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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Latchford 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

  • MayorSharon Gadoury-East
  • CouncillorPam Newell
  • CouncillorJo-Anne Cartner
  • CouncillorKen Olson
  • CouncillorMike Cole
  • CouncillorShelly Church
  • CouncillorTrudy McDonald

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 Latchford?

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

  • Partly
    Agendas and minutes

    Agendas and minutes for meetings from February 2025 to September 2026 are posted on one page. The minutes we opened for March to June 2025 contain no readable text (they are pictures of pages), so we could not read them. Minutes from November 2025 on are readable. Source

  • Unknown
    Meeting videos

    The Town's council meetings page shows a 2026 meeting calendar. We did not find a link to meeting videos. Source

  • Partly
    Budgets posted online

    The annual budget page links one document, the 2026 budget package, whose file name says "draft". Its text matches the schedule attached to the adopted budget by-law (By-law 2026-021). No earlier budget is posted on that page. Source

  • Partly
    Audited financial statements

    The financial statements page lists 2024 and 2023, both with a clean opinion ("present fairly"). The 2025 statements were accepted by council on August 18, 2026 and are in that meeting's agenda package, but were not on the statements page when we read it on October 7, 2026. Source

  • No
    Council pay statements (section 284)

    We did not find a yearly statement of council pay and expenses on the Town's Accountability and Transparency page (it has no documents) or elsewhere on the budget and financial reports pages. Source

  • Partly
    Tender and contract results

    The Tenders and RFPs page carries one notice of sale of a used trailer and the Procurement Opportunities page is empty. We found no posted results of past tenders. The choice of a consultant for the Official Plan is recorded in the August 18, 2026 minutes. Source

  • Unknown
    2022 election candidate finances

    The Elections pages say results for the 2026 election will be posted. We did not find the 2022 candidates' financial statements. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

Latchford'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.

  • Town of Latchford Facebook page

    A Facebook page linked from the Town's home page. We did not open it, and we did not find meeting videos on the Town's own site.

How to raise a concern

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

  1. Integrity Commissioner

    The Town's agendas for February 10, 2026 and March 10, 2026 list an "Integrity Commissioner Report" as a delegation, and the Town's by-law library lists a Council Code of Conduct (By-law 2026-011). We did not find an Integrity Commissioner report posted, and we did not read the by-law.

  2. Closed meeting policy

    Council passed By-law 2026-029, a Closed Session Meeting Policy, on July 14, 2026.