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MO-1869

Document		MO-1869


File #		MA-040125-1


Institution/HIC		Toronto Police Services Board


Summary		The Toronto Police Services Board (the Police) received a request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act ). The requester sought access to “all expense records”, including any “monthly expense summaries” and “the accompanying background receipts” submitted by the Chief of Police from January 1, 2000 to the date of the request. The requester later amended her request to include only records covering three years of expenses. The Police issued an interim decision in which they addressed both the original and the amended requests. They also issued a fee estimate in the amount of $12,600 to cover the cost of four years of records and $9,450 for three years of expense records and requested a deposit of 50% of these amounts as a down payment. In addition, the Police issued a time extension decision under section 20(1) of the Act stating that a time extension of 112 days is required to complete the search for four years of records and 91 days are required to search for three years worth of records. Finally, the Police indicated that some of the requested information may be subject to the discretionary exemption in section 11(d) of the Act (economic interests of an institution). The requester, now the appellant, appealed the decision of the Police to charge a fee and extend the time required to respond to the request. The appellant also requested a fee waiver, which was denied by the Police. During the mediation of the appeal, the appellant withdrew her request for “monthly summaries”, limiting the scope of her request to include only the expense claims and background information for a three or four-year period. I sought and received the representations of the Police, which were shared, with the exception of one sentence, with the appellant. This deletion was made due to the confidential nature of its contents. The appellant also provided representations in response to the Notice, which were shared in their entirety with the Police. I then invited the Police to make additional submissions by way of reply but did not receive any further response.


Legislation		MFIPPA 45(1)


Subject Index		estimate


Signed by		Donald Hale


Published		Nov 22, 2004


Type		Order


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