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## Purpose:
- This Routine Access Policy is intended to clarify which records of the Municipality are available routinely upon request, and which requests for records require review by the Responsible Officer under Part XX, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy, of the Municipal Government Act for conformity with the terms of the Act.
## Objectives:
- This Routine Access Policy will improve public access to the records of the municipality which are not released through active publication, without the requirement to submit a request under Part XX of the Municipal Government Act.
- This policy will provide greater certainty to staff and the public as to which recordscan be routinely accessed by the public, and which records can be accessed onlyby application to the Responsible Officer.
## Application:
- Applications for routine release of information may be made in writing to the staffperson having custody of the record.
- Any applications for records exceeding one copy of a single record must be madein writing to the CAO and such applicants will be expected to pay for the staff timeand costs required to process the application.
- Staff having custody of the requested record may copy and release to the public within 48 hours any record listed in Appendix A to a maximum total of one copy ofone record.
- Staff having custody of the requested record which is not clearly listed in AppendixA shall not release the requested record except as directed by the Responsible Officer.
## Municipality of Cumberland Policy 22-01
## Routine Access Policy
## APPENDIX A
1. All Policies and By-laws approved by Council
2. Any document received by Council or any Committee of Council at any meeting which isnot a "closed session" under Sections 22 or 203 of the Municipal Government Act.
3. All minutes of any meeting of Council or any Committee of Council which is not a "closed session", after the minutes have been approved by the Council of Committee.
4. All agendas of any meeting of Council or any Committee of Council which is not a "closed session"
5. Any permit or approval issued by any officer of the Municipality (including any document directly referenced by the permit or approval), except that the mailing address of the permit holder shall be excised. This specifically does not include the application for such permit or approval, nor any document which is not directly referenced by the permit or approval.
6. Any finished map created and published by the Municipality
7. Printed copies of map images produced by Municipally-licensed programs. This specifically does not include (a) raw data such as shape files or data tables required to produce the map and (b) printed copies of map images or other information pages produced by Property Online.
8. Any newsletter, advertisement or other document publicly distributed by the Municipality
9. Any document published by the Municipality on its website
10. Owner name, civic address, Property Identification number, Assessment Account number and assessed value of any property within the Municipality. This specifically does not include the capped assessment figure or the owner mailing address.
11. The amount of taxes or other debts owed to the Municipality
## Clerk's Annotation for Official Policy Book
Date of Notice to Council Members of Intent to Consider (7 days minimum): April 20, 2022
Date of Passage by Council: April 27, 2022
I certify that this Policy was adopted by Council as indicated above.
fulley Mcg-Caten
pasil 2512221
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