Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

Wilmot is run by an elected council of 6 people. They set the budget, approve big purchases and hire the senior staff who run the town day to day.

Current council

• MayorNatasha Salonennatasha.salonen@wilmot.ca
• Ward 1 CouncillorStewart Cressmanstewart.cressman@wilmot.ca
• Ward 2 CouncillorKris Wilkinsonkris.wilkinson@wilmot.ca
• Ward 3 CouncillorHarvir Sidhuharvir.sidhu@wilmot.ca
• Ward 4 CouncillorSteven Martinsteven.martin@wilmot.ca
• Ward 4 CouncillorLillianne Dunstalllillianne.dunstall@wilmot.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 2026 budget book, a line-by-line summary and three appendices are posted, with budgets back to 2011. The 2025 budget PDF we opened is an image with almost no readable text, so we did not use it. Source

• Partly
  Audited financial statements

  The financial statements page lists statements back to 2016, but the newest is for 2023. The auditor's report on 2023 is dated April 29, 2025. We did not find statements for 2024 or 2025 on the page. Source

• Unknown
  Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

  We did not find a yearly statement of council remuneration and expenses on the pages we read. It may be in a council agenda, which we could not open (see below). Source

• Unknown
  Meeting agendas and minutes

  The Township links agendas and minutes from a council calendar. That site returned a security block to a scripted download (HTTP 403), and eScribe documents also returned 403. We did not get around either, so we read no agendas or minutes. Source

• Yes
  Mayor's strong mayor decisions

  Each written decision is posted as a PDF with a number, date and subject. 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

• The KPMG engagement for the 2026 budget and long-term financial plan

  The Township says the work is paid from vacancy savings but does not print the fee. Related question: How much is KPMG being paid to build Wilmot's budget and long-term plan, and how was it chosen?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the engagement letter or contract between the Township of Wilmot and KPMG for the 2026 budget and long-term financial plan, any purchasing approval for it, and the total amount invoiced and paid to KPMG from January 1, 2025 to the date of this request.

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• Development charge and building department fund balances at December 31, 2024 and 2025

  The 2023 statements print both funds as negative, and the 2024 and 2025 statements are not posted. Related question: Why did Wilmot's development charge fund end 2023 $5,914,272 in the red, while the Township also borrowed $5,806,000?.

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  Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request the balance of each obligatory reserve fund of the Township of Wilmot (development charges, recreational parkland, building department, Canada Community-Building Fund and OCIF) at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2025, with the working papers or continuity schedule for each, and any report to Council on the development charge fund deficit.

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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's Integrity Commissioner investigates Code of Conduct complaints and reports to Council. The Township posts annual reports for 2022 to 2024 and two investigation reports. Some of these sit on the Township's eScribe portal, which refused our scripted download, so we did not read them.

2. Mayoral decisions (strong mayor powers)

   Since May 1, 2025 the Mayor has strong mayor powers. The Township says the Mayor must record each use in writing, and posts a list of decisions, mostly written approvals of by-laws passed at Council meetings.

3. Disclosures of pecuniary interest

   The Township posts members' written disclosures of pecuniary interest, by member, with date, meeting, agenda item and the member's reason. We did not build any question on them.