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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Machin 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

  • MayorGord Griffiths
  • CouncillorDennis Peterson
  • CouncillorTony Blair
  • CouncillorGreg Swanson
  • CouncillorRay Pilkey

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 Machin?

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

  • No
    Budgets posted online

    We did not find a budget, a budget summary or a budget by-law on the website on October 7, 2026. The Financial Statements page lists statements only. Council's budget votes appear in the minutes as a total dollar amount. Source

  • Partly
    Audited financial statements

    Statements for 2020 to 2025 are posted. The 2024 statements are readable and carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from MNP LLP dated January 13, 2026. The posted 2025 and 2023 statements are scanned pages with no readable text, so we did not use them. Source

  • No
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    We did not find a yearly statement of council pay and expenses on the website. The only pay figures we found are the rates in a policy change in the March 9, 2026 minutes. Source

  • Yes
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    Minutes are posted for every meeting from January 2025 to September 14, 2026, and agendas up to the September 28, 2026 meeting. The agendas are short lists of items. We did not look for meeting video. Source

  • Partly
    Tenders and quotes

    The website has a page called RFP's, Tenders with no files on it when we looked. Awards, such as the ice plant purchase, appear in the council minutes. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

Machin'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 Municipality has a page for its Council Code of Conduct (Policy 1.18) and a short page on what the Integrity Commissioner can and cannot look at, with a way to make a complaint. We did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports posted.