Kenosha County, Wisconsin

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Kenosha County is one of 72 counties in Wisconsin. The county seat is Kenosha. [1]

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Wisconsin county websites

[edit] The good

  • Budget information is available. [2]
  • Has elected official contact information. [3]
  • A general administrative contact is provided, [4] and specific departments contain more specific information.
  • Building permit and zoning information posted. [5]
  • Has audit information listed. [6]
  • Meeting agendas and meetings is provided.[7]
  • Reports on Economic Recovery spending.[8]

[edit] The bad

  • Has online tax payment[9] and property tax information is accessible through a search function [10], but no further tax information.
  • There is no information on meetings, contracts, lobbying, or public records requests.


[edit] Public Records

The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council performed an audit of compliance with the Wisconsin Open Records Law in 2008. 3 in 10 of the requests submitted were found to be ignored or responded to in violation of state law.

The Kenosha County Police Department charged a requester $5 for a first page and $1 each for subsequent pages, well over the 15 cents per page recommended by the Wisconsin Department of Justice. [11]

See audit finds nearly 10% of open records requests denied or ignored for more.


[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ↑ County Seats of Wisconsin
  2. ↑ 2008 Budget Information
  3. ↑ Elected Officials
  4. ↑ Department of Administrative Services
  5. ↑ Zoning Information
  6. ↑ Audit Information
  7. ↑ Meetings
  8. ↑ Economic Recovery spending
  9. ↑ Tax Payment
  10. ↑ Property Inquiry
  11. ↑ Editorial: We can do better on public records, Green Bay Press Gazette, November 23, 2008
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