Council takes action on public records policy

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14 January 2009

[edit] Council takes action on public records policy

"On Monday, the City Council passed a resolution establishing a written public records policy for the city.

“We needed one so that everyone would know what we require,” said City Clerk Lisa Hanks. “The resolution was because we don’t currently have a written policy.”

Early last year, Mayor Tim Kant verbally changed the existing written policy following newspaper articles describing the difficulty and high cost of obtaining some city and police department records.

The new oral policy eliminated the cost of a city employee’s time for research and copying of the records and provided the first 25 pages for free. After that, a 25-cent fee per page was charged."

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