This chapter shall hereinafter be known and cited as "Public
Access to Records of the City of Watervliet."
The City Council finds as follows:
A. The people's right to know the process of government decisionmaking
and the documents and statistics leading to determinations is basic
to our society. Access to such information should not be thwarted
by shrouding it with the cloak of secrecy of confidentiality.
B. These regulations provide information concerning the procedures by
which records may be obtained.
C. Personnel shall furnish to the public the information and records
required by the Freedom of Information Law, Article 6 of the Public
Officers Law of the State of New York, as well as records otherwise
available by law.
D. Any conflicts among laws governing public access to records shall
be construed in favor of the widest possible availability of public
records.
Records shall be available for public inspection and copying
at:
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City Hall
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2 Fifteenth Street
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Watervliet, NY 12189
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Requests for public access to records shall be accepted and
records produced during all hours regularly open for business. These
hours are: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
A notice containing the title or name and business address of
the records access officers and appeals person or body and the location
where records can be seen or copies shall be posted in a conspicuous
location wherever records are kept and/or published in a local newspaper
of general circulation.
If any provision of these regulations or the application thereof
to any person or circumstances is adjudged invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such judgment shall not affect or impair the validity
of the other provisions of these regulations or the application thereof
to other persons and circumstances.
This chapter shall take effect immediately.