Not the full picture. Built from public records, which leave things out.Older reportDetails
This is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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 youAn older report. We have no 2024 report for Pickle Lake in the Province's latest release, so these pages use its 2023 report. It may simply be filed late.
Read by hand. We read Pickle Lake'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
Pickle Lake 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
- MayorJames Dalzellmayor-jdalzell@
picklelake.org - Deputy MayorLeslie Moorecouncillor.lmoore@
picklelake.org - CouncillorKayla Blakneycouncillor.kb@
picklelake.org - CouncillorDebbie Chartrandcouncillor.dchartrand@
picklelake.org - CouncillorJohn Millarcouncillor.jmillar@
picklelake.org
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 Pickle Lake?
What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 13, 2026.
- NoBudgets posted online
We did not find a 2026 budget document on the Township's site. The June 23, 2026 minutes say the budget is attached as Schedule A, but the schedule printed there is a table of tax rates. Source
- PartlyAudited financial statements
The Municipal Office page's Audit Information list links the 2019 statements and nothing later. The June 2, 2026 minutes say the 2025 statements have been audited. Source
- UnknownCouncil pay and expenses (s. 284)
We did not find the yearly statement on the pages we read. Source
- PartlyMeeting agendas and minutes
Agenda packages for 2019 to 2026 are posted as PDFs, and each one carries the minutes of the earlier meetings. The 2026 packages are scanned images with no searchable text. The newest one we found is for August 11, 2026. We did not find a September or October 2026 package. Source