Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

Plympton-Wyoming 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

• MayorGary Atkinsongatkinson@plympton-wyoming.ca
• Deputy MayorNetty McEwen
• CouncillorAlex Boughen
• CouncillorKristen Rodrigues
• CouncillorJohn van Klaveren
• CouncillorMike Vasey
• CouncillorBob Woolvett

Names and official email addresses from the town's council page. None of the members lists a public social media account there.

• Yes
  Budgets posted online

  The Financial Services page links budget books for 2017 to 2026 as PDFs. The 2026 book is called a final budget, but the Town said on February 2, 2026 that council passed amendments to the mayor's 2026 budget. We could not tell whether the posted book includes them, so we used no 2026 figures. Source

• Partly
  Audited financial statements

  The Financial Services page links yearly financial statements for 2017 to 2023. We did not find 2024 statements there. The 2022 and 2023 files have no searchable text (they are pictures of pages), so we could not check any figure in them and used none. Source

• Unknown
  Council pay and expenses statement

  We did not find a statement of council remuneration and expenses on the Town's website. It may be in council agendas on the meeting portal, which does not allow automated readers, so we could not look there. Source

• Unknown
  Agendas and minutes

  Agendas and minutes are on the Town's CivicWeb portal. Its robots.txt asks automated readers to stay out, so we did not read it. The Town posts short council highlights as news items on its own website. Source

• Town of Plympton-Wyoming on YouTube

  The Town links this YouTube channel from its website and says council meetings are live-streamed there. We did not check whether past meeting videos are kept.

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

• Legal fees paid in 2023, by matter

  The budget shows actual legal fees of $259,057 in 2023 against a budget of $50,000. A list shows what the money paid for.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, we request a list of legal fees paid by the Town of Plympton-Wyoming in 2023 and 2024 on the general government legal fees line, showing for each payment the firm, the date, the amount and the general subject (for example planning, contract, insurance), with anything privileged left out.

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• Council decision and purchase documents for the 2024 land purchase

  The 2026 budget book shows $2,143,084 actual on a "New Land Purchase" line with no budget for 2024.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, we request the council resolution, staff report and closing statement for the land purchase recorded as "New Land Purchase" in the Town's 2024 actual figures, showing the price, the date, the source of the funds and the intended use.

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The wording is a starting point, not legal advice. Narrow the dates if the town says a request is too broad or too costly.

1. Integrity Commissioner

   The Town says it has an Integrity Commissioner who looks at complaints under the Code of Conduct for council and local board members. The Town's page names the law firm that holds the role. We did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports on the pages we read.