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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Minto is run by an elected council of 8 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 Minto?

What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 5, 2026.

  • Partly
    Budgets posted online

    The budget page lists only budget by-laws (2021 to 2025), not a budget book, and we found no 2026 budget on it. The 2025 by-law is a scanned image with no readable text, so we did not use it. Source

  • Yes
    Audited financial statements

    Statements for 2018 to 2025 are posted. The 2025 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from a Guelph firm of chartered professional accountants, dated June 22, 2026. The 2024 opinion is dated July 8, 2025. Source

  • Unknown
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    We did not find a yearly statement of council pay and expenses on the pages we read, so we did not fill in council pay. Source

  • Unknown
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    The agendas and minutes page says council meets twice a month and links the meeting schedule and a YouTube channel. We did not read any minutes. Source

  • Unknown
    2022 candidate financial statements

    The election page covers the 2026 election filing dates. We did not look for the 2022 candidate statements. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

Minto'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.

  • Town of Minto on YouTube

    The town links this YouTube channel from its agendas and minutes page for council meeting videos. We did not check which meetings are posted.

Ask for the records

Anyone can ask the town for its records under Ontario's Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA). You do not have to say why. Here is how it works, and the wording for the records that would answer the questions on this site.

  1. Send the request in writing to the town clerk (the freedom of information coordinator), on the town’s form or in a letter, with the $5 application fee.
  2. Describe the records, not the answer you want. Dates, departments and the kind of record (a list, invoices, emails) make a request quicker and cheaper.
  3. The town has 45 business days to answer (the law changed in 2026; older guides say 30 days). It can charge for search time and copies, but must send an estimate first if the fees will be over $25.
  4. Some parts can be held back, such as legal advice or personal information about other people. The town must say which part of the law it relied on.
  5. If you are refused, or the fees seem too high, you can appeal to the Information and Privacy Commissioner within 30 business days of the town’s decision.

The town's request form (on its Forms page) · The law · Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

  • Continuity of the Fire and Roads reserve funds, 2023 to 2025

    Schedule 2 shows the Fire reserve fund at (222,429) and Roads at (8,548) at the end of 2025. A year-by-year schedule of deposits, withdrawals and transfers shows what moved. Related question: Why are the fire and roads savings accounts below zero at the end of 2025?.

    Show the request wordingHide the wording
    Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the continuity schedule for the Fire and Roads reserve funds for 2023, 2024 and 2025 (opening balance, contributions, withdrawals, interest and transfers between funds), and any council report on repaying the negative balances.

  • Auditor communication and restatement notes on the 2024 comparatives

    The 2024 pension note and two reserve fund balances read differently in the 2025 statements. Related question: Why do the 2024 figures printed in the 2025 statements differ from the 2024 statements?.

    Show the request wordingHide the wording
    Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request any staff report, auditor communication or journal entry listing that explains why the 2024 OMERS contribution and the 2024 Fire and Economic development reserve fund balances differ between the 2024 and 2025 consolidated financial statements.

The wording is a starting point, not legal advice. Narrow the dates if the town says a request is too broad or too costly.

How to raise a concern

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

  1. Integrity Commissioner

    The town's website names Guy Giorno as its Integrity Commissioner, under the Council Code of Conduct adopted on August 13, 2024. We did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports on the pages we read.