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 $110,598,335 into two types. A list by issuer, amount, maturity and return basis shows what the principal protected notes are and which reserve each belongs to. Related question: Why is the Town's investment income budgeted at $500,000 when it earned $6,644,012 in 2025?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the Town'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, the reserve fund it is credited to, and the most recent investment report to Council.

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• Development charge collections and spending forecast, 2026 to 2030

  The fund fell from $32,168,164 to $6,088,966 in 2025. A forecast shows which growth projects wait on future collections. Related question: How will the Town pay for growth projects now that its development charge fund has fallen to $6,088,966?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the Town's most recent forecast of development charge collections and planned spending from the development charge reserve funds for 2026 to 2030, including the cash flow schedule from the current Development Charge Background Study.

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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 Town's Integrity Commissioner takes Code of Conduct complaints about members of council. The Town's page lists investigation reports and written reasons for dismissal for several 2025 and 2026 complaints. We read two of them (see the findings).

2. Closed meeting investigator: Ontario Ombudsman

   The Town says it uses the Ontario Ombudsman for Ombudsman services and closed meeting investigations, and links the Ombudsman's complaint form. We did not look for Ombudsman reports about the Town.

3. Declaration of Interest Registry

   The Town says it keeps a public registry of declarations of pecuniary interest, listing all filed since March 1, 2019. The registry sits on the meeting portal, which asks automated programs not to collect from it, so we did not read it.