With a consultant currently determining Wilmot’s priorities for 2026 as part of developing the first strong-mayor’s budget in the township’s history, residents and councillors are curious to know what to expect.

“We’ve always been able to look at a budget and been able to analyze it, do a gap analysis between previous ones, and respond to it,” said resident Barry Wolfe, during a special meeting Monday updating council on the process.

“There’s nothing this year,” Wolfe said. “I’m really disappointed that there seems to be two groups as I’m sitting here — those in the know, and those who don’t know what’s going on.”

Following internal restructuring within the township’s financial division, Wilmot Mayor Natasha Salonen exercised her strong-mayor powers to have KPMG lead the township’s 2026

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