Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

Scugog 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

• MayorWilma Wottenwwotten@scugog.ca
• Regional CouncillorIan McDougallimcdougall@scugog.ca
• Ward 1 CouncillorDavid Le Roydleroy@scugog.ca
• Ward 2 CouncillorJanna Guidojguido@scugog.ca
• Ward 3 CouncillorRobert Rockrrock@scugog.ca
• Ward 4 CouncillorHarold Wrighthwright@scugog.ca
• Ward 5 CouncillorTerry Coynetcoyne@scugog.ca

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

  Operating and capital budgets are posted for 2020 to 2026, with the 2026 final consolidated budget and drafts. Source

• Yes
  Audited financial statements

  Statements are posted for 2019 to 2025. The 2025 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from Deloitte LLP dated June 24, 2026. The 2024 opinion is dated June 30, 2025. Source

• Unknown
  Meeting agendas and minutes

  Agendas and minutes are on an eScribe meeting portal, and its calendar lists them. Downloads of the documents returned a "Verifying your browser" check page (HTTP 403) to a plain download, so we did not read any agendas or minutes. We did not work around it. Source

• Unknown
  Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

  We did not find a yearly statement of council remuneration and expenses on the Township's website. It may be in a council report on the meeting portal, which we could not open. Source

• Unknown
  Declarations of interest registry

  The registry link on the accountability page returned "not found" on October 5, 2026. We did not find a working copy. Source

• Partly
  Mayoral decisions and directives under strong mayor powers

  The Township posts mayoral decisions and directives as PDFs on its strong mayor page. Three of the seven we opened had no readable text, so we did not use them. Source

• Council and committee livestreams and recordings (eScribe)

  The Township says livestreams and video recordings of council and committee meetings are on its meeting calendar. We did not watch any recordings.

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

• Total spending on the Lake Scugog Enhancement Project

  The Township gave a cost estimate of $8.21 million but we did not find what was spent, or what funding partners put in. Related question: What did Scugog spend on the Lake Scugog Enhancement Project before council cancelled it, and what happens to the money pledged to it?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request a statement of all amounts spent on the Lake Scugog Enhancement Project from its start to council's December 2024 decision, by year and funding source, and any funding agreements with partners for the project, and the staff report on how those agreements are being settled.

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• Aging of taxes receivable at December 31, 2025

  Taxes receivable rose to $7,976,005. An aging list shows how much is current and how much is long overdue. Related question: Why are unpaid property taxes at Scugog up by about $3.5 million in two years, and why does the budget count on more penalty income?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the aging schedule of property taxes receivable at December 31, 2025, showing the amounts that are current, 1 to 2 years and more than 2 years overdue, with the number of accounts in each group, and the split between Township, Region and school taxes.

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• The reserve the budget calls "MP Reserve"

  The budget moves casino money into it and draws it down for staffing, but we did not find what it is or what rules apply. Related question: How much of Scugog's yearly budget goes into reserves, and what is the casino money reserve used for?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the by-law or policy that sets up the reserve shown in the 2026 operating budget as "MP Reserve", its balance at December 31, 2025, and a list of what it was spent on in 2024 and 2025.

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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 Township says a member of the public who thinks a council member has broken the Code of Conduct (By-law 34-19) can ask the Township's Integrity Commissioner to investigate, by filing a form with the Clerk. We did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports on the pages we read.

2. Closed meeting complaints: Ontario Ombudsman

   The Township says complaints that a meeting was wrongly closed to the public go to the Ontario Ombudsman. We did not find reports about Scugog.

3. Conflicts registry

   The Township says the Clerk keeps a Declaration of Interest Registry. The link on its accountability page (a file dated March 2020) returned "not found" when we checked on October 5, 2026.

4. Joint Compliance Audit Committee

   For the 2026 election the Township has joined the Townships of Brock and Uxbridge in a joint committee that reviews complaints about candidates' campaign finances, serving from November 15, 2026 to November 14, 2030.