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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Machar 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

  • MayorLynda Carleton
  • Deputy MayorRon McLaren
  • CouncillorBlair Flowers
  • CouncillorPearl Ivens
  • CouncillorNeil Scarlett

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 Machar?

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

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    The 2024, 2025 and 2026 budgets are posted as PDFs, each with a one-page letter from the Mayor explaining the tax levy. The budget books print their labels and numbers in separate blocks, so a number cannot be matched to its line by reading the text; we used only the letters. Source

  • No
    Audited financial statements

    The financial page lists yearly "Financial Highlights" (2021 to 2024), not the audited statements. The agenda for the September 28, 2026 meeting lists the 2025 consolidated financial statements and the auditors' letters for council. We did not find the statements themselves posted. 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. Source

  • Yes
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    Agendas and minutes are posted as PDFs for meetings from June 2026, and the page says minutes and agendas before then are on a second list on the same page. Minutes were posted for the September 14, 2026 meeting. Source

  • Yes
    Integrity Commissioner reports

    Yearly reports for three operating periods are posted on the meetings page. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

Machar'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.

    How to raise a concern

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

    1. Integrity Commissioner

      The Township has an outside Integrity Commissioner (appointed in December 2022) and posts his yearly reports for three operating periods, the latest covering December 19, 2024 to December 18, 2025. That report says no requests for advice and no complaints were received in that period.