Controlling Internal Access To Local Government Records

Common Law Right to Access
Local government elected officials and employees have the right of access to local government records, in common with other members of the public under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPPA). However, it is not that type of access that is at issue here: it is the access to and, in some cases, the possession of municipal records that flows from the fact of being elected to or employed by the local government. That is not a right of access held in common with members of the public generally.