Municipal Council
Mayor, Brent Devolin
Deputy Mayor, Lisa Schell
Cllr at Large, Ron Nesbitt
Cllr Ward 1, Bob Carter
Cllr Ward 1, Jennifer Hughey
Cllr Ward 2, Pam Sayne
Cllr Ward 3, Jean NevilleCouncil Office and Contact Information
The office for the Minden Hills Council members is located on the 2nd floor of the Administration Building, 7 Milne Street, Minden. Council members can also be reached by mail to:
PO Box 359
Minden, Ontario
K0M 2K0
| Position | Committee Chair and Deputy Chair for: | Phone | |
| Mayor | Brent Devolin | Chair: Ex officio & Building and By-law Deputy Chair: Economic Development & Cultural Centre and Roads |
705-455-7077 or 705-286-1260 ext. 520 |
| Deputy Mayor | Lisa Schell | Chair: Environmental and Property & Fire Services | 705-286-1035 |
| Councillor at Large | Ron Nesbitt | Chair: Roads Deputy Chair: Fire Services |
705-328-5590 |
| Councillor Ward 1 | Bob Carter | Chair: Planning and Development Deputy Chair: Finance and General Government |
905-302-7510 or 705-286-1260 ext. 522 |
| Councillor Ward 1 | Jennifer Hughey | Chair: Economic Development & Cultural Centre Deputy Chair: Environmental & Property and Community Services |
705-854-1205 |
| Councillor Ward 2 | Pam Sayne | Chair: Finance and General Government Deputy Chair: Planning & Development |
705-455-2442 or 705-286-1260 ext. 523 |
| Councillor Ward 3 | Jean Neville | Chair: Community Services Deputy Chair: Building & By-law |
705-286-2345 |
The role of Council is to represent the public and to consider the well-being and interests of the Municipality. Council is responsible for developing and evaluating policies and programs for the Municipality, evaluating the services which the Municipality provides and maintaining the financial integrity of the Municipality. Council’s role is to ensure that administrative policies, practices and procedures are in place to implement the decisions of council, and to ensure the accountability and transparency of the operations of the Municipality.
Council serves a four year term and the election process includes a municipal-wide voter selection of the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Councillor-at-Large positions. The Municipality is broken into three sub-geographical regions called Wards. The Wards represent the Townships that amalgamated to become the Township of Minden Hills, with Ward 1 being the former Anson, Hindon and Minden Townships. Ward 2 was once the Township of Lutterworth and Ward 3 is the former Township of Snowdon. Eligible voters also select a Trustee of the elementary and secondary schools for Trillium Lakelands District School Board and Conseil scolaire de district du Centre Sud-Ouest.
The current Council was elected in the Fall of 2018 and will serve until the Fall of 2022. The next Municipal Election will take place in October of 2022.
