Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

Gore 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

• MayorRon Lane
• CouncillorDan Forest
• CouncillorDeanna Hardy
• CouncillorDan Osborne
• CouncillorTaryn Strain
• CouncillorAaron Wright
• CouncillorStephanie Steele

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 2026 budget is posted as a slide presentation (a PDF of 43 slides), not as a line-by-line budget book. Its last slide is headed "RECOMMENDATIONS (DRAFT)" even though the file is named as approved, and we did not find the adopted budget or the minutes that adopted it. Source

• Yes
  Audited financial statements

  Audited statements for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 are posted. The 2025 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from Baker Tilly SNT LLP dated June 22, 2026. The 2024 statements carry a clean opinion dated August 11, 2025. Source

• Unknown
  Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

  We did not find a yearly statement of council pay and expenses on the budget page, the council page or the sitemap. Source

• Unknown
  Meeting agendas and minutes

  The Town links an events and meetings site from its pages. That site answered a scripted request with an HTTP 403 "blocked" message, so we did not read any agendas or minutes. Source

• Unknown
  Tender results

  The procurement page lists open invitations to bid. We did not find results of past tenders. Source

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

• Settlement of the construction claim

  The 2025 statements say a claim of $1,150,000 was settled and $264,000 is counted as owing. The final terms are not public. Related question: What did the Town settle a $1,150,000 construction claim for, and who pays?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the settlement agreement or Council resolution that settled the construction-related legal claim described in note 12 of the Town's 2025 financial statements, and any record of the total amount paid and the amount recovered from insurers.

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• General government budget-to-actual report for 2025

  General government costs were well above the budget column in the statements. A year-end report would show which lines drove it. Related question: Why did the "general government" line come in about 40% above its budget in 2025?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the year-end budget-to-actual report for 2025 by department and account, as presented to Council or the finance committee.

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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. Freedom of information requests

   The Town says anyone can ask for municipal records under the provincial access law, using a request form, with a $5.00 application fee. We did not find pages about an Integrity Commissioner or a closed meeting investigator.