Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

Laurentian Hills 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

• MayorAnne Giardinimayor@laurentianhills.ca
• Councillor, Ward 1Bruce Boucherward1@laurentianhills.ca
• Councillor, Ward 2Gary McAnultyward2@laurentianhills.ca
• Deputy Mayor, Ward 3Brenda A. Blimkieward3@laurentianhills.ca
• Councillor, Ward 4John K. Hoyleward4@laurentianhills.ca

Names and official email addresses from the town's council page. None of the members lists a public social media account there.

• Partly
  Budgets posted online

  The 2026 budget is posted as a 14-page PDF. The Town's reports page says budgets for earlier years are made available on request. Source

• No
  Audited financial statements

  The reports page says the Town's financial reports are made available on request. We did not find audited statements posted. Source

• Unknown
  Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

  We did not find a yearly statement of council pay and expenses on the pages we read. The 2026 budget gives council costs as one total. Source

• Partly
  Meeting agendas and minutes

  Council minutes and agendas for 2023 to 2026 are posted as PDFs. The 2025 and 2026 council minutes we opened are scanned pages with no text that a computer can read or search. Source

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

• Audited financial statements for 2024 and 2025

  The Town's reports page says financial reports are available on request, and none are posted. Related question: Why are the Town's financial reports and earlier budgets only available on request?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the Town's audited consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2025, with the auditor's reports.

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• Statement of council remuneration and expenses for 2025

  We did not find the yearly statement of council pay and expenses posted. Related question: Where is the Town's yearly statement of council pay and expenses?.

  Show the request wordingHide the wording

  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the Town's statement of remuneration and expenses paid to members of council for 2025.

  Copy the wording

The wording is a starting point, not legal advice. Narrow the dates if the town says a request is too broad or too costly.

1. Council Code of Conduct and Integrity Commissioner complaint process

   The Town posts a page with a link to its Council Code of Conduct and complaint process. The linked PDF is a scan with no readable text, so we did not read it. We did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports on the pages we read.