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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Madawaska Valley 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

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 Madawaska Valley?

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

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    The 2026 budget presentation (a slide deck) and By-Law 2026-33 adopting the 2026 budget are posted on the budget page. By-Law 2025-24 (the 2025 budget by-law) is posted on the financial reports page. We found the 2026 budget presentation in text form, but the budget book itself that By-Law 2026-33 attaches as its schedule is a scan we could not read. Source

  • Yes
    Audited financial statements

    Audited consolidated statements for 2023, 2024 and 2025 are posted, each with an opinion that the statements present fairly. The 2025 statements are signed June 16, 2026. Source

  • Partly
    Council pay statements (Municipal Act section 284)

    Treasurer's statements of remuneration and expenses are posted for 2023, 2024 and 2025. The files are pictures of pages with no readable text, so we did not copy any pay figures from them. Source

  • Unknown
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    The Township posts agendas and minutes on a CivicWeb portal. That portal's robots.txt asks all automated readers to stay out, so we did not read it and cannot say whether minutes are up to date. Source

  • Yes
    Integrity Commissioner annual report

    The 2025 annual report is posted on the Township's Integrity Commissioner page. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

Madawaska Valley'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.

  • Madawaska Valley on YouTube (streams)

    The Township links this YouTube channel from the footer of its website. Its 2026 budget presentation points residents to a YouTube video of the Regular Council Meeting of February 18, 2026. We did not check how many meetings are posted.

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. By-Law 2026-05, passed January 21, 2026, extends the appointment to January 31, 2027. The Commissioner's 2025 annual report (dated March 19, 2026) says there was one request for advice and one complaint, that no reports were sent to council because the complaint did not proceed, and that the costs were $130.00 for advice and $1,100.00 for complaints.