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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

North Frontenac is run by an elected council of 7 people. They set the budget, approve big purchases and hire the senior staff who run the town day to day.

Current council

  • MayorGerry Lichty
  • Deputy Mayor and Councillor, Ward 2Roy Huetl
  • Councillor, Ward 1Wayne Good
  • Councillor, Ward 1Mike Hage
  • Councillor, Ward 2Vernon Hermer
  • Councillor, Ward 3John Inglis
  • Councillor, Ward 3Fred Fowler

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 North Frontenac?

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

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    The 2026 and 2025 budgets are posted as spreadsheets, with the 10-year capital plans and the 2025 asset management plan. Earlier budgets are available by email request. Source

  • Yes
    Audited financial statements

    The 2025 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from KPMG LLP dated July 29, 2026. The 2024 statements are also posted. The page says the 2025 statements are not fully accessible. Source

  • Unknown
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    We did not find the yearly statement of council pay and expenses on the Township's own website pages we read. Its meeting portal (CivicWeb) tells automated readers not to fetch anything, so we did not search there. Source

  • Unknown
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    The Township says all agendas, minutes and by-laws are on its CivicWeb portal. That site's robots.txt disallows all automated readers, so we did not read any agenda or minutes. Source

  • Partly
    Integrity Commissioner and closed meeting reports

    The Integrity Commissioner's 2025 annual report is posted. We did not find individual reports or any Ombudsman reports. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

North Frontenac'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.

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

  • Fire capital spending in 2025

    The budget book shows $745,555 of Fire capital spending in 2025 against $91,162 budgeted. A list of purchases shows what it was and how it was paid for. Related question: What did the Fire department's $745,555 of capital spending in 2025 buy, against $91,162 planned?.

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    Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request a list of the capital purchases and projects charged to the Fire department in 2025, with each amount, the council resolution that approved it and the reserve, grant or loan used to pay for it.

  • Status of the two housing-enabling road projects

    The 2025 budget planned a $817,063 provincial grant for Ardoch Road and Buckshot Lake Road projects. A status report shows whether they went ahead and whether the grant arrived. Related question: Did the two housing-enabling road projects go ahead, and did the $817,063 provincial grant for them arrive?.

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    Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the funding agreement and the latest project status report to council for the Ardoch Road and Buckshot Lake Road housing-enabling projects, with the amount of grant received to date.

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

    Council has appointed a Kingston law firm as Integrity Commissioner. Its 2025 annual report to council (dated March 19, 2026) is posted. It says there were two requests for advice and three complaints in 2025, one report to council and two complaints dismissed.

  2. Closed meeting investigator: Ontario Ombudsman

    The Township says it uses the Ontario Ombudsman as its closed meeting investigator and says any report it receives goes on a public agenda. We did not look for Ombudsman reports about the Township.

  3. Registry of declarations of pecuniary interest

    The Township posts a table of declarations made by council and committee members, updated after meetings. We did not build any finding on it.