Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

Grand Valley is run by an elected council of 5 people. They set the budget, approve big purchases and hire the senior staff who run the town day to day.

Current council

• MayorSteve Solomanssoloman@townofgrandvalley.ca
• Deputy MayorPhilip Rentschprentsch@townofgrandvalley.ca
• CouncillorLorne Dartldart@townofgrandvalley.ca
• CouncillorJames Jonkerjjonker@townofgrandvalley.ca
• CouncillorPaul Latamplatam@townofgrandvalley.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

  Budgets for 2020 to 2026 are posted as PDFs on one page. The 2026 budget is the approved version dated March 24, 2026, and shows 2025 actuals beside the 2025 budget. Source

• Partly
  Audited financial statements

  Statements for 2018 to 2024 are posted. The 2024 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") dated September 12, 2025. On October 7, 2026 we did not find 2025 statements on the page. Source

• Yes
  Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

  The yearly statement is posted for 2021 to 2025, as a staff report to Council. The 2025 report gives a total of $84,827.51 paid in remuneration and expenses (2024 = $83,173.71). We did not copy the member-by-member table because its text layer prints labels and numbers in separate blocks. Source

• Partly
  Meeting agendas and minutes

  The Town says agendas, minutes and by-laws from 2017 to September 25, 2024 are on an older calendar page, and the current calendar is on a separate meeting portal. We did not read minutes for this pack. Source

• Council live stream

  The Town says it live-streams and records Town Council meetings, and that recordings are generally available within 72 hours. We did not check whether older recordings are kept.

• Town of Grand Valley on Facebook

  Linked from the Town's own website. We did not read it.

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

• Speed camera contract and yearly results

  To see how the contractor is paid and what the program earned and cost in 2025.

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  I request, under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act: Please provide the Town's contract for automated speed enforcement, the invoices paid under it for 2025, and any reports to Council on ticket numbers, revenue and measured speeds.

  Copy the wording

• Internal loans between development charge funds

  To see how the $2.5 million for the southeast sewage pumping station is being lent, repaid and tracked.

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  I request, under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act: Please provide the Council report and by-law that approved internal borrowing between development charge reserve funds for the southeast sewage pumping station, with the repayment schedule and interest rate.

  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's council page names an Integrity Commissioner to receive concerns about members of Council under the Code of Conduct. We did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports on the pages we read.

2. Closed meeting investigator

   The Town says its closed meeting investigator is the Local Authority Services of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, which has appointed a law firm to investigate on its behalf. Requests go through the Town Clerk. We did not find any reports about Grand Valley.