July 9, 2025date the draft 2025 budget was approved, on a tie broken by the Reeve
An interim levy is a first tax bill sent early in the year, before the budget is passed, based on the year before. The minutes show an interim levy by-law in January of 2025 (By-Law 25-02) and 2026 (By-Law 26-02). In 2025 Council approved the "draft" 2025 budget on July 9, and the vote was tied until the Reeve voted to break it. The August 13, 2025 minutes record that two councillors had opposed it "because of the lateness of the completion of the 25 Budget", and that no new information about the draft had arrived in the month since. The 2025 tax ratios by-law passed that day. In 2026 Council voted on June 10 to adopt the draft 2026 budget and set tax rates on July 8, and the tax ratios and tax rates by-laws passed on July 8, 2026. In 2024 the minutes show a budget meeting on June 19 and the tax ratios by-law on July 10. We did not find any posted budget.
$381,000+deficit for 2023, as the audit was described to Council (the minutes do not give an exact figure)
A deficit means spending (including the yearly cost of wearing out buildings and roads) was more than the money coming in. The December 11, 2024 minutes say the 2023 audit "indicated that the Township had a deficit of over $381,000.00 in 2023." The July 9, 2025 minutes say the Township "ended 2024 with a deficit of $15,262". The Township's asset management plan, adopted March 11, 2026, sets out a 2024 budget summary with total municipal expenditures of 1,770,940, revenue except tax of 906,077, and a balance of 864,863 to be raised, and calls it "a balanced budget". The audited statements are not posted, so the figures above come from the minutes, not from the statements.
$66,000+deficit in the water system when the 2024 audit was presented in July 2025
The Township's water system, run for it by the Ontario Clean Water Agency (OCWA), has about 160 service connections. The July 9, 2025 minutes say the water system "must establish a surplus to maintain the water treatment plant. At present it has a deficit of over $66,000." That same night Council approved water usage rate increases. In February 2025 the plant operator told Council that a new control computer (PLC) at an estimated $100,000 was a priority, because "if the PLC fails, the plant is unable to produce safe drinking water", and that a pump for the alternate well would cost about $30,000. The Township's plan says the system has a net book value of $3,156,821.00, the largest asset it owns, and that "a reserve fund has been established".
3yearly audits presented to Council (2023, 2024, 2025), none posted on the website
The minutes record the auditor presenting three years of audits: the 2023 audit on December 11, 2024, the 2024 audit on July 9, 2025, and the 2025 audit on July 8, 2026. The Township's website page of plans and reports, read on October 13, 2026, lists asset management plan sections and a Safety and Well-Being Plan. We did not find audited statements, a budget, or a statement of council pay anywhere on the site. The 2024 budget summary is in one page of the asset management plan.