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by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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

Tarbutt 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

  • MayorLennox Smith
  • CouncillorUrsula Abbott
  • CouncillorDave Farrar
  • CouncillorJacqui Nagel
  • CouncillorDarren McClelland

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 Tarbutt?

What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 7, 2026.

  • Partly
    Agendas and minutes

    Agenda packages and minutes for every meeting from 2021 to October 7, 2026 are listed on one page. Most of the 2025 and 2026 agenda and minutes files are pictures of pages with no readable text, so a screen reader or a search cannot use them. We could read only one agenda package (February 18, 2026). Source

  • Partly
    Budgets posted online

    The page lists a 2025 budget summary and a 2026 tax rate by-law. The 2026 by-law file has no readable text (it is a picture of pages), so we could not read the 2026 budget. In the 2025 summary the budget table printed its labels and its numbers in separate blocks, so we did not use it. Source

  • Yes
    Audited financial statements

    Statements for 2021 to 2025 are posted. The 2025 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from the Township's auditor, dated April 23, 2026. The 2024 statements are dated June 25, 2025. Source

  • Unknown
    Council pay statements (section 284)

    We did not find a statement of council remuneration and expenses on the pages we looked at (council, by-laws, policies, financial statements). A remuneration by-law is posted, but the file is a picture of pages with no readable text, so we did not use it. Source

  • Yes
    Integrity Commissioner

    The Township's site says council has appointed an outside Integrity Commissioner and links the appointing by-law. We did not find any reports posted. Source