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Not the full picture. Built from public records, which leave things out.Older reportDetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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
An older report. We have no 2024 report for Tay in the Province's latest release, so these pages use its 2022 report. It may simply be filed late.
Read by hand. We read Tay'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

Tay 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

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

What council is paid

Every year the town has to publish what each council member was paid, and what was spent on their benefits and expenses. These are the totals from those statements, 2025 to 2025.

In 2025, the whole council cost $207,617 in pay, benefits and expenses, about $37 per home. The mayor's pay went up 0% from 2025 to 2025; prices went up 0% over the same years.
Pay, and benefits and expenses, for each council member by year
Member2025
Ted Walker
Mayor		$43,736+ $560
Barry Norris
Deputy Mayor		$31,835+ $0
Gerard La Chapelle
Councillor		$25,931+ $632
Paul Raymond
Councillor		$25,931+ $300
Sandy Talbot
Councillor		$25,931+ $300
Judy Larmand
Councillor		$25,931+ $300
Sylvia Bumstead
Councillor		$25,931+ $300

Top number: pay. Second number: benefits and expenses together, such as health cover, mileage, conferences and training. Exactly what goes in it differs a little from town to town; the note below says what this town’s statement includes. Some members take the town’s health plan and some do not, so a higher second number is not a problem by itself. The statements give only totals; the receipts behind them can be requested from the clerk.

Each year links to the town's statement. From the Treasurer's Statement of Remuneration and Expenses paid as of December 31, 2025, under the Municipal Act, section 284. "Pay" is the statement's Remuneration (salaries and wages as per T4s). "Other" is expenses (internet allowance, mileage and other eligible expenses). The statement gives council totals of $205,224.84 and $2,392.48. The 2024 and earlier statements were not read.

How open is Tay?

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

  • Yes
    Budgets posted online

    The 2026 budget book, the adopted 2025 budget and earlier years back to 2021 are posted as PDFs on one page. Source

  • Partly
    Audited financial statements

    Statements for 2018 to 2022 are posted. We did not find 2023 or 2024. The 2022 auditor's report is dated March 27, 2024. The 2021 statements are a scan we could not read. Source

  • Yes
    Council pay statement

    The 2025 Statement of Remuneration and Expenses (Municipal Act, section 284) is posted on the Budget and Finances page. Source

  • Unknown
    Meeting agendas and minutes

    The Township posts them on a CivicWeb portal. Its robots.txt asks all automated tools not to read it, so we did not open any agenda or minutes. Source

How to raise a concern

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

  1. Integrity Commissioner and Closed Meeting Investigator

    The Township says it appointed Principles Integrity, effective October 22, 2025, as Integrity Commissioner and closed meeting investigator. The page links the Council Code of Conduct and a Declaration of Pecuniary Interest Registry. We did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports on the pages we read.

  2. Audit Committee

    The Township has an Audit Committee of council to oversee financial reporting, control and audit. We did not find its meeting records because the meeting portal asks automated tools not to read it.