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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Melancthon is run by an elected council of 4 people. They set the budget, approve big purchases and hire the senior staff who run the town day to day.

Current council

  • MayorDarren White
  • Deputy MayorJames McLean
  • CouncillorBill Neilson
  • CouncillorRuth Plowright

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 Melancthon?

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

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    The 2026 budget book (headed "Final 2026 Budget - March 5th, 2026") is posted as a PDF on the Treasury page, in a file called "2026 Final Approved Budget". We did not find the 2025 budget book on that page. Source

  • Yes
    Audited financial statements

    The Treasury page links the 2025 statements (auditor's report dated June 18, 2026, clean opinion) and earlier years back to 2020. The 2024 statements carry an auditor's report dated June 19, 2025. Source

  • Yes
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    Yearly council remuneration reports are posted for 2021 to 2025. The text layer of the 2025 report is scrambled: names and amounts do not line up, so we used only its printed totals line. Source

  • Yes
    Meeting agendas, minutes and recordings

    Agendas, minutes and Zoom recordings are on one page back to 2024. Minutes were listed through September 17, 2026; none were listed yet for the October 1, 2026 meeting when we read the page on October 7, 2026. Source

  • Unknown
    Integrity Commissioner and closed meeting reports

    The Township names an Integrity Commissioner but we did not find any reports from the Commissioner or a closed meeting investigator. Source

  • Partly
    Tender and quote notices

    The Township has a page for tenders, proposals and quotes. We did not read it, and we did not look for results of who won. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

Melancthon'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's code of conduct page names an external Integrity Commissioner (a lawyer at a law firm) and posts the complaint form and the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act application form. We did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports on the pages we read.