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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Montague 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

  • ReeveKaren Jennings
  • Deputy ReeveJeffrey Carroll
  • CouncillorJim Abbass
  • CouncillorGerald Crabtree
  • CouncillorTrevor Johnson

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 Montague?

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

  • Partly
    Budgets posted online

    The finance page links the 2023, 2024 and 2025 operating and capital budgets. We did not find a 2026 budget on that page. The 2024 and 2025 water and sewer budgets are linked as drafts. Source

  • Partly
    Audited financial statements

    The 2025 statements are posted, with a clean opinion ("present fairly") from KPMG LLP dated August 4, 2026. For earlier years the finance page says to email the Township for a copy. Source

  • Unknown
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    We did not find a statement of council remuneration and expenses on the pages we read. Source

  • Unknown
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    The Township's agendas and minutes page, and its documents portal, both ask automated readers not to fetch them (robots.txt), so we did not read any agendas or minutes. A council news release of August 6, 2026 says meetings are livestreamed on YouTube. We did not check what is posted. Source

  • Partly
    Tender results

    A past tenders page posts results for a few tenders from 2023 and 2024, including the fire hall and public works garage. They are marked unconfirmed. We did not find results for later years. Source

How to raise a concern

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

  1. Integrity Commissioner

    The Township posts yearly Integrity Commissioner reports for 2022 to 2025 on its council page. The 2023 and 2024 letters we could read say no complaints were made in those years. We could not read the 2022 file (the Township's server refused our download) or the 2025 file (it is a scanned image with no readable text).

  2. Registry of declarations of interest

    The Township posts a registry of declarations of conflict of interest on its council page. The newest entry we could see is dated April 20, 2021.