Meetings, decisions of council
10.2(1)Subject to subsection (4), all regular and special meetings of a council shall be open to the public.
10.2(2)All decisions of a council shall be
(a)
made in a regular or special meeting of the council, and
(b)
adopted by a by-law or resolution of the council.
10.2(2.1)No act or decision of a council is valid unless it is authorized or adopted by a by-law or resolution at a council meeting.
10.2(3)Subject to subsection (4), all meetings of a committee of council shall be open to the public.
10.2(4)If it is necessary at a meeting of a council or a committee of council to discuss any of the following matters, the public may be excluded from the meeting for the duration of the discussion:
(a)
information the confidentiality of which is protected by law;
(b)
personal information;
(c)
information that could cause financial loss or gain to a person or the municipality or could jeopardize negotiations leading to an agreement or contract;
(d)
the proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land for a municipal purpose;
(e)
information that could violate the confidentiality of information obtained from the Government of Canada or from the Province;
(f)
information concerning legal opinions or advice provided to the municipality by a municipal solicitor, or privileged communications as between solicitor and client in a matter of municipal business;
(g)
litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality or any of its agencies, boards or commissions, including a matter before an administrative tribunal;
(h)
the access to or security of particular buildings, other structures or systems, including computer or communication systems, or the access to or security of methods employed to protect such buildings, other structures or systems;
(i)
information gathered by police, including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, in the course of investigating any illegal activity or suspected illegal activity, or the source of such information; or
(j)
labour and employment matters, including the negotiation of collective agreements.
10.2(5)If a meeting of a committee of council is closed to the public pursuant to subsection (4), no decisions shall be made at the meeting except for decisions related to
(b)
directions to an officer of the municipality, or
(c)
directions to a solicitor for the municipality.
10.2(6)If a meeting is closed to the public pursuant to subsection (4), a record shall be made containing only the following:
(a)
the type of matter under subsection (4) that was discussed during the meeting; and
(b)
the date of the meeting.
10.2(7)The record made under subsection (6) shall be available for examination by the public in the office of the clerk during regular office hours.
1981, c.52, s.1.1; 1982, c.43, s.2; 2003, c.27, s.6