Town of South Bruce Peninsula
October 14, 2021
14 October 2021
The Ombudsman received a complaint alleging that council for the Town of South Bruce Peninsula improperly met in closed session on March 16, 2021, to receive a delegation contrary to the Municipal Act, 2001.
The Ombudsman received a complaint alleging that council for the Town of South Bruce Peninsula improperly met in closed session on March 16, 2021, to receive a delegation contrary to the Municipal Act, 2001. Specifically, the complaint alleged that council should have received the delegation about a proposed aquaculture facility in open session. The Ombudsman’s review found that council’s discussion was permissible under the Act’s closed meeting exception for information supplied in confidence by a third party in s.239(2)(i).
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