City of Hamilton

The Ombudsman received a complaint regarding a meeting held by the Heritage Permit Review Sub-Committee on March 15, 2022, and a meeting held by the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Advisory Committee on March 29, 2022, for the City if Hamilton. The complaint alleged that both meetings contravened the open meeting rules of the Municipal Act, 2001 because of technical issues with the livestreams. The Ombudsman found that the March 15 meeting experienced a technical glitch causing the livestream to go down for a brief period of time. The Ombudsman received conflicting information regarding the quality and availability of the March 29 meeting livestream and was unable to reach a conclusion as to whether this meeting was open to the public.

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