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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Ramara 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 Ramara?

What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 5, 2026.

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    The 2026 approved budget package (adopted November 5, 2025, a 185-page PDF) and budgets back to 2021 are posted on one page, with a news release on the adoption. Source

  • Yes
    Audited financial statements

    The 2025 consolidated statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from Baker Tilly KDN LLP dated June 12, 2026. Statements for 2016 to 2025 are posted on one page. Source

  • Unknown
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    We did not find a yearly statement of council remuneration and expenses on the budgets, council, policies or plans pages of ramara.ca. It may be on the CivicWeb portal, which blocks automated reading, so we cannot say whether it is posted. Source

  • Unknown
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    Agendas and minutes are on the Township's CivicWeb portal. The portal's robots.txt asks all automated readers to stay out, so we did not read any minutes or agendas. The Township says meetings are livestreamed on YouTube. Source

  • Yes
    Integrity Commissioner and closed meeting reports

    Integrity Commissioner reports for 2023 to 2025 and Ombudsman reports from October 2025 and August 2026 are linked as PDFs. Source

  • Unknown
    Tender results

    The Township runs bids and tenders through an online portal. We did not open it, so we do not know whether awarded contracts and amounts are shown. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

Ramara's official channels, as linked from its own website. Council members may also post on their own pages; we link only to official municipal channels.

  • Township of Ramara on YouTube

    The Township links this YouTube channel from its Council and Committee Meetings page as the place to watch council and committee meetings. We did not open the channel to check which meetings are posted or kept.

  • Township of Ramara on Facebook

    Linked from the footer of the Township's website. We did not open it.

Ask for the records

Anyone can ask the town for its records under Ontario's Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA). You do not have to say why. Here is how it works, and the wording for the records that would answer the questions on this site.

  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

  • Fire Department contracted services, 2025

    The 2026 budget book shows Fire contracted services of 1,709,318.56 by November 6, 2025 against a 109,400.00 budget. The audited statements show protection services $1,434,934 over budget. Related question: Why did Ramara spend $7,027,467 on protection services (police, fire and related services) in 2025 when the budget was $5,592,533?.

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    Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the general ledger detail for the Fire Department's Contracted Services account for 2025, showing the payee, amount and purpose of each payment, and any staff report or Council resolution approving spending above the 2025 budget.

  • 2025 CIBC loans and the plant 202 loan

    The statements show $2,500,000 of long term debt issued in 2025 and the budget plans a loan estimated at $10.2M for plant 202. Related question: Why did Ramara borrow $2,500,000 in 2025 while holding $12,280,129 in investments and $15,271,137 in reserves?.

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    Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the by-laws and staff reports authorizing the two long term loans from CIBC issued in 2025, and any financing report or term sheet for the loan planned for wastewater treatment plant 202, showing the amount, interest rate, term and the budget that will repay it.

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

How to raise a concern

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

  1. Integrity Commissioner

    The Township says its Integrity Commissioner investigates complaints under the Code of Conduct for Council, boards and committees, and posts the reports it receives. The page lists nine dated reports for 2025, one for 2024 and two for 2023. We did not build any question on them. The page itself warns that the posted reports do not include the final outcome, which is for Council to decide.

  2. Closed meeting investigator: Ontario Ombudsman

    The Ontario Ombudsman is the Township's closed meeting investigator. The Township posts two Ombudsman reports: October 2025 (informal gatherings over email by the Committee of the Whole) and August 2026 (a meeting of the Joint Accessibility Advisory Committee for Ramara and Severn).

  3. Conflict of Interest Registry

    The Township says it keeps the public registry of declared pecuniary interests that the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act requires, and links it on its CivicWeb portal. That portal blocks automated reading, so we did not open the registry.

  4. Strong mayor powers, decisions and directives

    The Township says strong mayor powers were extended to Ramara effective May 1, 2025, and links a repository of the Mayor's decisions and directives on its CivicWeb portal. We did not open the repository because that portal blocks automated reading.