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Council Meetings

All Council Meetings begin at 7:00pm and are held in the Council Chambers at Victoria Hall.

Agenda’s for the upcoming meetings will be posted the Friday prior to the meeting. Please join us.

Council Agendas
Council Meeting Schedule

2018-2022 Term of Council, Council and Committee Meeting attendance record

C00 – CNL 19 – 2019 Council Attendance Tracking – Committee Meetings

C00 – CNL 20 – 2020 Council Attendance Tracking – Committee Meetings -all 2020

C00 – CNL 21 – 2021 Council Attendance Tracking – Committee Meetings

2022 Council Attendance Tracking – Council Meetings

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Requesting a Certificate

We provide congratulatory certificates to individuals, groups, businesses and other organizations in Petrolia to commemorate anniversaries, birthdays, milestone occasions, official openings and other special honours.

If you would like to request a certificate, please include all of the following details:

• Type of certificate requested
• Name of recipient
• Address of recipient
• Date of anniversary/birthday/occasion
• Date of celebration (if different)
• Pick up or mailed?
• Mailed to recipient or contact?
• Your name
• Your phone number
• Your email
• Your address

These certificates are not civic endorsements.

Requests should be sent to Mandi Pearson – Deputy Clerk/Operations Clerk (at least 14 days prior to your event).
E-mail your request to: mpearson@petrolia.ca or call: (519)882-2350.

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Requesting Town Pins

If your charitable organization, agency or sports team would like to hand out town pins at an upcoming meeting, event or tournament, please include the following details:

• Your name
• Your organization
• Your phone number
• Your address
• Your email
• Request and reason

Requests should be sent to Laurissa Ellsworth – Director of Marketing, Arts and Communications at least 14 days prior to your event.
E-mail your request to: lellsworth@petrolia.ca or call: (519)882-2350, Ext. 231.

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Council Remuneration Reports

2020 Council Remuneration and Expense report

2018 – Council renumeration and expense report

2017 – Council remuneration and expense report

2016 Council Remuneration and Expense Report

2015 – Council remuneration and expense report

2014 – Council remuneration and expense report

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Mayoral Powers and Duties Under the Municipal Act

On May 1, 2025, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, by regulation, designated the Town of Petrolia for the purpose of section 284.2 of the Municipal Act.

This means that Part VI.1 of the Municipal Act (Special Powers and Duties of Heads of Council), is now applicable to the Town of Petrolia.

Under Part VI.1 of the Municipal Act, the Mayor has the following special powers and duties as the head of Town Council:

• Appointing the municipality’s Chief Administrative Officer. The Mayor may choose to delegate this specific power or duty.
• Determining the organizational structure of the municipality. The Mayor may choose to delegate this specific power or duty.
• Creating prescribed committees, assigning their functions, and appointing the chairs and vice-chairs of those committees that are comprised fully of members of council. The Mayor may choose to delegate this specific power or duty.
• Proposing and adopting the municipal budget, subject to Council amendments and a Mayoral veto and Council override process.
• Vetoing certain by-laws if the Mayor is of the opinion that all or part of the by-law could potentially interfere with a provincial priority.
o Under the Planning Act | The Municipal Act | Section 2 of the Development Charges Act
• Bringing forward matters for Council consideration if the Mayor is of the opinion that considering the matter could potentially advance a provincial priority.

The prescribed provincial priorities are:

• Building 1.5 million new residential units by December 31, 2031.
• Constructing and maintaining infrastructure to support housing including:
• Transit
• Roads
• Utilities
• Servicing

The Mayor is required to exercise these powers in writing and make them available to the public, subject to the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Mayoral Directions and Decisions can be found here through CivicWeb.

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