Ontario ombudsman Andre Marin has released his first report on the so-called "Sunshine Law" investigations into municipal closed-session meetings and found some councils remain "shockingly secretive", while others mean well, but are prone to errors. Yet there are no penalties for municipalities that violate the law, he added. As ombudsman, Mr. Marin is charged with investigating public complaints about closed-session meetings in 191 of Ontario's municipalities. Tuesday's report highlights 128 complaints received and reviewed by his office's open meeting law enforcement team between April 1, 2011 and Aug. 31, 2012. Ontario's other 253 municipalities have appointed their own investigators to deal with complaints about closed session meetings, but Mr. Marin's report will still be sent out to all 444. While none of the municipalities under Mr. Marin's watch are in York Region, the report serves as a status update on the province's public complaints system, which came into effect in 2008. Under the Municipal Act, all meetings of councils, committees and other local boards must be publicly accessible, unless they fall into a narrow list of subjects. The majority of municipalities are working within the rules, Mr.