Section 239 of the Municipal Act lays out specific requirements which must be met to allow Town Council to meet in a closed meeting.  All Town Council meetings which don't meet these requirements must be held in public.  

Section 239.1 of the Municipal Act gives the public the ability to request an investigation into whether the municipality has complied with the open meeting requirements of the Municipal Act. 

Closed Meeting Investigation Requests

If you feel that any board or committee of has failed to meet its closed meeting requirements, then you may submit a closed meeting complaint electronically using the online closed meeting investigation request form. The Town's closed meeting investigator is the Association of Municipalities of Ontario's (AMO) Local Authority Services (LAS) who has appointed Aird and Berlis LLP to conduct closed meeting investigations on its behalf. 

The Town Clerk will forward all investigation requests to Aird and Berlis LLP, the Town's closed meeting investigator.  Once received, Aird and Berlis LLP will investigate the circumstances of the closed meeting referenced and report publicly on the results of that investigation.