Cobourg Mayor Lucas Cleveland has released a statement concerning a recent Council meeting.
On September 24, 2025 there was discussion regarding the Mayor’s credit card associated with the Town of Cobourg.
There were discussions on making the transactions public, but in the end the motion was removed and business carried on.
On October 1, Cleveland issued a statement saying, it was “pre-electioneering and co-ordinated theatrical histrionics” with the information already being fully available.
Cleveland stated, “I will be publishing every single expense on the Office of the Mayor website every month going forward regarding the Office of the Mayor corporate credit card, so that anyone interested in what those expenses entail will have them readily and completely available on a continuous basis.”
Below is the statement from the Office of the Mayor
Office of the Mayor
October 1, 2025
At our most recent Council meeting a member of Council brought up the corporate credit card connected to the Office of the Mayor. This corporate card activated under the previous mayoral regime is common in communities across Canada.
Pre-electioneering and co-ordinated theatrical histrionics aside, this information in question is already fully available and has always been a matter of the public record and will of course continue to be accessible to all Councillors and citizens alike.
I want to thank Councillor Bureau and Deputy Mayor Beatty, in particular, for inspiring the following idea.
Starting October 1st 2025, I will be publishing every single expense on the Office of the Mayor website every month going forward regarding the Office of the Mayor corporate credit card, so that anyone interested in what those expenses entail will have them readily and completely available on a continuous basis.
I will also shortly be enacting a Strong Mayor directive around this corporate card.
Thank you,
Lucas Cleveland
Mayor, Town of Cobourg
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