Mayor and Council

Clarington Municipal Council is made up of the Mayor, the head of Council, and six Councillors. We have four local Councillors representing four wards and two regional Councillors. Our Mayor and both regional Councillors represent Clarington on Regional Council.

Back row: Councillor Corinna Traill, Councillor Margaret Zwart, Councillor Lloyd Rang, and Councillor Sami Elhajjeh. Front row: Regional Councillor Granville Anderson, Mayor Adrian Foster, and Regional Councillor Willie Woo

Council considers reports from the General Government and Planning and Development Committees. The General Government Committee sits Monday during the day, at 9:30 a.m. unless it's a holiday and then it moves to Tuesday. The Planning and Development Committee sits the following Monday night, at 6:30 p.m. Council usually follows on the third Monday night at 6:30 p.m., in Council Chambers.

All Council and Committee meetings are open to the public with some exemptions. If you wish to address Council, please visit our Delegations page.

Meetings

See our meetings calendar for future Council and Committee meetings.

Council Highlights

Read highlights from the latest Council meetings.

Agendas, Minutes and Reports

Agendas, minutes and reports are available online, or you can get a copy of the agenda from Municipal Clerk's Office. We will post agendas on the meetings calendar by noon on the Friday before a regular meeting. In the case of a special meeting, we will post the agenda at least 24 hours before the meeting.

Addressing your concerns with Council

To bring your concerns to the attention of all members of Council, you have several options:

You can send correspondence to council@clarington.net to be reviewed and forwarded appropriately.
To have your concern addressed at a Committee or Council meeting, you can send correspondence to the Mayor and Members of Council by submitting them to the Clerk’s Division. By formally submitting correspondence, your concern will be added to the appropriate Council or Committee meeting agenda. Please note that you are required to provide your name, address, and contact information as part of your correspondence, and it will be displayed publicly and included in agendas.
You can request to speak in front of Committee or Council as a delegation.

How is the Mayor elected?

The Mayor is the Head of Council and is elected at large by all eligible electors in the municipality.

How are Municipal Councillors elected?

Clarington is divided into four wards. Each ward has two representatives, a local Councillor and a regional Councillor. Electors in each ward can choose only among the candidates who are running for election in their specific ward. View Clarington's Ward Map to find out who your Councillor is.

What about Regional Council?

The Mayor is a member of the Regional Council. In Clarington, two regional Councillors (one representing Wards 1 and 2; one representing Wards 3 and 4) are elected by the voters to sit on both the regional and local Councils.