{"id":2078,"date":"2021-05-11T23:15:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T03:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/website.hampstead.penega.dev\/city\/town-council\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:29:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:29:00","slug":"municipal-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hampstead.qc.ca\/en\/town\/democratic-life\/municipal-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Municipal Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2078\" class=\"elementor elementor-2078 elementor-294\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec570ec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ec570ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9280d55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9280d55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Political leadership, local governance, and accountability<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b124370 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b124370\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>The Town of Hampstead\u2019s Municipal Council is composed of a Mayor and six elected councillors. It serves as the Town\u2019s decision-making authority and acts in the collective interest of the community. The Council adopts municipal by-laws, approves budgets, sets strategic directions, and oversees municipal governance.<\/h5><h5>Council members carry out their duties within a strict legal and ethical framework, with a strong emphasis on transparency, responsibility, and accountability to residents.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-486f3dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-social_share\" data-id=\"486f3dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social_share.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"share-module\">\n            <span>Share<\/span>\n                            <a href=\"#\" data-network=\"facebook\">\n                    <i class=\"fa-brands fa-facebook\"><\/i>\n                <\/a>\n                                        <a href=\"#\" data-network=\"linkedin\">\n                    <i class=\"fa-brands fa-linkedin\"><\/i>\n         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elementor-element-4193d64 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4193d64\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ccaf95f\" data-id=\"ccaf95f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cc5396 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4cc5396\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hampstead.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Z92_6726-Jeremy-Levi.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-299e9e0\" data-id=\"299e9e0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a0f6fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a0f6fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Jeremy Levi<\/h4><p>Mayor<br \/><a href=\"mailto:jlevi@hampstead.qc.ca\">jlevi@hampstead.qc.ca<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78bbe5b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"78bbe5b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:600}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dbb6ded\" data-id=\"dbb6ded\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6002769 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6002769\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hampstead.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Z92_6753-Michael-Goldwax.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7517b97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7517b97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Michael Goldwax<\/b><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 1.8rem;\">Seat 1<br \/><\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 1.8rem;\" href=\"mailto:mgoldwax@hampstead.qc.ca\">mgoldwax@hampstead.qc.ca<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf16391\" data-id=\"bf16391\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10e6672 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"10e6672\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hampstead.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Z92_6807-Alan-Farkas.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b577dce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b577dce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Alan Farkas<br \/><\/b>Seat 2<br \/><a href=\"mailto:afarkas@hampstead.qc.ca\">afarkas@hampstead.qc.ca<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f890304\" data-id=\"f890304\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-661241b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"661241b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hampstead.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Z92_6706-Leon-Elfassy.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd15c07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd15c07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Leon Elfassy<\/b><br \/>Seat 3<br \/><a href=\"mailto:lelfassy@hampstead.qc.ca\">lelfassy@hampstead.qc.ca<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e7ad468 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loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2265bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2265bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Larry Zoltak<\/strong><br \/>Seat 4<br \/><a href=\"mailto:lzoltak@hampstead.qc.ca\">lzoltak@hampstead.qc.ca<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19a32e8\" data-id=\"19a32e8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b2a507 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8b2a507\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hampstead.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Z92_6832-Jeffrey-Budning.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c69cdf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c69cdf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Jeffrey Budning<\/strong><br \/>Seat 5<br \/><a href=\"mailto:jbudning@hampstead.qc.ca\">jbudning@hampstead.qc.ca<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a2005d\" data-id=\"7a2005d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Total number of regular and special Council meetings from November 17, 2025, to September 24, 2029:<\/p><table style=\"width: 96.5651%; height: 48px;\" width=\"428\"><tbody><tr style=\"height: 24px;\"><td style=\"width: 23.138%; height: 24px;\" width=\"255\"><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width: 28.8516%; height: 24px;\" width=\"95\"><strong>Regular<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"width: 68.279%; height: 24px;\" width=\"78\"><strong>Special<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr style=\"height: 24px;\"><td style=\"width: 23.138%; height: 24px;\">5<\/td><td style=\"width: 28.8516%; height: 24px;\" width=\"95\">3<\/td><td style=\"width: 68.279%; height: 24px;\">2<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><table style=\"width: 97.1152%;\"><tbody><tr><th style=\"width: 37.5712%;\">Council meeting missed by:<\/th><th style=\"width: 23.5294%;\" colspan=\"2\"><center>Regular (%)<\/center><\/th><th style=\"width: 14.423%;\" colspan=\"2\"><center>Special (%)<\/center><\/th><th style=\"width: 21.2505%;\" colspan=\"2\"><center>Total (%)<\/center><\/th><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 37.5712%;\">Mayor Jeremy Levi<\/td><td style=\"width: 6.64137%;\">0<\/td><td style=\"width: 16.888%;\"><center>0%<\/center><\/td><td style=\"width: 6.07211%;\">0<\/td><td style=\"width: 8.35094%;\"><center>0%<\/center><\/td><td style=\"width: 10.8141%;\">0<\/td><td style=\"width: 10.4364%;\"><center>0%<\/center><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 37.5712%;\">Councillor Michael Goldwax<\/td><td style=\"width: 6.64137%;\">1<\/td><td style=\"width: 16.888%;\"><center>33%<\/center><\/td><td style=\"width: 6.07211%;\">2<\/td><td style=\"width: 8.35094%;\"><center>100%<\/center><\/td><td style=\"width: 10.8141%;\">3<\/td><td style=\"width: 10.4364%;\"><center>60%<\/center><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 37.5712%;\">Councillor Alan Farkas<\/td><td style=\"width: 6.64137%;\">0<\/td><td style=\"width: 16.888%;\"><center>0%<\/center><\/td><td style=\"width: 6.07211%;\">0<\/td><td style=\"width: 8.35094%;\"><center>0%<\/center><\/td><td style=\"width: 10.8141%;\">0<\/td><td style=\"width: 10.4364%;\"><center>0%<\/center><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 37.5712%;\">Councillor Leon Elfassy<\/td><td style=\"width: 6.64137%;\">1<\/td><td style=\"width: 16.888%;\"><center>33%<\/center><\/td><td style=\"width: 6.07211%;\">2<\/td><td style=\"width: 8.35094%;\"><center>100%<\/center><\/td><td style=\"width: 10.8141%;\">3<\/td><td style=\"width: 10.4364%;\"><center>60%<\/center><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 37.5712%;\">Councillor Larry Zoltak<\/td><td style=\"width: 6.64137%;\">0<\/td><td style=\"width: 16.888%;\"><center>0%<\/center><\/td><td style=\"width: 6.07211%;\">0<\/td><td style=\"width: 8.35094%;\"><center>0%<\/center><\/td><td style=\"width: 10.8141%;\">0<\/td><td style=\"width: 10.4364%;\"><center>0%<\/center><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"width: 37.5712%;\">Councillor Jeffrey 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