Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

Halton Hills is run by an elected council of 11 people. They set the budget, approve big purchases and hire the senior staff who run the town day to day.

Current council

• MayorAnn Lawlor
• Regional Councillor, Wards 1 and 2Clark Somerville
• Regional Councillor, Wards 3 and 4Jane Fogal
• Local Councillor, Ward 1Alex Hilson
• Local Councillor, Ward 1Michael Albano
• Local Councillor, Ward 2Jason Brass
• Local Councillor, Ward 2Matt Kindbom
• Local Councillor, Ward 3Chantal Garneau
• Local Councillor, Ward 3Ron Norris
• Local Councillor, Ward 4Bob Inglis
• Local Councillor, Ward 4D'Arcy Keene

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 Town's budget page links a full budget book for each of 2021 to 2026, as one download per year. The Let's Talk Halton Hills site also posts the 2026 budget by department. Source

• Partly
  Audited financial statements

  The Financial Information page links the 2024, 2023 and 2022 financial reports. The 2024 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from KPMG LLP. Council's July 13, 2026 agenda lists the 2025 statements, but the 2025 report is not on that page. We could not open the agenda attachments. Source

• Unknown
  Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

  Council's March 30, 2026 agenda lists report CES-2026-004, 'Remuneration and Expenses Paid to Members of Council and Others During the Year 2025'. The meeting portal blocked a scripted download, so we have no pay figures and did not find the report anywhere else on the Town's site. Source

• Yes
  Meeting agendas, minutes and video

  Agendas, reports and minutes are on an eScribe portal, and each meeting page has a link to its video. The portal's document downloads refused scripted requests, so we read agenda pages but not the attached reports or minutes. Source

• Yes
  Declarations of interest registry

  A registry of declarations by Members of Council is posted for 2022 to 2026. Source

• Unknown
  Integrity Commissioner reports

  The Integrity Commissioner page says reports are public but links none. Council's June 1, 2026 agenda lists a periodic report by the Commissioner that we could not open. Source

• Town of Halton Hills on Facebook

  The Town links this page from the footer of its website. We did not check what it posts.

• Let's Talk Halton Hills

  The Town's public engagement site. It carries the 2026 and 2027 budget pages, key dates and the budget documents.

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

• Schedule of internal loans owed by the development charge funds

  The 2024 statements give a total of $27,153,557 and the budget book gives $27.1 million, rising to $34.1 million. A schedule shows which reserves lent the money, the interest rate and the expected repayment dates. Related question: How will Halton Hills pay back the $27.1 million its growth funds owe to the Town's other reserves?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the schedule of internal loans between reserves and reserve funds held to cover shortfalls in the development charge reserve funds at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2025, showing for each loan the lending reserve, the borrowing fund, the amount, the interest rate and the planned repayment, and the most recent report to Council on the loans.

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• Statement of the Town's pooled investments with Halton Region

  Note 3 gives a cost of $103,664,141 and a market value of $99,189,556 at December 31, 2024. A year-end statement shows what is held and how much of the interest belongs to reserve funds. Related question: Why did Halton Hills earn $2,881,503 on its investments in 2024 when it budgeted $1,156,000?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the Town's statement of its pooled investments with the Region of Halton at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2025, showing book value, market value and maturity, and the split of 2024 and 2025 investment income between reserve funds and the operating budget.

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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 Town says Council appointed an outside Integrity Commissioner on June 19, 2023, to advise Members of Council on the Code of Conduct and the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act and to look into complaints about them. The page says the Commissioner does not take complaints about staff. It says reports and findings go to Council and are public, but the page links only the codes of conduct, a complaint form and a workshop presentation. Council's June 1, 2026 agenda lists an Integrity Commissioner annual report; we could not open it.

2. Registry of declarations of interest

   The Town keeps a Pecuniary Interest Conflicts Registry. The page lists declarations by member, meeting date and agenda item for 2022 to 2026.

3. Joint Compliance Audit Committee (election finances)

   The Town's Compliance Audits page links an application form and terms of reference for a joint compliance audit committee, which reviews complaints about candidates' campaign finances. Council's June 2026 agendas list a report on the 2026 to 2030 committee. We did not read the 2022 candidates' financial statements.