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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Kingsville 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

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 Kingsville?

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

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    Budgets for 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 are posted as PDFs on one page, along with the 2026 combined tax, water and wastewater charges. Source

  • Partly
    Audited financial statements

    Statements for 2022, 2023 and 2024 are posted. The 2025 statements were not on the page on October 5, 2026. The 2024 and 2023 files we opened are scanned images, so we used no figures from them. Source

  • Unknown
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    We did not find a yearly statement of council remuneration and expenses on the pages we read, so we filled in no council pay table. Source

  • Unknown
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    The Town posts agendas and minutes by year on a separate calendar site. A request for that site's robots.txt returned a security block page, so we fetched nothing from it and read no minutes or agendas. Source

  • Yes
    Conflict of interest registry

    Published on the Town's website and kept up to date, with entries to July 13, 2026. Source

  • Unknown
    Integrity Commissioner reports

    The Integrity Commissioner page lists no reports. We did not search the meeting portal. Source

  • Unknown
    Tender results (who won, how much)

    The bids and tenders page lists opportunities and says documents are on a separate site. We did not find awarded contracts there. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

Kingsville'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

  • Development charge reserve fund statements and loan schedule

    The 2026 budget shows a development charge balance of $124,685 at the end of 2025 and $5,850,000 of long-term debt for the West Side Collector Road. The statement and the loan terms show what repays it. Related question: Why is the Town borrowing $5,850,000 for the West Side Collector Road, when its development charge account held $124,685 at the end of 2025?.

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    Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the Town's most recent annual Treasurer's statement of the development charge reserve funds, the repayment schedule and interest rate for any long-term debt issued or planned for the West Side Collector Road, and the staff report or by-law that approved that borrowing.

  • Short-term rental licences issued and fees collected, 2025 and 2026

    The budget expected $159,000 of short-term rental licence revenue in 2025 and projects $100,000. The counts and fees show how that was worked out. Related question: Why was short-term rental licence revenue budgeted at $159,000 for 2025, on track for $100,000, and cut to $20,000 for 2026?.

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    Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the number of short-term rental licence applications received, licences issued and licence fees collected in 2025 and to date in 2026, the fee schedule, and the monitoring contract and amounts paid for short-term rental compliance monitoring in 2025.

  • Insurance deductibles paid and outside legal costs, 2023 to 2025

    Deductibles and outside legal fees were above budget in the years we can see. Related question: Why does the 2026 budget cut the general insurance line by $47,856 while naming rising insurance costs as a pressure, and keep the deductible budget at $100,000?.

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    Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request a summary of insurance claim deductibles paid by the Town in each of 2023, 2024 and 2025 (by type of claim, without personal information), the total paid to outside lawyers in each of those years, and the Town's 2025 and 2026 insurance premium invoices.

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

    Council appointed an Integrity Commissioner on April 12, 2021. The page explains the complaint process, including a $100.00 refundable fee, and lists no reports. We did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports on the page.

  2. Conflict of Interest Registry

    The Town publishes a registry of written declarations of pecuniary interest since March 1, 2019. The latest entry we saw is dated July 13, 2026.

  3. Mayoral Powers

    The Town lists the Mayor's written decisions and directions under Part VI.1 of the Municipal Act. For 2026 we saw MD-2026-01 to MD-2026-15, the first several are approvals of by-laws passed at council meetings.

  4. Closed meeting investigator

    The council meetings page explains closed meetings under section 239 of the Municipal Act, 2001. It does not name a closed meeting investigator.