Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

Georgian Bay 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

• MayorPeter Koetsierpkoetsier@gbtownship.ca
• District Councillor, Wards 1 and 3Brian Bochekbbochek@gbtownship.ca
• District Councillor, Wards 2 and 4Peter Cooperpcooper@gbtownship.ca
• Councillor, Ward 1Steven Predkospredko@gbtownship.ca
• Councillor, Ward 2Stephen Jarvissjarvis@gbtownship.ca
• Councillor, Ward 3Kristian Grazianokgraziano@gbtownship.ca
• Councillor, Ward 4Allan Hazeltonahazelton@gbtownship.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 budget page shows the approved budget as web tables (approved December 1, 2025), links the staff-proposed budget book and the approved executive summary, and lists the 2027 budget dates. Source

• Partly
  Audited financial statements

  Statements for 2020 to 2025 are linked. The 2025 and 2024 statements we opened have no text in them (they are pictures of pages), so a computer or a screen reader cannot read or search them, and we did not take any figure or opinion from them. Source

• Unknown
  Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

  We did not find the yearly statement of council pay and expenses on the Council, Finance or Budget pages, or in the site map. Agendas, where it may be reported, are on a site that refuses automated readers. Source

• Unknown
  Meeting agendas and minutes

  The Township links its agendas and minutes to a CivicWeb document centre. That site's robots.txt turns away every automated reader, so we did not open it and cannot say whether minutes are up to date. Source

• Yes
  Council meeting video

  The Township says it livestreams Council and Committee of the Whole meetings and keeps archived meetings on YouTube. We did not check the archive. Source

• Yes
  Bids and tenders

  A page lists current bids with a status (open, closed or awarded). It does not say who won or for how much in the part we read. Source

• Township of Georgian Bay on YouTube

  The Township's livestream page says archived Council and Committee of the Whole meetings are on its YouTube channel. 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

• Statements of council remuneration and expenses, 2022 to 2025

  We did not find the yearly statement on the Township's pages. Related question: What did the 2026 council pay changes cost, and where is the yearly pay and expenses report?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the statements of remuneration and expenses paid to each member of Council (Municipal Act, 2001, s. 284) for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, and, if they exist, the staff reports to Council that presented them.

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• Tangible capital asset amortization for 2025 in text form

  The 2025 statements are scans, and the budget leaves amortization out. Related question: What would the Township's yearly cost look like if the wear on its assets were counted?.

  Show the request wordingHide the wording

  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request a text or spreadsheet copy of the 2025 consolidated financial statements, including the amortization expense for 2025.

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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 Township's page says it has appointed an Integrity Commissioner to uphold the Code of Conduct, and that Integrity Commissioner reports are published on the Council agenda after an investigation. We did not read any agendas (the agenda site refuses automated readers), so we did not look for reports.