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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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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 Johnson'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

Johnson 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

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 Johnson?

What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 10, 2026.

  • No
    Audited financial statements

    The Township's reports page lists audited statements only up to 2016. Council minutes say the 2024 statements were presented on July 22, 2025 and the 2025 statements were approved on May 20, 2026, but we did not find either set on the site. Source

  • No
    Budgets posted online

    We did not find a 2025 or 2026 budget document. The 2025 budget meeting agenda carries one table (a scan), and the 2026 budget is described only in the minutes of the May 13, 2026 special meeting. Source

  • Partly
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    The 2024 statement appears as one page inside the March 19, 2025 council agenda package. We did not find it posted by itself. Source

  • Yes
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    Agendas and minutes for 2025 and 2026 are posted as PDFs on the council meetings page and an archive page. Several older agenda packages are scanned images. Source

  • Partly
    Tender and bid results

    The bids and tenders page lists requests for proposals and quotes. We did not find who won them or for how much. Source

How to raise a concern

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

  1. Integrity Commissioner

    An April 17, 2024 council agenda lists a resolution to appoint an outside firm as Integrity Commissioner for 2024 to 2027 (the agenda is a scanned image; we read it by eye). The Township also posts a one-page 2021 report from its earlier Integrity Commissioner for March 1, 2019 to December 31, 2020, which shows no Code of Conduct complaints. We did not find a newer report.