Not the full picture. Built from public records, which leave things out.Older reportDetails
This is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date.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 youAn older report. We have no 2024 report for Tehkummah in the Province's latest release, so these pages use its 2022 report. It may simply be filed late.
Read by hand. We read Tehkummah'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
Tehkummah 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
- MayorJohn DeforgeJDeForge@
tehkummah.ca - Deputy MayorSteve Woodswood@
tehkummah.ca - CouncillorPerry Chatwellpchatwell@
tehkummah.ca - CouncillorLorie Leesonlleeson@
tehkummah.ca - CouncillorMike McKenziemmckenzie@
tehkummah.ca
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 Tehkummah?
What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 7, 2026.
- NoBudgets posted online
We did not find an adopted 2025 or 2026 budget on the pages we read. The Township's June 9, 2026 meeting package lists a "Draft 2026 Budget" as an item but does not include it. The only budget document on the public documents page is a 2024 budget bylaw saved as a picture of the pages, which we could not read, so we used no figure from it. Source
- PartlyAudited financial statements
The public documents page lists statements for 2020, 2021 and 2022. We did not find statements for 2023, 2024 or 2025. The 2021 and 2022 statements both carry an auditor's report dated August 14, 2024 with a clean opinion ("present fairly"). The 2020 statements are a scan we could not read. Source
- NoCouncil pay and expenses (s. 284)
We did not find a yearly statement of council pay and expenses on the pages we read, so the pack carries no pay table. The September 15, 2026 agenda lists council remuneration as a working-session item. Source
- PartlyMeeting agendas and minutes
Minutes are posted as PDFs on a page of 62 meeting entries. Most minutes from before August 2025 are pictures of pages with no text we could read. Several 2026 entries show a "View Minutes" button with no link behind it in the page we downloaded. The agenda for September 15, 2026 asks council to adopt minutes from April 15 to August 11, 2026 at that one meeting. Agendas are posted on the Notices page. Source
- UnknownMeeting videos
We did not find meeting videos linked from the Township's pages. Source
- UnknownIntegrity Commissioner and closed meeting reports
We did not find a page naming the Township's accountability officers or any of their reports. Source
- NoTender results
The tenders page lists a 2025 gravel tender and four 2025 marina requests for quotes. We did not find who won or for how much. Source