The Public-Records LedgerCity of London, Ontario · Final Public Edition 5.0
Records requests

Six requests that would close the remaining tests

Evidence lock: August 20, 2026

Each request names its custodian service area, the period covered, the exact records and fields needed, and the search and processing direction a requester should specify. These are drafted to be filed as written.

Custodians: Environment & Infrastructure; Finance; LTC for HighburyPeriod: 2014-01-01 to 2026-08-20Format: Native CSV/XLSX/export + searchable PDFs + index/data dictionary

Records requested

  • Highbury Facility rebuild; Mud Creek East Branch Phase 2; Springbank Dam decommissioning/Back to the River Stage 1; Wharncliffe Road South/Horton intersection; Fanshawe campus grant project GG1721-6; and every City capital project with current total budget ≥$10M.
  • Project charter/business case; original and current approved scope, budget and schedule; all budget transfers; baseline and current forecast-at-completion; monthly/quarterly project-control reports; risk/issue/change logs; percent complete; substantial-performance and closeout records.
  • Award, consultant and contractor identifiers; commitments, invoices-to-date and retainage totals; funding-source history by project.

Required fields / structure

  • Stable project ID, project name, sponsor, manager, budget vintage, original/current budget, committed, actual, FAC, schedule baseline/current, percent complete, change ID/value/reason/approval, risk rating, closeout date.

Search and processing direction

  • Search shared drives, project systems, ERP/financial systems, procurement systems, records-management repositories and official email accounts of the responsible project/program managers where responsive records are not in the systems of record.
  • Provide a list of custodians, systems searched, date search completed and any retention/destruction schedule affecting the period.
  • If a field is not held, mark it 'not held' rather than leaving it blank; if records are withheld, identify the MFIPPA exemption and number of records/pages affected.
  • Please contact the requester before incurring fees above $100 and provide options to narrow by project, year or record type.

90-day follow-through

What happens after the requests are filed
WindowActionDeliverable
Days 0–30File R1–R6; ask for fee estimates, index first, rolling production and machine-readable native formats.Acknowledgements, custodians, search terms, production schedule.
Days 31–60Normalize identifiers; rebuild joins; send factual clarification questions before classifying exceptions.Project/procurement/grant/housing master tables.
Days 61–90Publish exceptions with City responses, document versions and reproducible calculations.Edition 5.1 transaction supplement; no change to verified baseline without source.