We received complaints about two closed meetings held by council for the Township of Russell during the afternoon and evening of August 10, 2015. Our review found that council did not contravene the Municipal Act, 2001 on the afternoon of August 10 when it went in camera t...
/resources/reports,-cases-and-submissions/municipal-meetings/2016/township-of-russell
We received a complaint that council for the Municipality of St.-Charles discussed items in closed meetings on May 15, 2012, June 19, 2013, and May 29, 2014 that did not fit within the exceptions to the open meeting rules. The Ombudsman found that council for St.-Charles cont...
/resources/reports,-cases-and-submissions/municipal-meetings/2016/municipality-of-st-charles
We received two complaints that council for the City of London held an illegal closed meeting on June 10, 2015. Shortly after the meeting began, there was a disruption in the public gallery and members of the public were asked to leave the building. Once the security issue wa...
/resources/reports,-cases-and-submissions/municipal-meetings/2016/city-of-london
The Ombudsman received a complaint that council for the Township of Tehkummah did not provide proper notice to the public for a special closed council meeting held on December 22, 2017. The Ombudsman found that the township’s discussion fit within the cited “personal matters”...
/resources/reports,-cases-and-submissions/municipal-meetings/2018/township-of-tehkummah
We received complaints that the Town of Petrolia held meetings that did not comply with the open meeting rules when it discussed a proposal by the YMCA in camera on September 11 and October 25, 2017, and when it discussed an individual in closed session on November 14, 2017. ...
/resources/reports,-cases-and-submissions/municipal-meetings/2018/town-of-petrolia
The Ombudsman received three complaints that several closed meetings held by council for the Town of Amherstburg and the Joint Police Advisory Committee did not comply with the open meeting rules in the Municipal Act . The Joint Police Advisory Committee does not fall under ...
/resources/reports,-cases-and-submissions/municipal-meetings/2018/town-of-amherstburg
The Ombudsman received a complaint about a closed meeting of council for the Village of Casselman on January 9, 2018 and about discussions that took place among council members at town hall on January 11, 2018. The Ombudsman found that council for the Village did not violate ...
/resources/reports,-cases-and-submissions/municipal-meetings/2018/village-of-casselman
We received a complaint about a meeting held by the General Issues Committee for the City of Hamilton. The complainant alleged that committee’s two in camera discussions about the city’s contribution to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ bid for the 2020 or 2021 Canadian Football Leagu...
/resources/reports,-cases-and-submissions/municipal-meetings/2019/city-of-hamilton-en
Transparency of Near North District School Board’s decision to close Widdifield Secondary School after the 2016-2017 Pupil Accommodation Review process.
/resources/reports,-cases-and-submissions/reports-on-investigations/2019/lessons-not-learned
The Ombudsman reviewed a complaint alleging that the Saugeen Municipal Airport Commission contravened the Municipal Act, 2001 when it did not provide consistent public notice of its electronic meetings, including instructions on how to access the meetings. The complaint fur...
/resources/reports,-cases-and-submissions/municipal-meetings/2021/saugeen-municipal-airport-commission