Investigation Report: FIPPA Fee Estimate – Rural municipality
investigations & monitoring
fippa
Summary
Unreasonable fee estimate for access to copies of agendas and minutes relating to an RM committee; provision 6(2) and the Municipal Act 263(1); the RM was of the view that the committee was ad hoc and its records were of a type that were not subject to the requirements of the Municipal Act with regard to minutes of committees. The ombudsman found that the records relating to the RM’s committee (meeting notes, etc.), while not in the prescribed form, appeared to be of the type that should be available to the public under the Municipal Act. Therefore, FIPPA would not apply to the information requested by the complainant and the Estimate of Costs issued by the RM would not be applicable. The RM decided to give the complainant access to the records without charging a fee. The complaint was resolved.
Case 2017-0471