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Not the full picture. Built from public records, which leave things out.Read by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date. Check the sources, and tell us if you spot a mistake. What this site can't tell you
Read by hand. We read Ingersoll's own documents for this site in October 2026; the Sources page lists which ones. The comparisons with other places still come from the Province's yearly reports.

Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

Ingersoll 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

  • MayorBrian Petrie
  • Deputy MayorLindsay Wilson
  • CouncillorMike Bowman
  • CouncillorRick Eus
  • CouncillorKhadijah Haliru
  • CouncillorShannon Hutson
  • CouncillorKristy Van Kooten-Bossence

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

How open is Ingersoll?

What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 5, 2026.

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    The 2024-2027 multi-year budget and the 2025-2027 and 2026-2027 updates are posted as PDFs, with budgets back to 2012. Source

  • Yes
    Audited financial statements

    The 2025 consolidated statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") dated July 10, 2026. Statements are posted back to 2011. Source

  • Partly
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    Yearly statements are posted for 2017 to 2023. We did not find 2024 or 2025 on the council page. The 2023 PDF has a text layer whose columns are scrambled, so we did not copy any pay figures from it. Source

  • Unknown
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    The Town says agendas and minutes are on a CivicWeb portal and that regular meetings are on the second Monday of each month. We did not open the portal, so we did not read any minutes. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

Ingersoll's official channels, as linked from its own website. Council members may also post on their own pages; we link only to official municipal channels.

Ask for the records

Anyone can ask the town for its records under Ontario's Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA). You do not have to say why. Here is how it works, and the wording for the records that would answer the questions on this site.

  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

  • Recreation centre financing plan and cost report

    The 2026 budget shows $38,000,000 for construction, with donations, debt and land sales as sources. A staff report would show the current total cost and who pays each part. Related question: How is the Town paying for the new recreation centre, and how has the plan changed since 2024?.

    Show the request wordingHide the wording
    Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the most recent staff or consultant report to Council on the total cost and financing plan for the Multi-Use Recreation Centre, including the construction contract, the schedule of donations received or pledged, and the planned land sales.

  • Yearly payments to the Township of South-West Oxford

    Note 7 gives a liability of $25,662,411 but not the yearly payment or how long it runs. Related question: How big is the Town's promise to pay the neighbouring township for annexed land, and how is it paid for?.

    Show the request wordingHide the wording
    Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the boundary adjustment agreement with the Township of South-West Oxford and the schedule of payments made to the Township for each year from 2021 to 2025.

The wording is a starting point, not legal advice. Narrow the dates if the town says a request is too broad or too costly.

How to raise a concern

From the gentlest step to the most serious. Start at the top.

  1. Integrity Commissioner

    The Town says Council has appointed an Integrity Commissioner, shared between lawyers at Aird & Berlis LLP, and a Closed Meeting Investigator. We did not find any reports from either on the page we read.

  2. Declarations of pecuniary interest

    The Town posts the written declarations members file at meetings. We did not build any finding on them.