Questions · 12 so far
We read Minden Hills' financial reports and meeting minutes, and compared its numbers with 81 similar Ontario towns. These are the things that stood out.
These are unusual enough that residents deserve a clear answer from council.
+85%running the town office, 2019 to 2024
Minden Hills spent $1.4M on running the town office in 2019 and $2.6M in 2024. Prices only went up about 18% in that time. Only 7 of 81 similar towns had faster growth here.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 3 sources
$3,232per home on long-term debt, 2024
Minden Hills spent about $3,232 per home on long-term debt in 2024. The typical similar town spent $885. Only 7 of 81 similar towns spent more.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 1 source
There may well be a good reason. It is still worth asking what it is.
7.44%, 4.46%increases printed for the 2024 levy and the 2026 tax
The tax levy is the total the Township asks property owners to raise for its own services, not counting the County or schools. The 2024 budget summary prints a tax levy of $11,044,037 and a "Percentage Increase" of 7.44%. For 2026 the Mayor says his proposed budget carried a 3.95% tax increase and that after council's changes and his vetoes "The resultant tax increase will be 4.46%." We could not read the 2025 figures reliably, so they are left out.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
8council amendments vetoed by the Mayor on January 16, 2026
Since May 1, 2025 the Township's mayor has had "strong mayor" powers, including proposing the annual budget. On December 15, 2025 Mayor Bob Carter proposed the 2026 budget. Council then approved "more than 25 amendments", and on January 16, 2026 the Mayor vetoed 8 of them. The Township's list names them: a pickup truck for the roads department, a roads position, a sidewalk and crosswalk project, the old fire hall, riverwalk lighting, moloks (waste containers), an organics program and a bulldozer. On January 23, 2026 the Township gave notice of a special council meeting on January 29, 2026 where council would consider overrides of all eight vetoes. We did not find the result. The Township's own budget page lists two of the vetoed items among its 2026 capital highlights, and a project page says council approved a pedestrian crossover during the budget deliberations, so some may have been put back.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 5 sources
$1,900,000listed for the Scotch Line Transfer Station project in the 2026 capital highlights
Leachate is liquid that drains through garbage and can carry pollution. The Township's 2023 audited statements say it discovered leachate seeps at the Scotch Line Landfill site during 2023, that they "could have a significant adverse effect on the capacity of the landfill site", and that a reasonable estimate of the cost was "indeterminable", so no amount was recorded. The statements also say the landfill was expected to reach capacity in 21 years, with 29% of its space left (31% a year earlier). The Township's 2025 capital summary then lists a "Scotch Line Landfill Project" at 1,700,000, marked as carried forward, and its 2026 budget page lists "the Scotch Line Transfer Station project" at $1,900,000. We could not tell whether these projects deal with the seeps.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 4 sources
$1,887,589increase in net financial debt during 2023, as printed
Net financial debt is what a municipality owes (loans, bills, and promised cleanup costs) minus its cash and money owed to it. The 2023 statements show it at (4,242,565), up from (2,354,976) the year before. Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (bills received and not yet paid) rose from 2,791,692 to 4,159,581, and cash fell from 11,630,246 to 10,972,721. The Township bought 6,393,639 of capital assets. Its note on accumulated surplus shows "Unfunded capital" of (2,461,469), against (449,649) a year earlier. The 2023 budget planned 3,495,700 from new long-term debt. Long-term debt instead fell, from 11,122,083 to 10,783,093.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 6 sources
January 29, 2025date of the auditor's report on the 2023 statements, the latest we found
An audit is an outside accountant's check of the year's financial statements. The auditor's report on the 2023 statements is dated January 29, 2025, and the report on the 2022 statements is dated December 18, 2023. Both are signed well after the December 31 year end. Both give a clean opinion that the statements "present fairly" the Township's position. The page where the Township posts its "Auditor's Report" lists years 2018 to 2023. We did not find statements for 2024 or 2025 there on October 5, 2026.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
+73%parks, arena and library, 2019 to 2024
Minden Hills spent $1.3M on parks, arena and library in 2019 and $2.3M in 2024. Prices only went up about 18% in that time. Only 16 of 81 similar towns had faster growth here.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 3 sources
Background that helps make sense of the rest.
In personhow the Township says its conflict-of-interest registry can be viewed
Council members must declare when a matter before them could give them or a related person a financial gain or loss, and the Township must keep a registry of these declarations that the public can inspect. The Township says its registry "is available for viewing at the Township Office at 7 Milne Street, Minden in the Clerk's Office." It does not say any part is online. The Township names Aird & Berlis LLP as its Integrity Commissioner and links complaint forms, but we found no reports from that office. We could not read council minutes, where declarations are also recorded, because the meeting portal asks automated visitors to stay out.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
−$3.2Mnet financial position, 2024
In 2019, Minden Hills had $1.5M more in cash and money owed to it than it owed to others. By 2024 it was −$3.2M. About 49% of that change ($2.3M) is a new accounting rule from 2023: towns must now record the future cost of closing things like a landfill. That is not new spending or borrowing. Even leaving that out, only 12 of 81 similar towns are in a weaker position.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 2 sources
$369per home on garbage, dump and recycling, 2024
Minden Hills spent about $369 per home on garbage, dump and recycling in 2024. The typical similar town spent $201. Only 6 of 81 similar towns spent more.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 1 source
$235per home on snow ploughing, 2024
Minden Hills spent about $235 per home on snow ploughing in 2024. The typical similar town spent $89. Only 4 of 81 similar towns spent more.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 1 source
+85%running the town office, 2019 to 2024
Minden Hills spent $1.4M on running the town office in 2019 and $2.6M in 2024. Prices only went up about 18% in that time. Only 7 of 81 similar towns had faster growth here.
| Year | Running the town office | Prices (inflation) |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +0% | +0% |
| 2020 | −2% | +1% |
| 2021 | +1% | +4% |
| 2022 | +39% | +11% |
| 2023 | +46% | +16% |
| 2024 | +85% | +18% |
Change since the first year shown. The grey line is how much prices rose overall, for comparison.
Money spent running the office is money not spent on roads, water or safety. When office costs grow much faster than the services people see, it is fair to ask what the extra money is buying.
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Running the town office: 2019 $1.4M, 2020 $1.4M, 2021 $1.4M, 2022 $2.0M, 2023 $2.1M, 2024 $2.6M.
Ontario Financial Information Return (FIR), 2019 to 2024 · Schedule 40 · archived copy
Biggest driver: Senior management, from $686K to $2.4M.
Ontario Financial Information Return (FIR), 2019 to 2024 · Schedule 40 · archived copy
Typical growth among similar towns: 43%. Minden Hills ranks 8th of 82.
Ontario Financial Information Return (FIR), 2024, 81 similar municipalities · Schedule 40 · archived copy
$3,232per home on long-term debt, 2024
Minden Hills spent about $3,232 per home on long-term debt in 2024. The typical similar town spent $885. Only 7 of 81 similar towns spent more.
Spending more than neighbours is not wrong by itself. It might buy better service. But it is the first place to look for costs that could be lower, such as contracts that were not competitively bid.
You can ask during the public part of a council meeting, by writing to the clerk, or by contacting your councillors. How to reach council.
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Long-term debt per home: Minden Hills $3,232; typical similar town $885; ranked 8th highest of 82.
Ontario Financial Information Return (FIR), 2024, 81 similar municipalities · Schedule 40 and Schedule 2 · archived copy
7.44%, 4.46%increases printed for the 2024 levy and the 2026 tax
The tax levy is the total the Township asks property owners to raise for its own services, not counting the County or schools. The 2024 budget summary prints a tax levy of $11,044,037 and a "Percentage Increase" of 7.44%. For 2026 the Mayor says his proposed budget carried a 3.95% tax increase and that after council's changes and his vetoes "The resultant tax increase will be 4.46%." We could not read the 2025 figures reliably, so they are left out.
Several increases in a row add up faster than one. Council's 2026 debate over eight budget changes (see the next finding) shows the Township itself treated the final percentage as a close call.
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2024 Operating Budget Summary: "Tax Levy" 11,044,037 and "Percentage Increase" 7.44%.
2024 Operating Budget Summary, March 26, 2024 · page 1, summary of operating revenues and expenditures
Statement from the Mayor: "The tax increase in the proposed budget was 3.95%." and "Council approved more than 25 amendments to the proposed budget." and "The resultant tax increase will be 4.46%."
Strong Mayor Powers (Township web page) · Statement from the Mayor Regarding the Mayoral Decisions on Proposed Amendments to the 2026 Mayoral Budget
8council amendments vetoed by the Mayor on January 16, 2026
Since May 1, 2025 the Township's mayor has had "strong mayor" powers, including proposing the annual budget. On December 15, 2025 Mayor Bob Carter proposed the 2026 budget. Council then approved "more than 25 amendments", and on January 16, 2026 the Mayor vetoed 8 of them. The Township's list names them: a pickup truck for the roads department, a roads position, a sidewalk and crosswalk project, the old fire hall, riverwalk lighting, moloks (waste containers), an organics program and a bulldozer. On January 23, 2026 the Township gave notice of a special council meeting on January 29, 2026 where council would consider overrides of all eight vetoes. We did not find the result. The Township's own budget page lists two of the vetoed items among its 2026 capital highlights, and a project page says council approved a pedestrian crossover during the budget deliberations, so some may have been put back.
This is the first budget under the new powers, and it moved the tax increase from 3.95% to 4.46%. Residents can only judge it if the final list of what was kept, vetoed or overridden is clear and the reasons are readable.
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The records that would answer this can be requested: Result of the January 29, 2026 special meeting on the mayoral vetoes, with wording you can copy.
Statement from the Mayor: "On December 15, 2025, I submitted a proposed budget for the Township of Minden Hills." "I have decided to accept some of the amendments and to veto 8 of the amendments." "The tax increase in the proposed budget was 3.95%." "The resultant tax increase will be 4.46%."
Strong Mayor Powers (Township web page) · Statement from the Mayor Regarding the Mayoral Decisions on Proposed Amendments to the 2026 Mayoral Budget
The same page lists eight decisions dated 01.16.26: Res. 26-14 (pickup truck, public works, roads), Res. 26-16 (a roads position), Res. 26-17 (sidewalk and crosswalk project), Res. 26-19 (old fire hall), Res. 26-03 (riverwalk lighting), Res. 26-11 (moloks), Res. 26-10 (organics program) and Res. 26-12 (bulldozer). It also says: "Effective May 1, 2025, the Province of Ontario extended Strong Mayor Powers to the Township of Minden Hills".
Strong Mayor Powers (Township web page) · 2026 - Mayoral Decisions and Directives list; opening paragraph
Notice dated January 23, 2026: "The purpose of this Special Meeting is for Council to consider proposed override(s) of Mayoral Veto Decisions posted January 16, 2026. Council is proposing overrides to the 8 Veto Decisions." The meeting was set for Thursday, January 29, 2026, at 9:00 AM.
Notice of Special Meeting - Council Override for 2026 Mayoral Budget (January 23, 2026) · notice text
2026 Capital Budget Highlights include "Repair of damaged sidewalks and installation of a crosswalk in the village core" at $500,000 and "Implementation of a new organic recycling program" at $19,500.
Annual Budget (Township web page) · 2026 Capital Budget Highlights
"During the 2026 budget deliberations, Minden Hills Council approved the construction of a new pedestrian crossover (PXO) on Bobcaygeon Road (commonly known as Main Street), in Minden Village."
Minden Pedestrian Crossover (Township web page) · opening paragraph
$1,900,000listed for the Scotch Line Transfer Station project in the 2026 capital highlights
Leachate is liquid that drains through garbage and can carry pollution. The Township's 2023 audited statements say it discovered leachate seeps at the Scotch Line Landfill site during 2023, that they "could have a significant adverse effect on the capacity of the landfill site", and that a reasonable estimate of the cost was "indeterminable", so no amount was recorded. The statements also say the landfill was expected to reach capacity in 21 years, with 29% of its space left (31% a year earlier). The Township's 2025 capital summary then lists a "Scotch Line Landfill Project" at 1,700,000, marked as carried forward, and its 2026 budget page lists "the Scotch Line Transfer Station project" at $1,900,000. We could not tell whether these projects deal with the seeps.
A landfill that fills faster than planned, or that needs repairs to stop leaks, can mean large costs that fall on all taxpayers. Residents should be able to see what the problem is, what it will cost, and how it is being paid for.
You can ask during the public part of a council meeting, by writing to the clerk, or by contacting your councillors. How to reach council.
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The records that would answer this can be requested: Engineering reports and cost estimates for the Scotch Line landfill, with wording you can copy.
Note 15(b), Landfill capacity: "During the year, the Township discovered that there were leachate seeps at the Scotch Line Landfill site which could have a significant adverse effect on the capacity of the landfill site." It adds that "a reasonable estimate relating to these costs is indeterminable" and "no amounts in connection with this item has been reflected in these consolidated financial statements."
Consolidated Financial Statements, December 31, 2023 (KPMG LLP, January 29, 2025) · Note 15(b), PDF page 28 (printed page 22)
Note 8, Asset retirement obligation: "The landfill is expected to reach its capacity in 21 years, and the estimated remaining capacity is 29% of the site's total capacity (2022 - 31%)." Landfill closing balance 1,540,114 at December 31, 2023.
Consolidated Financial Statements, December 31, 2023 (KPMG LLP, January 29, 2025) · Note 8(a), PDF page 21 (printed page 15), and the table on PDF page 22
2025 Tax Supported Budget, Capital Budget Summary dated February 4, 2025: "Public Works, Environmental - Carryforward", "Scotch Line Landfill Project", budget 1,700,000. Total Capital Budget 6,833,887.
2025 Tax Supported Budget capital summary (February 4, 2025) · page 31 (the last page; the pages between are pictures)
2026 Capital Budget Highlights: "Continued investment in the Scotch Line Transfer Station project - $1,900,000."
Annual Budget (Township web page) · 2026 Capital Budget Highlights
$1,887,589increase in net financial debt during 2023, as printed
Net financial debt is what a municipality owes (loans, bills, and promised cleanup costs) minus its cash and money owed to it. The 2023 statements show it at (4,242,565), up from (2,354,976) the year before. Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (bills received and not yet paid) rose from 2,791,692 to 4,159,581, and cash fell from 11,630,246 to 10,972,721. The Township bought 6,393,639 of capital assets. Its note on accumulated surplus shows "Unfunded capital" of (2,461,469), against (449,649) a year earlier. The 2023 budget planned 3,495,700 from new long-term debt. Long-term debt instead fell, from 11,122,083 to 10,783,093.
Spending on roads and buildings that is not yet paid for or funded has to come from future taxes, reserves, grants or borrowing. Residents can then ask whether the Township is building up a bill for later years.
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Consolidated Statement of Financial Position: "Net financial debt (4,242,565) (2,354,976)".
Consolidated Financial Statements, December 31, 2023 (KPMG LLP, January 29, 2025) · Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, PDF page 7 (printed page 1)
Consolidated Statement of Change in Net Financial Debt, 2023 actual: "Acquisition of tangible capital assets" (6,393,639) against a budget of (6,722,118). "Change in net financial assets (debt)" (1,887,589).
Consolidated Financial Statements, December 31, 2023 (KPMG LLP, January 29, 2025) · Consolidated Statement of Change in Net Financial Debt, PDF page 9 (printed page 3)
Note 5, Accounts payable and accrued liabilities: "Trade and miscellaneous" $3,711,002 (2022 $2,378,175). "Personnel related" 448,579 (2022 413,517).
Consolidated Financial Statements, December 31, 2023 (KPMG LLP, January 29, 2025) · Note 5, PDF page 19 (printed page 13)
Note 12, Accumulated surplus: "Unfunded capital" (2,461,469) (2022 (449,649)). Reserves total 12,286,942 (2022 12,453,453); "Future capital assets" 8,954,642 (2022 9,312,262).
Consolidated Financial Statements, December 31, 2023 (KPMG LLP, January 29, 2025) · Note 12, PDF page 26 (printed page 20)
Note 14, Budget figures: the reconciliation of the approved budget lists "Proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt" of 3,495,700.
Consolidated Financial Statements, December 31, 2023 (KPMG LLP, January 29, 2025) · Note 14, PDF page 27 (printed page 21)
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position: "Cash $ 10,972,721 $ 11,630,246"; "Long-term debt (note 7) 10,783,093 11,122,083" (2023, 2022).
Consolidated Financial Statements, December 31, 2023 (KPMG LLP, January 29, 2025) · Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, PDF page 7 (printed page 1)
January 29, 2025date of the auditor's report on the 2023 statements, the latest we found
An audit is an outside accountant's check of the year's financial statements. The auditor's report on the 2023 statements is dated January 29, 2025, and the report on the 2022 statements is dated December 18, 2023. Both are signed well after the December 31 year end. Both give a clean opinion that the statements "present fairly" the Township's position. The page where the Township posts its "Auditor's Report" lists years 2018 to 2023. We did not find statements for 2024 or 2025 there on October 5, 2026.
Residents can only see how the Township finished a year once the statements are out. With an election on October 26, 2026, the most recent year voters can read is 2023.
You can ask during the public part of a council meeting, by writing to the clerk, or by contacting your councillors. How to reach council.
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The records that would answer this can be requested: Audited financial statements for 2024 and 2025, with wording you can copy.
Independent Auditor's Report on the 2023 statements, signed "Sudbury, Canada January 29, 2025". Opinion: "the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects". An "Emphasis of Matter" says certain 2022 comparative information "has been restated".
Consolidated Financial Statements, December 31, 2023 (KPMG LLP, January 29, 2025) · Independent Auditor's Report, PDF pages 4 to 6
Independent Auditor's Report on the 2022 statements, signed "Sudbury, Canada December 18, 2023". Opinion: "present fairly, in all material respects".
Consolidated Financial Statements, December 31, 2022 (KPMG LLP, December 18, 2023) · Independent Auditor's Report, PDF pages 4 to 6
"Each year, Township financial statements are audited by an independent accounting firm and made available through an annual financial report (Auditor's Report)." The list under "Auditor's Reports" runs from "Auditor's Report 2023" back to "Auditor's Report 2018".
Financial Report and Statements (Township web page) · Annual Financial Information and Auditor's Reports list
+73%parks, arena and library, 2019 to 2024
Minden Hills spent $1.3M on parks, arena and library in 2019 and $2.3M in 2024. Prices only went up about 18% in that time. Only 16 of 81 similar towns had faster growth here.
| Year | Parks, arena and library | Prices (inflation) |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +0% | +0% |
| 2020 | −8% | +1% |
| 2021 | +20% | +4% |
| 2022 | +76% | +11% |
| 2023 | +50% | +16% |
| 2024 | +73% | +18% |
Change since the first year shown. The grey line is how much prices rose overall, for comparison.
When one area grows much faster than prices, it is either doing more (which may be great) or paying more for the same thing. Residents deserve to know which.
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Parks, arena and library: 2019 $1.3M, 2020 $1.2M, 2021 $1.6M, 2022 $2.3M, 2023 $2.0M, 2024 $2.3M.
Ontario Financial Information Return (FIR), 2019 to 2024 · Schedule 40 · archived copy
Biggest driver: Arena and buildings, from $524K to $1.6M.
Ontario Financial Information Return (FIR), 2019 to 2024 · Schedule 40 · archived copy
Typical growth among similar towns: 41%. Minden Hills ranks 17th of 82.
Ontario Financial Information Return (FIR), 2024, 81 similar municipalities · Schedule 40 · archived copy
In personhow the Township says its conflict-of-interest registry can be viewed
Council members must declare when a matter before them could give them or a related person a financial gain or loss, and the Township must keep a registry of these declarations that the public can inspect. The Township says its registry "is available for viewing at the Township Office at 7 Milne Street, Minden in the Clerk's Office." It does not say any part is online. The Township names Aird & Berlis LLP as its Integrity Commissioner and links complaint forms, but we found no reports from that office. We could not read council minutes, where declarations are also recorded, because the meeting portal asks automated visitors to stay out.
A registry that can only be seen in person is hard to use for residents who live elsewhere in the year or cannot visit during office hours. Without minutes or reports we cannot say whether declarations are common or rare, or whether complaints have ever been made.
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"The registry is available for viewing at the Township Office at 7 Milne Street, Minden in the Clerk's Office."
Conflict of Interest Registry (Township web page) · View the Registry
"The Council for the Township of Minden Hills appointed Aird & Berlis LLP as its Integrity Commissioner." The page links the Code of Conduct, a Code of Conduct complaint form and a Municipal Conflict of Interest Act complaint form. No reports are listed.
Integrity Commissioner and Code of Conduct (Township web page) · Integrity Commissioner; Code of Conduct and Complaint Forms
−$3.2Mnet financial position, 2024
In 2019, Minden Hills had $1.5M more in cash and money owed to it than it owed to others. By 2024 it was −$3.2M. About 49% of that change ($2.3M) is a new accounting rule from 2023: towns must now record the future cost of closing things like a landfill. That is not new spending or borrowing. Even leaving that out, only 12 of 81 similar towns are in a weaker position.
| Year | Net financial position |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $1.5M |
| 2020 | −$3.0M |
| 2021 | −$2.3M |
| 2022 | −$1.1M |
| 2023 | −$4.2M |
| 2024 | −$3.2M |
This number is one of the clearest signs of whether a town is living within its means. The accounting-rule part is a bill that will come due when the landfill closes, not money already spent. The rest is real borrowing and spending of savings.
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Net financial assets: 2019 $1.5M, 2020 −$3.0M, 2021 −$2.3M, 2022 −$1.1M, 2023 −$4.2M, 2024 −$3.2M.
Ontario Financial Information Return (FIR), 2019 to 2024 · Schedule 70, line 9945 · archived copy
Future landfill and similar closing costs recorded: $2.3M. Long-term debt: $10.4M. Temporary loans: $0.
Ontario Financial Information Return (FIR), 2019 to 2024 · Schedule 70, lines 2920, 2699, 2099 · archived copy
$369per home on garbage, dump and recycling, 2024
Minden Hills spent about $369 per home on garbage, dump and recycling in 2024. The typical similar town spent $201. Only 6 of 81 similar towns spent more.
Spending more than neighbours is not wrong by itself. It might buy better service. But it is the first place to look for costs that could be lower, such as contracts that were not competitively bid.
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Garbage, dump and recycling per home: Minden Hills $369; typical similar town $201; ranked 7th highest of 82.
Ontario Financial Information Return (FIR), 2024, 81 similar municipalities · Schedule 40 and Schedule 2 · archived copy
$235per home on snow ploughing, 2024
Minden Hills spent about $235 per home on snow ploughing in 2024. The typical similar town spent $89. Only 4 of 81 similar towns spent more.
Spending more than neighbours is not wrong by itself. It might buy better service. But it is the first place to look for costs that could be lower, such as contracts that were not competitively bid.
You can ask during the public part of a council meeting, by writing to the clerk, or by contacting your councillors. How to reach council.
Speak for Minden Hills? Send us your answer and we will publish it with this question.
Snow ploughing per home: Minden Hills $235; typical similar town $89; ranked 5th highest of 82.
Ontario Financial Information Return (FIR), 2024, 81 similar municipalities · Schedule 40 and Schedule 2 · archived copy