Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

South Glengarry 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

• MayorLachlan McDonaldlmcdonald@southglengarry.com
• Deputy MayorMartin Langmlang@southglengarry.com
• CouncillorStephanie Jaworskisjaworski@southglengarry.com
• CouncillorSam McDonellsmcdonell@southglengarry.com
• CouncillorTrevor Bougietbougie@southglengarry.com

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

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  Budgets posted online

  The Finance page lists budgets back to 2015, with 2025 first. On October 5, 2026 we did not find a 2026 budget on that page. The posted 2025 budget is a line-by-line account listing that shows $0.00 for the property tax lines. Source

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  Audited financial statements

  Statements for 2013 to 2025 are posted. The 2023, 2024 and 2025 statements carry clean opinions ("present fairly") from MNP LLP, with report dates of January 20, 2026, February 10, 2026 and July 27, 2026. Source

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  Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

  We did not find a yearly statement of council remuneration and expenses on the Finance, Mayor and Council or Accountability pages, or in the site map. Source

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  Meeting agendas and minutes

  The Township's archive page lists agendas from 2020 to June 2021, and agendas with minutes for 2019. For later meetings it points to a calendar on another address (calendar.southglengarry.com), which refused a scripted download (HTTP 403). We did not read any recent agendas or minutes. Source

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  Council meeting videos

  The Township says meetings are recorded when possible and posted to its YouTube channel. We did not check the channel. Source

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  Integrity Commissioner reports

  We did not find any reports on the pages we read. Source

• Township of South Glengarry on YouTube

  The Township links this channel from its Council and Committee Meetings page, which says meetings are recorded whenever possible and posted there the day after. We did not check the channel.

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

• Dates the 2023, 2024 and 2025 audited statements reached council

  The audit reports for 2023 and 2024 are dated in 2026. The dates council received them are not in the documents we read. Related question: Why were the audit reports for 2023 and 2024 signed in 2026?.

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  I request, under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act: Please provide the council agenda items, resolutions and staff reports by which the audited financial statements for 2023, 2024 and 2025 were received or approved, and any correspondence with the auditor about the timing of those audits.

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• What makes up accounts receivable at December 31, 2025

  The statements show $4,984,496 owed to the Township but no breakdown. Related question: Who owes the Township $4,984,496, up from $1,573,392?.

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  I request, under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act: Please provide the accounts receivable listing or working paper behind the $4,984,496 shown in the December 31, 2025 financial statements, by debtor type and grant program, with the amount collected by July 27, 2026.

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• Projects behind the unfinanced capital outlay

  The 2025 statements show $1,994,537 of capital spending that is not yet financed. Related question: How will the Township pay for the $1,994,537 of 2025 capital spending it has not yet financed?.

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  I request, under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act: Please provide the list of capital projects that make up the $1,994,537 "unfinanced capital outlay" in Schedule 3 of the 2025 financial statements, and the planned funding source for each.

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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's Code of Conduct says complaints about a member go to an Integrity Commissioner, by a form filed with the Clerk. The code (effective January 1, 2019) also mentions a prescribed fee. We did not find the commissioner's name or any reports on the pages we read.

2. Compliance Audit Committee (election finances)

   The Township takes part in a joint committee with the other municipalities of the United Counties. It only meets when someone applies for a compliance audit of a candidate's campaign finances.

3. Accountability and Transparency Policy

   The Township says it has adopted this policy under the Municipal Act. We did not read it.