Steamboat Pilot & Today

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ORDINANCE NO. 610

AMENDING CHAPTER 2.24 OF THE OAK CREEK MUNICIPAL CODE

RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS

SECTION 1. Section 2.24.020 shall be amended to read as follows:

Section 2.24.020. Request for Public Records. The Town's records shall be open for inspection by any person in accordance with the State statutes concerning public records. A request for records must be in writing.

SECTION 2. Section 2.24.030 shall be amended to read as follows:

Section 2.24.030. Inspection and Copying of Records. As the official custodian of town records, the Town Clerk shall prepare reasonable rules, regulations and procedures to allow timely access to these records and to protect said records from damage, disappearance or disorganization. The rules and regulations shall be consistent with State statutes concerning public records and shall include a schedule of fees for the production and inspection of records. Fees for staff time associated with public records requests shall be set by the Board of Trustees annually by resolution.

SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. If any part or parts, sentence, clause or phrase of the Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.

SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after publication.

INTRODUCED, READ, ADOPTED and ordered published this 9th day of June, 2011.

Nikki Knoebel, Mayor

ATTEST:

Karen Halterman, Clerk

Published in the Steamboat Pilot & Today

Publication Date: June 19, 2011

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Published in the Steamboat Pilot & Today Publication Date: June 19, 2011