Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

Timmins is run by an elected council of 9 people. They set the budget, approve big purchases and hire the senior staff who run the city day to day.

Current council

• MayorMichelle Boileaumayor@timmins.ca
• CouncillorSteve Black
• CouncillorJohn Curley
• CouncillorLorne Feldman
• CouncillorBill Gvozdanovic
• CouncillorAndrew Marks
• CouncillorKristin Murray
• CouncillorCory Robin
• CouncillorRock Whissell

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

• Yes
  Budgets posted online

  The 2026, 2025 and 2024 council budget packages, and comparative budget reports back to 2011 to 2012, are posted as PDFs on one page. The City also posts a 2026 budget page with the tax levy. Source

• Partly
  Audited financial statements

  The newest audited statements posted on October 5, 2026 are for 2024. KPMG LLP gave a clean opinion ("present fairly") dated January 23, 2026. We did not find 2025 statements. The posted 2023 statements are a scan, and the auditor's report page prints "(date)" where the date should be. Source

• Partly
  Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

  The 2025 statement was on the March 24, 2026 council agenda (item 5.i), as a scanned page. We did not find a separate posted copy, and we did not read the pay table because its text layer is scrambled. Source

• Yes
  Meeting agendas and minutes

  Agendas for 2026 council meetings are posted in the CivicWeb document centre, including one dated October 6, 2026. We did not read minutes. Source

• Unknown
  Meeting video

  The City says meetings are streamed and kept on demand. We did not open the video page. Source

• Partly
  Integrity Commissioner reports

  An annual summary letter is in the March 24, 2026 agenda. Reports on single complaints were not found. Source

• Council Webcasts

  The City says live council meetings can be streamed, and past meetings watched on demand, from this page of its website. We did not check how far back the videos go.

1. Send the request in writing to the city clerk (the freedom of information coordinator), on the city’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 city 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 city 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 city’s decision.

The city's request form (on its Forms page) · The law · Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

• Golden Manor redevelopment: cost, funding and draws to date

  The 2024 statements give a forecast cost of $130.0 million and an Infrastructure Ontario agreement of $75,749,732, of which $24,000,000 had been advanced at December 31, 2024. They don't say what has been drawn since or how the rest is funded. Related question: Why did Timmins' long-term debt rise from $38,697,926 to $59,986,112 in 2024, with $75,749,732 of Golden Manor borrowing agreed and a $24,000,000 loan to be refinanced in 2027?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the most recent report to Council or the Golden Manor Redevelopment Steering Committee showing the forecast total cost of the Golden Manor redevelopment, the sources of funding (grants, fundraising, debt and municipal contribution), the amount drawn from the Infrastructure Ontario financing agreement to date, and the City's most recent Annual Repayment Limit calculation.

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• Integrity Commissioner reports and Council's decisions, July 2024 to July 2025

  The Integrity Commissioner's annual letter says one complaint was upheld with a recommended reprimand and a 30-day suspension of pay, and does not say what Council decided. Related question: What did Council decide after the Integrity Commissioner upheld one Code of Conduct complaint, and why is the cost of the second complaint not yet reported?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the Integrity Commissioner's reports to Council for the period July 9, 2024 to July 8, 2025, and the resolutions or minutes recording Council's decision on any recommended reprimand or suspension of remuneration. Names of complainants may be removed.

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The wording is a starting point, not legal advice. Narrow the dates if the city says a request is too broad or too costly.

1. Integrity Commissioner

   The City's Integrity Commissioner (an outside office, ADR Chambers) sent Council an annual report on March 5, 2026, for July 9, 2024 to July 8, 2025. It says two formal Code of Conduct complaints were investigated and one was upheld. It does not name the councillor or say what Council decided. We did not find the investigation reports themselves.

2. Code of Conduct for Members of Council

   The Mayor and Council page links the Code of Conduct, the complaint protocol and an informal and a formal complaint form.

3. Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest

   The City's CivicWeb document centre has a folder of disclosures of pecuniary interest. We did not read it.