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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

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

Current council

Names and official email addresses from the city's council page. None of the members lists a public social media account there.

What council is paid

Every year the city has to publish what each council member was paid, and what was spent on their benefits and expenses. These are the totals from those statements, 2025 to 2025.

In 2025, the whole council cost $171,423 in pay, benefits and expenses, about $30 per home. The mayor's pay went up 0% from 2025 to 2025; prices went up 0% over the same years.
Pay, and benefits and expenses, for each council member by year
Member2025
Andrew Wannan
Mayor		$35,782+ $9,440
Charlie Flintoff
Deputy Mayor		$12,006+ $13,016
Rick Bull
Councillor		$11,002+ $11,859
Norman Mann
Councillor		$11,002+ $9,911
Merrill Seidel
Councillor		$11,002+ $8,524
Luc Morrissette
Councillor		$11,002+ $15,575
Helenne Lefebvre
Councillor		$11,002+ $298

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 city to city; the note below says what this city’s statement includes. Some members take the city’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 city's statement. From the Treasurer's staff report to council on council remuneration for 2025, under the Municipal Act, 2001, s. 284. "Pay" is the "Taxable Remuneration" column. "Other" is the statement's total for the member less taxable remuneration, that is the benefits and expenses columns together (worked out by us), so that no member's separate benefit amount is shown. It does not include amounts paid for sitting on outside boards (the district services board, public health), which the statement lists separately. The statement prints one councillor's first name as "Helenne"; the City's council page prints "Helen". Only 2025 is shown. The 2023 statement is readable but includes a former member who held office for part of that year.

How open is Elliot Lake?

What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 5, 2026.

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    The 2026 operating and capital budgets are posted as PDFs, with budget by-laws for 2019 to 2025, on one page. The capital budget sheet we read is headed "Year 2025 Budget", although the City posts it as the 2026 capital budget. Source

  • Partly
    Audited financial statements

    The newest audited statements posted are for 2024. The auditor's opinion is qualified and is dated February 25, 2026. We did not find statements for 2025 on the page on October 5, 2026. Statements for 2019 to 2023 are posted too. Source

  • Yes
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    The yearly statement is posted for 2016 to 2025. The page links one file for both 2022 and 2023. Source

  • Unknown
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    The City says all agendas and minutes are on its council meeting calendar (events.elliotlake.ca). That site answered our request for its robots.txt with a security block message, so we did not read it and read no minutes. Source

  • Yes
    Staff salary disclosure (the "Sunshine List")

    The City posts its Public Sector Salary Disclosure for 2014 to 2025 on the budget and finances page. We did not open them. Source

Where the city speaks for itself

Elliot Lake'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.

How to raise a concern

From the gentlest step to the most serious. Start at the top.

  1. Integrity Commissioner and Code of Conduct

    The City has a page for its Code of Conduct and Integrity Commissioner. It links the Code of Conduct, complaint forms and a list of Integrity Commissioner reports and related court documents going back to 2019. We did not read the reports and have built nothing on them.

  2. Registry of declarations of interest

    The City's council page lists each member's declarations of pecuniary interest by date, meeting and agenda item, and says the original forms can be inspected through the Clerks Department. We did not read the entries.