Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

Englehart 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

• MayorDoug Metson
• Deputy MayorPamela Bannink
• CouncillorBrian Bockus
• CouncillorJason deLeeuw
• CouncillorJo-Anne Farmer
• CouncillorGary Schaap
• CouncillorKaytlyn Swanson

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

• Partly
  Budgets posted online

  The budget page links presentations for 2021 to 2025 and the 2025 budget by-law. For 2026 it links only a public notice of the budget meetings, not the budget itself. Source

• Yes
  Audited financial statements

  Consolidated statements are posted for 2017 to 2025 (2023 is not listed). The 2025 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from Baker Tilly SNT LLP, dated May 27, 2026. Source

• Unknown
  Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

  We did not find a yearly statement of council pay and expenses on the pages we read or in the Town's sitemap. Source

• Unknown
  Meeting agendas and minutes

  The Town's agendas page sends readers to a separate meeting portal (englehart.allnetmeetings.com). That host's robots.txt asks all automated readers to stay out of the whole site, so we did not read any agendas or minutes. The Town says agendas are posted the Monday before each meeting. Source

• Yes
  Tender and bid notices

  The Town posts requests for proposals on a Bids and Tenders page. We did not look for results of past tenders. Source

• Town of Englehart on Facebook

  The Town links this Facebook page from every page of its website. We did not check what is 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

• Water reserve and water project funding, 2024 and 2025

  Note 13 shows the water reserve at $(1,124,472). A funding summary shows how the water project was paid for. Related question: Why is the water reserve more than a million dollars below zero?.

  Show the request wordingHide the wording

  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the Town's funding summary for the water project (cost, grants, reserve transfers and borrowing), and the schedule showing how the water reserve moved from December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2025.

  Copy the wording

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 has a page for its Integrity Commissioner, with its Code of Conduct for Members of Council and linked reports. We did not use the reports in this pack.