MO-4564

An individual asked the city for records related to a complaint made against his property. The city provided him with full access to photographs and emails but only provided him with partial access to a city staff note explaining that disclosure of some of the information would be an unjustified invasion of another individual’s personal privacy (section 38(b)). The individual seeks access to the information that was not provided to him on the basis that the public interest override (section 16) applies to allow the city to disclose it to him. The individual also questions whether the search conducted by the city was reasonable.
In this order, the adjudicator upholds the city’s decision not to disclose the information it withheld and finds that the public interest override does not apply to permit its disclosure. She also finds that the city’s search for records was reasonable.