While I have been relying on FOI requests for decades with the town of Amherstburg, former Amherstburg Police and now Windsor Police, the town started a master list of FOI requests, and outcomes, since 2013.
I couldn’t find any notations of appeals but they exist.
Although the town’s chart states ‘full disclosure,’ it omits my appeal of the town’s $187.50 fee for my personal information because fees for personal information are different from fees for general information.
History of one request:
June 2022 request: any copies of records from former Clerk Paula Parker pertaining to the Accessible Customer Service Policy and the applicant’s input regarding the draft on Council’s December 14, 2020 meeting agenda; this would include, but not limited to, information to Mayor DiCarlo, members of Town Council or notes to herself.
Then-Clerk Critchley acknowledged receipt of request.
Critchley then provided a fee letter for:
Search 6 hours @ $7.50/15 minutes = $180.00
Preparation 15 minutes @ $7.50/15 minutes = $7.50
Total = $187.50
Appeal filed July 2022.
Notice of Mediation January 2023
At mediation, in January 2023, the town waived the fee and provided full disclosure.
Generous of the town to waive a fee for search and prep of my personal information that should not have been imposed.
The number of full and partial disclosures is noteworthy. Time spent on formal FOI requests and/or appeals could have been saved if the town enacted a Routine Disclosure Policy like it was supposedly doing three and a half years ago.
Related:
A Year Later, No Town Policy Re Routine Requests For Information
Request For Routine Disclosure Policy Now Two Years Old
Request For Routine Disclosure Policy Now Three Years Old
Councillor Prue Supports Routine Disclosure Policy
Amherstburg Clerk And Mayor Respond to Routine Disclosure Policy Request
Amherstburg Needs Routine Disclosure Policy
Reporter’s And Individual’s Requests For Information Compared
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