REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: October 21, 2019 Report No. ADM-19-031
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Rachel Dumas, Manager of Corporate Services
SUBJECT:
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Council Policy No. ADMIN - 75 (Video Surveillance)
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council approve Council Policy No. ADMIN-75 (Video Surveillance) as attached to Staff Report ADM-19-031.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Freedom of Information Bylaw, 2012, No. 2795
Community Charter s. 95
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act [FIPPA]
Council Policy No. ADMIN-42 (Records Management)
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Excellence in Public Service - Engage, Respect and Respond to the needs of our community.
BACKGROUND:
Staff acknowledges a need to strike a balance between the Township's responsibility to promote a safe and secure environment and to protect the privacy of individuals while supporting the use of video surveillance technology to promote public safety and the security of the Township's assets and property in accordance with established standards and procedures (Attachment No.'s 1 & 2). Staff completed and submitted a Privacy Impact Statement (Attachment No. 3) and a copy of draft Policy No. ADMIN-75 (Attachment No. 4) to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC) in September 2019 for review and comments.
ISSUES:
1. Rationale for Selected Option
The purpose of this policy is to ensure that video surveillance technology is used for safety and security purposes and conducted in a manner that is in accordance with the provisions of British Columbia's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and other relevant legislation. This policy will assist staff that have identified an appropriate use for the video surveillance in a manner that complies with FIPPA, all other relevant legislation and records management requirements. In addition, the OIPC provided no additional text revisions to the draft policy and were sati...
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