Your town, in plain words
A clear, checkable guide to Plummer Additional's budget, taxes and council decisions. A township of about 800 people in Northeastern Ontario. Every figure links back to the public record.
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None foundbudget documents posted for 2025 or 2026
Council looked at a draft 2026 budget on February 18, 2026, and a 2026 budget and tax rates by-law is on the April 15, 2026 agenda. We did not find a budget document anywhere on the website. The only tax rates by-law posted is for 2025, and it has no readable text.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 3 sources
15 of 16sets of 2025 and 2026 minutes we opened had no readable text, by our count
Of the 16 sets of minutes from 2025 and 2026 that we opened, 15 had no readable text. Only the March 18, 2026 minutes did. The agendas are readable, but they are bare lists of titles.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
2024the newest year of audited statements we found posted, on October 7, 2026
The newest audited statements posted are for 2024, with the auditor's report dated October 16, 2025. A draft of the 2025 statements was on council's August 19, 2026 agenda, and we did not find them posted on October 7, 2026. The posted 2024 PDF also has two pages with no readable text, and it contains another organization's audit engagement letter.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 4 sources
$940,120estimated total future cost to close the Township's share of the landfill, before adjusting for time
The Township's share of a landfill carries a future closing and monitoring cost. The statements show a liability of $327,790 at the end of 2024, but the expected cost, before adjusting for time, is $940,120 over 22 years, followed by 25 more years of monitoring.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$9,044.40the yearly mayor's pay in 2026, per the election guide (a councillor: $6,460.32)
Ontario law has municipalities report each year what each council member was paid and reimbursed. We did not find that statement on the website. The 2026 election guide does give the yearly pay for each office.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$1,649,460reserves and reserve funds at the end of 2024, up $128,816 in the year
The 2024 budget, as the auditors reconcile it, counted on moving $125,584 out of reserves. Instead, reserves and reserve funds rose by $128,816 to $1,649,460. The annual surplus came in near the budgeted one, $238,030 against $240,542.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$303,418owed on two loans at the end of 2024
At the end of 2024 the Township owed $303,418 on two bank loans, with payments of $94,515 due in 2025 and $99,956 in 2026. On April 15, 2026, council's agenda listed a loan approval for a truck purchase. The minutes of that meeting are a scan, so we could not read the amount or the decision.
Found by reading the town's own documents · 2 sources
$357per home on snow ploughing, 2025
Plummer Additional spent about $357 per home on snow ploughing in 2025. The typical similar town spent $117. Only 3 of 29 similar towns spent more.
Found automatically from the town's financial reports · 1 source
A property tax bill in Plummer Additional pays for the town and schools. Only part of it goes to the town, and that part is what Plummer Additional council controls.
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