Document

MO-1492

File #  MA-010138-1
Institution/HIC  City of Toronto
Summary  This is an appeal from a decision of the City of Toronto (the City) made under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act ). The appellant sought access to the audio or video recordings of the former City of York council meetings on specific dates between 1989 and 1991. The City issued an interim access decision advising that it had located 13 videotapes as responsive to the request. It estimated that the fee to prepare the responsive records for disclosure would be $4,875.00, and requested a deposit of 50% of that amount. The City also indicated that the records contain personal information, pursuant to section 14 (invasion of privacy) of the Act , which would require severing. The appellant appealed the City's fee estimate and its decision that it would need to sever personal information from the records before granting the appellant access to the records. During mediation of this appeal, the appellant accepted that she should be required to pay the City $5.00 for the cost of each necessary blank videotape. Mediation was not successful and this appeal proceeded to the adjudication stage. I sent a Notice of Inquiry to the City, initially, on the issue of the fee estimate only. The City provided representations, which were shared with the appellant in their entirety, together with a copy of the Notice. The appellant also returned representations.
Legislation
  • MFIPPA
  • 45(1)
Subject Index
Signed by  Dora Nipp
Published  Dec 13, 2001
Type  Order
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