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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Powassan 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

  • MayorPeter McIsaac
  • Deputy MayorMarkus Wand
  • CouncillorLeo Patey
  • CouncillorDave Britton
  • CouncillorRandy Hall

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 Powassan?

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

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    The budget page has a link for each of 2024, 2025 and 2026. The 2026 file is named "2026 municipal budget v4 final approved" but its column headings still say "2026 Draft Budget". Its figures match the budget printed under Bylaw 2026-13 (which adopts the 2026 budget) in the May 5, 2026 agenda package. Source

  • Yes
    Audited financial statements

    Audited statements are posted for many years, including 2024 and 2025. The 2025 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from Baker Tilly SNT LLP dated August 11, 2026. The 2024 report is dated April 15, 2025. Source

  • Partly
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    The agendas page links one statement, labelled "Council Remuneration and Expenses 2022", and it is a scan with no text we could read. The 2025 statement, dated April 23, 2026, is inside the May 5, 2026 agenda package. We did not find a separate link to it. Source

  • Yes
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    Agenda packages are posted for every regular and budget meeting from January 2025 to August 2026. Minutes of earlier meetings are printed inside the next agenda package (for example, April 21, 2026 minutes in the May 5, 2026 package). We did not count closed sessions. Source

How to raise a concern

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

  1. Council code of conduct

    The Municipality has a Council Code of Conduct page. On the pages we read we did not find the name of an Integrity Commissioner, a closed meeting investigator, or any reports from either.

  2. Registry of declarations of interest

    The Municipality keeps a page of declaration of pecuniary interest files. The file names we saw run from December 2018 to August 2021. We did not find later files on that page, and we did not open any of them.