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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Joly 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

  • MayorBrian McCabe
  • Deputy MayorBudd Brown
  • CouncillorBill Black
  • CouncillorTom Bryson
  • CouncillorChris Nicholson

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 Joly?

What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 7, 2026.

  • Partly
    Agendas and minutes

    Minutes for every 2026 meeting up to the regular meeting of August 11, 2026 are posted on one page, with archives back to 2014. The page says full agenda packages are available on request, and most older files have generic names. We did not find minutes for the September 15, 2026 meeting when we read the page on October 7, 2026. Source

  • Partly
    Budgets posted online

    We did not find a budget book or a budget page. The adopted 2026 estimates are a schedule attached to the tax-rates by-law, which is posted with the by-laws. Source

  • Yes
    Audited financial statements

    Audited consolidated statements are posted for 2015 to 2025. The 2025 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from Baker Tilly SNT LLP, dated July 20, 2026. Source

  • No
    Council pay statements (section 284)

    We did not find a yearly statement of council remuneration and expenses on the pages we read (council, minutes, financial statements, reports, by-laws, forms). We did not fill a council pay table. Source

  • Partly
    Registry of declarations of pecuniary interest

    A page of declaration forms is posted, but the list we read has no entries after 2022. Source

  • Partly
    Watching meetings

    The Township says the public may attend, and may ask the office for a Zoom link. We did not find meeting recordings. Source

How to raise a concern

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

  1. Integrity Commissioner

    The Township's website names an outside Integrity Commissioner (through ADR Chambers Inc.) and links the Code of Conduct for Council, the by-law that appoints the Commissioner, and the reporting protocol. We did not find yearly reports from the Commissioner on the page.

  2. Registry of declarations of pecuniary interest

    The Township posts members' declaration forms on one page, but the list we read stops at 2022.