{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001509",
 "municipality": "Essex",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "ai-policy",
 "label": "AI use policy",
 "status": "uncertain",
 "last_verified": "2026-05-26",
 "official_website": "http://www.essex.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Information Technology Report 2025-01 — Bill 194 Enhancing Digital Security and Trust",
   "document_type": "council_report",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": "2025-03-17",
   "document_url": "https://townofessex-pub.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=22133",
   "summary": "Staff report (received by Council) explaining Ontario's Bill 194 obligations for municipalities, including required disclosure of how/what AI is used; IT Department will monitor the Act and ensure compliance once provincial requirements are released. Informational — not an adopted Town AI-use policy.",
   "capture_sha256": "ec363c9f3c02e58bc97a673c89a2222531c5c57207da505fd310cbd665bc78ef",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-01T05:55:24+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/essex/ai-policy/"
}