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If a municipality receives a FOIP request for the salaries of all employees and councillors, does the information have to be released?

April 26, 2017councillors employees FOIP Municipality released request salaries

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If a municipality receives a FOIP request for the salaries of all employees and councillors, does the information have to be released?

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• Under section 217(3) of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), the salaries of councillors, the chief administrative officer and designated officers of the municipalities must be released on request. This section prevails over the FOIP Act. • Section 217(3) of the MGA remains in force. Section 216, the remainder of section 217 and section 218 of the MGA were repealed on October 1, 1999. • For the remaining municipal staff, under section 17(2)(e) of the FOIP Act, disclosing the salary range and discretionary benefits of employees is not an unreasonable invasion of privacy. The exact salary could be released only with an employee’s consent.