May 09, 202409 May 2024
The Ombudsman investigated a closed meeting held by council for the Municipality of Temagami on June 20, 2023. Council relied on the exception for personal matters about an identifiable individual to discuss funds being held by the municipality in relation to property it had sold. The Ombudsman found that part of this discussion fit within the exception, as council discussed tax information about an identifiable individual in relation to the sale of this property. The Ombudsman also found that although the first part of the discussion did not include personal information, it would not have been reasonable for council to have parsed its discussion.