Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

St Clair 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

• MayorJeff Agarjagar@stclairtownship.ca
• Deputy MayorSteve Millersmiller@stclairtownship.ca
• Council Member, Ward 1Cathy Langisclangis@stclairtownship.ca
• Council Member, Ward 1Holly Fosterhfoster@stclairtownship.ca
• Council Member, Ward 1Pat Brownpbrown@stclairtownship.ca
• Council Member, Ward 2Brad Langstaffblangstaff@stclairtownship.ca
• Council Member, Ward 2Bill Myersbmyers@stclairtownship.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

  The Treasury page links budgets for 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The 2026 link is labelled "2026 Draft Budget", and the PDF's cover says "OPERATING & CAPITAL BUDGET FOR 2026". We did not find a separate page saying which version Council adopted. Source

• Yes
  Audited financial statements

  The 2025 consolidated statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from MNP LLP dated August 10, 2026. The 2024 statements carry a clean opinion dated August 11, 2025. Statements back to 2002 are posted. In the 2025 PDF, two pages (the auditor's-report continuation and the Statement of Financial Position) have no readable text, so we did not use any figure from them. Source

• Unknown
  Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

  We did not find the yearly statement of council pay and expenses on the Township's website. The Township's agendas and reports are kept on a CivicWeb portal whose robots.txt blocks all automated readers, so we did not open it. No pay table is included in this pack. Source

• Partly
  Meeting agendas and minutes

  Minutes are posted on the Township's site, with September 8, 2026 the latest. The 2026 minutes we opened are scanned images with no text layer, so we could not read them. Agendas are on the CivicWeb portal, which blocks automated readers. Source

• Unknown
  Integrity Commissioner and closed meeting reports

  The Integrity Commissioner page names the firm and links complaint forms. We did not find any reports. Source

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

• Reconciliation of the reserve totals at December 31, 2025

  The 2026 budget shows reserves of $13,848,555 estimated at December 31, 2025; the audited statements show $24,730,165. Related question: Why do two Township documents show such different totals for its reserves at the end of 2025?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the working paper or report that reconciles the cash-basis reserve total at December 31, 2025 shown in Exhibit R of the 2026 Budget with the Total Reserves in Schedule 3 of the 2025 audited consolidated financial statements.

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• Financing plan for the Courtright wastewater plant expansion

  The capital list shows a $20,072,640 project with a funding note of "Ext/ Grt 14,261, Deben 5,812". Related question: How will the Township pay for the $20 million Courtright wastewater plant expansion when its sewer reserve is already in deficit?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the financing plan, grant agreements and any report to Council on the Courtright Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion (2025 to 2027), including the planned debenture amount, term and the source of repayment.

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• Statement of council remuneration and expenses for 2025

  We did not find the yearly statement on the Township's website.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the 2025 statement of remuneration and expenses paid to each member of council, prepared under section 284 of the Municipal Act, 2001.

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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 it has retained the law firm Aird & Berlis as Integrity Commissioner for the current term of Council, and links complaint forms for closed meetings, municipal conflict of interest concerns and the conduct of a member of Council. We did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports on the page.

2. Conflict of interest record of disclosure

   The Township posts a yearly conflict of interest log, for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. We did not find a 2026 log. We did not read the logs.