Marathon County, Wisconsin

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

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Wisconsin county websites

[edit] The good

  • Budget information is posted. [2]
  • Meeting minutes and agendas are available. [3]
  • Has elected and administrative officials contact information. [4]
  • Building permits and zoning information is available. [5]
  • Audit information available. [6]

[edit] The bad

  • There is an option for paying taxes online, but the site does not have specific tax information. [7]
  • There is no information on 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 Sheriff's Department in Marathon County fared poorly on the audit because the requestor was asked both his identity and to provide his driver's license. Wisconsin law does not require that the identity of requestors be made known. Sheriff Randy Hoenisch jumped to the department's defense, saying "If they're using one request to rate a department, it doesn't seem very accurate. They should be checking with the hundreds of requests we get. We handle open requests on a daily basis." [8]

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


[edit] External links


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[edit] References

  1. ↑ County Seats of Wisconsin
  2. ↑ 2008 Budget Information
  3. ↑ County Meeting Information
  4. ↑ County Official's Information, click on the department who's official information you'd like to view.
  5. ↑ Zoning Information
  6. ↑ 2007 Audit
  7. ↑ Tax Information
  8. ↑ Records request audit finds few concerns, Wausau Daily Herald, November 21, 2008
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