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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Lincoln is run by an elected council of 9 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 Lincoln?

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

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    The 2026 Budget Book (265 printed pages) and the 2025 Budget Book are posted as PDFs on the Budget & Finance page. Source

  • Yes
    Audited financial statements

    Statements for 2022 to 2025 are posted. The 2025 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from Deloitte LLP dated July 6, 2026. The 2024 statements carry the same opinion, dated July 31, 2025. The 2024 statements say the 2023 statements were audited by another auditor. Source

  • Unknown
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    We did not find the yearly statement of council pay and expenses on the Town's website pages we read. It may be in a council agenda on the meeting portal, which we could not read (see below). We did not fill the pay table. Source

  • Unknown
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    The Town's agenda and minutes site is lincoln.civicweb.net. Its robots.txt asks automated programs to stay out of the whole site, so we did not read any agenda or minutes. The Town's Meetings page explains delegations, petitions and closed meetings. Source

  • Unknown
    Integrity Commissioner reports

    The Town names its Integrity Commissioner and posts the Code of Conduct. We did not find any reports from the Commissioner. Source

  • Yes
    Strong mayor decisions and directives

    The Town lists each Mayoral decision and directive, with the document, on one page. Five are listed for 2025. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

Lincoln'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 Lincoln on YouTube

    The Town links this YouTube channel from the footer of its website. We did not check whether council meeting videos are posted there.

  • Speak Up Lincoln

    The Town's public engagement site. The budget finance page sends readers there for 2026 budget information. We did not read it.

How to raise a concern

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

  1. Integrity Commissioner

    The Town says Council has appointed the firm Principles Integrity as its Integrity Commissioner, under its Code of Conduct (By-law No. 2022-05). The page gives a contact address but we did not find any reports from the Commissioner on the Town's website.