These rules and regulations are adopted pursuant to Article
6 of the Public Officers Law of the State of New York entitled "Freedom
of Information Law" and are adopted in conformity with the law and
the rules and regulations promulgated by the Committee on Open Government
to ensure that the people's right of access to the information
which may form the basis of governmental decisions is not abridged
or denied.
Records shall be available for public inspection and copying
as indicated below:
A. The records of all Town offices, except those of the Police Department,
shall be available through the Office of the Town Clerk, Town Hall,
One Overocker Road Poughkeepsie New York.
B. The records of the Police Department shall be available through its
offices, 19 Tucker Drive, Poughkeepsie, New York.
The schedule of fees which may be charged for copies of records
is available at the Town Clerk's office and on the Town Clerk
website: http://www.townofpoughkeepsie.com/clerk.
The public records access officer shall post a copy of these
rules and regulations on-the Town Clerk's bulletin board in the
Town Hall. In addition, the public records access officer shall post
on-the Town Clerk's bulletin board a statement entitled "Public
Access to Records of the Town of Poughkeepsie," which will contain
the following information.
A. The location where records shall be made available for inspection
and copying as contained in these rules and regulations.
B. The name title business address and business telephone of the designated
records access officer as set forth in these rules and regulations.
C. A statement that any person denied access to a record may appeal
to the Town Board of the Town of Poughkeepsie, and the Town Board's
business address shall be as set forth above.
The records access officer shall be charged with the obligation
to compile and update a subject matter list as set forth in Section
1401 of the Rules and Regulations of the Committee on Open Government.