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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Penetanguishene 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

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 Penetanguishene?

What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 14, 2026.

  • Partly
    Budgets posted online

    The Town's budget page links a "Preliminary 2026 Municipal Budget" and past budgets on its Diligent portal, whose robots.txt tells all automated readers to stay out. We did not open them. The Town's 2025 Year in Review (a PDF on its own site) says a 2026 operating and capital budget of $25.7 million was adopted on December 10, 2025. Source

  • Unknown
    Audited financial statements

    The Town's budget page says its Finance Department is responsible for the audited financial statements and links "Annual Financial Reports and Documents" on the Diligent portal. We did not open the portal. Source

  • Unknown
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    We did not find a council pay statement on the Town's own pages. It may be on the portal we could not open. Source

  • Unknown
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    Agendas and minutes are on the Diligent portal. The Town's 2025 Year in Review says there were 73 meetings and 23 streamed and recorded meetings. We did not open the portal, so we did not read any minutes. Source

  • Unknown
    Integrity Commissioner reports

    We did not find an Integrity Commissioner page or reports on the Town's own pages we read. Source

How to raise a concern

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

  1. Closed meeting investigator: Ontario Ombudsman

    The Town's page says it appointed the Ontario Ombudsman to investigate complaints about closed meetings. It links an Ombudsman report from October 2023 about a joint airport task force meeting.