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A clear, checkable guide to Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards' budget, taxes and council decisions. A rural township in Renfrew County, in the Ottawa Valley, with a mayor and six councillors elected by ward. Every figure links back to the public record.
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$1.7Mowed in unpaid property tax, end of 2025
At the end of 2025, $1.7M of property tax had been billed but not paid. That is 29% of everything billed. None of the 21 similar towns had a higher share. A year earlier it was $1.5M.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 2 sources
$1,885,000estimated landfill closure and post-closure cost, against $790,708 set aside
Landfills have to be closed and watched for years after they stop taking garbage, and the law makes the owner pay. The Township's 2025 statements record a landfill obligation of $1,885,000. The statements say $790,708 is in reserves for that work. The reserve for solid waste disposal stayed at $305,000 in both 2024 and 2025. The statements show the whole $1,885,000 as unfunded, which means it will have to be raised from future taxes or fees. The estimate has moved a lot: $1,380,000 at the start of 2024 grew to $1,955,000 by the end of 2024, then fell by $70,000 in 2025 when the estimate changed.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 4 sources
$1,712,445taxes receivable at December 31, 2025 (2024: $1,466,963)
"Taxes receivable" is property tax billed but not yet paid. It was $1,312,085 at the end of 2023, $1,466,963 at the end of 2024 and $1,712,445 at the end of 2025. The Township told Council in April 2026 that 33 properties had paid $427,669 in arrears after notices, that 16 more were headed to tax sale on July 23 (the page does not print a year) unless paid, and that $1,225,460 was still to be recovered through the process. The tax sale process is the Township's own answer to how it collects.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
$52,301.76legal and investigation costs from 2025 to April 7, 2026, as told to Council
A "strong mayor" is a mayor given extra powers by the province. The Township says it was told on April 10, 2025 that it would receive them. At the April 7, 2026 meeting, staff told Council that costs "from 2025 to present" for the Integrity Commissioner, the law firm Aird & Berlis and the Township's own solicitor totalled $52,301.76. Council said it felt money should go back into the Township's operations to replace what was spent on legal fees. The 2026 budget summary posted online shows totals by department only, so we cannot see a legal-fees line.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
2matters in the October 21, 2025 report that the investigator found were not properly closed
Council can meet in private only for certain reasons, and must first vote in public to do so, saying in general terms what it will discuss. The Township's closed meeting investigator reported on October 21, 2025 that the closed session of September 16, 2025 was not properly held: the motion gave no detail about the subject, and the investigator found part of the discussion was about meeting procedure, which did not fit the reason Council cited. The investigator also found that an email discussion among all of Council on September 25, 2025, about hiring lawyers, was itself a meeting that should have been held under the closed-meeting rules. A second report, on November 28, 2025, found no breach in a different complaint. The investigator recommended that the Township describe the subject of every closed session in its motion.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$600,048planned transfer from reserves in the 2026 budget (2025 actual: $92,519)
Reserves are savings set aside for later. The 2026 budget summary lists "Transfers from Reserves" of $600,048, against $92,519 in 2025 actual and $441,178 in the 2025 estimates. It plans total revenue of $7,225,301 and total expenses of $7,230,669, a planned shortfall of $5,368. The 2025 statements show reserves and reserve funds of $4,826,958 at the end of the year, of which the working funds were $3,184,582. In 2025 the budget planned to take $354,791 out of reserves for general operations, and instead $324,064 went in.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$847,305less spent in 2025 than budgeted (worked out by us)
A surplus is what is left when a year's revenue is more than its spending. The Township's 2025 budget planned to spend $6,591,775 and collect $6,243,040, a planned shortfall of $348,735. The audited statements show spending of $5,744,470 and revenue of $5,968,353, a surplus of $223,883. By our own subtraction, spending came in $847,305 under budget and revenue came in $274,687 under budget. The same thing happened in 2024: a planned shortfall of $217,841 ended as a surplus of $642,348. Two lines explain part of it. Buying and building assets (capital spending) was budgeted at $456,922 and came to $202,002. Grants from Ontario were budgeted at $1,523,194 and came to $1,157,195. The Township explains in its notes that its capital budget is by project and can run over more than one year.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 5 sources
180 dayspay suspension Council imposed on the Mayor on February 3, 2026
The Integrity Commissioner is an independent officer who looks into complaints under Council's Code of Conduct. Four of the five posted reports were readable. On May 26, 2025 the Commissioner found that Councillor Ted Browne breached the Code in remarks at a March 17, 2025 meeting, and recommended no further penalty after an apology. On November 5, 2025 the Commissioner found that Mayor David Mayville did not have the legal authority to issue a set of directives under strong mayor powers, found breaches of the Code, and recommended training. On January 30, 2026 the Commissioner recommended a 90-day suspension of pay for each of two sets of breaches, and on February 3, 2026 Council imposed a total suspension of 180 days. On August 7, 2026 the Commissioner found a further breach of Council's direction on how the Mayor may communicate with staff and recommended a reprimand, which Council passed on August 19, 2026. We could not read the report dated September 30, 2025, which is a scanned image, and we say nothing about it.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 5 sources
0pay statements we found posted for 2024 or 2025
The Township's minutes say the clerk gives Council a yearly statement of council remuneration "pursuant to Section 284" of the Municipal Act. The minutes say staff gave Council the statement for 2024 on March 4, 2025, and for 2025 on March 17, 2026. We did not find either statement posted on the Township's website pages that we read, so we have not filled in the pay table for this Township.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$277per home on garbage, dump and recycling, 2025
Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards spent about $277 per home on garbage, dump and recycling in 2025. The typical similar town spent $194. Only 3 of 21 similar towns spent more.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 1 source
A property tax bill in Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards pays for three governments. Only part of it goes to the town, and that part is what Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards council controls.
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