I first want to clarify that our current treasurer Mr, Andrechuk was in no way responsible for this financial mess we are in as if I remember correctly he was not employed with the township at that time. All this happened during the time that the 4 councillors Annette Bays, Scott Anderson, Jonathan Pita and Deborah Hall Chancey aka Deborah Hall were desperately trying to terminate the treasurer who was raising concerns with me about the financial irregularities. The treasurer who was terminated for cause ended up taking legal action against the above named 4 councillors in a lawsuit that is discussed under the link treasurer lawsuit. Besides the 4 councillors, the staff involved in this financial mess was the CAO Rhonda Bunn and the township engineering consultant John Thompson as per the staff reports as they were township staff who were well aware of the requirements of the DC bylaw and the watson reports on water and wastewater, including the IBI report attached below. Below is an email correspondence between myself and Scott Anderson on the Colgan financials followed by an email between myself and the Township treasurer.
In my email please note that in point 6 the amount is 3 million and 2 million not 300,000 and 200,000. Scott Anderson has made many statements about water and wastewater that are not factual as per the Land Tribunal decision. I asked him to direct me to the section of the Land Tribunal decision but he could not. He cannot give any justification for the savings of $5,000,000 as there is no requirement in the legally binding land tribunal decision that the wastewater plant had to be built to accommodate the pre-existing Colgan homes and no one from the pre-existing homes in colgan have indicated they want to connect to the wastewater plant.
Scott Anderson admits in his email below that he was well informed after having talked with staff and the developer. If he was well informed, was he aware of all the financial problems in Colgan and still approved the subdivision? He further states that manipulations took place. What were these manipulations? How did he know this and what was his participation in these manipulations? When Scott Anderson talks about manipulations is he referring to all these financial irregularities that he, Jonathan Pita, Deborah Hall Chancey aka Deborah Hall and Annette Bays approved in recorded votes ?
The township treasurer answering my questions on the Colgan financials confirms the Township has lost $1.3 million on DC revenue this was caused by the 4 past councillors Annette Bays, Scott Anderson, Deborah Hall Chancey aka Deborah Hall, Jonathan Pita approving the Colgan subdivision a month before the new DC rates bylaw. This $1.3 million will be higher as the treasurer took the 2021 rates but as per his staff report below page 2 of 5 (after the emails) the first building permits were issued in November 2022 so I took an increase in indexing from 2021 to 2022 to come to a loss of around $2.3 million on DC charges. The new council who voted to remove the hold without doing their due diligence on the financials are also responsible. These members of council should be held legally liable to return all the losses that all residents of the township are now left to pay. Again this is not the fault of the developer as it is council who approved the reports. All this money from hook up fees was to be used to pay up the municipal water users debt by returning the loan to working funds and then payback all the residents on private wells, this would in turn reduce the water rates. Attached below are
- Two emails (total 15 pages) between Mayor Scott Anderson and myself.
- Email from Township treasurer answering my financial questions (total 12 pages)
- Staff report on Colgan financials dated October 8, 2025
- One page from Watson report dated March 21, 2019 relating to my questions to the treasurer on Colgan. The report states the connection charges would be indexed annually based on capital cost indices and updated periodically as updated capital cost estimates or actual costs are known. If the connection charges were to be updated annually then why did the charges not cover the cost of the wastewater plant? Why did the treasurer state we had a shortfall of over $19 million in his staff report attached below?
- Page from IBI report from Tribute dated 2019 relating to my questions to the treasurer. The report besides the red mark states “Growth related capital costs for water and wastewater are typically recovered through Development charges.” The report further states “as the capital costs have not been included in the development charges program for Adjala Tosorontio. To recover these capital costs, the township utilizes “connection fees” for water and wastewater services for new developments and private service connections.” But again the past council used connection charges that did not recover the cost of the $35 million plant. This resulted in a shortfall of over $19 million. Why was the wrong connection charges used and who approved them? What is the actual cost of the wastewater plant is it $35 million or $17 million based on the connection fees?
- Page from EXP report from Tribute dated 2019 relating to my questions to the treasurer. This document shows the detailed breakdown for the Colgan wastewater plant in 2019 as $13,950,000 almost $14 million in 2019.
If the cost for the wastewater plant went up to $35 million as per the staff report more than double in two years. Why was no updated detailed costs breakup showing the $35 million provided to council in 2021 with the subdivision agreement on November 9, 2021 for the wastewater plant.
Scott Anderson email reply on Colgan financials page 1
