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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Rideau Lakes is run by an elected council of 9 people. They set the budget, approve big purchases and hire the senior staff who run the town day to day.

Current council

  • MayorArie Hoogenboom
  • Councillor, Ward 1 (Bastard & South Burgess)Paula Banks
  • Councillor, Ward 1 (Bastard & South Burgess)Sue Dunfield
  • Councillor, Ward 2 (South Elmsley)Jeff Banks
  • Councillor, Ward 2 (South Elmsley)Marcia Maxwell
  • Councillor, Ward 3 (South Crosby)Linda Carr
  • Councillor, Ward 3 (South Crosby)Dustin Bulloch
  • Councillor, Ward 4 (North Crosby-Newboro)Deborah Anne Hutchings
  • Councillor, Ward 4 (North Crosby-Newboro)Ron Pollard

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 Rideau Lakes?

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

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    The Township's budget page lists budget documents from 2017 to 2026. The 2026 budget and the 2025 budget are posted as PDFs. The 2026 tax rates page is a scanned image with no readable text. Source

  • Partly
    Audited financial statements

    Consolidated statements are posted for 2009 to 2024. The 2024 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from KPMG LLP, with the auditor's report dated December 11, 2025. On October 5, 2026 the page did not list statements for 2025. Source

  • Partly
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    The yearly statement is posted for 2016 to 2024, and monthly councillor expense forms are posted for 2020 to 2026. On October 5, 2026 the page did not list a statement for 2025. We did not copy figures from the 2023 and 2024 statements into this pack because the table's text layer comes apart: names and amounts do not line up. Source

  • Yes
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    The Township says council meets on the first Monday of each month, that all meetings are livestreamed, and that the recording and approved minutes are posted with the agenda in its meeting calendar (an eScribe portal). We did not read any minutes. Source

  • Yes
    Integrity Commissioner and closed meeting reports

    Integrity Commissioner annual reports for 2019 to 2025 and individual reports are posted, as is a closed meeting investigation report dated March 25, 2026. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

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

    How to raise a concern

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

    1. Integrity Commissioner

      The Township posts an Integrity Commissioner's annual report and individual reports on complaints about members of council on its council page. The current Integrity Commissioner's office is ADR Chambers. We read the annual report for October 17, 2024 to December 31, 2025, and did not read the individual complaint reports.

    2. Closed meeting investigator

      The Township's closed meeting investigator is Local Authority Services Inc., which passed the January 2026 request to a law firm. The Township posts the investigator's report of March 25, 2026 on its council page.