The village and its agencies shall maintain such records as are required
by Article 6 of the Public Officers Law of the State of New York. Records
shall be available for public inspection and copying at the Village Clerk's
office, Village Hall, 108 Cortland Street, Groton, New York.
Requests for public access to records shall be accepted and records
produced during all hours that the Clerk's office is regularly open for
business.
The following fees shall be charged:
A. Inspection of records: no fee.
B. Search for records: no fee.
C. Any certification pursuant to this chapter: $3.
D. Photocopies not exceeding nine by fourteen (9 x 14) inches:
$0.25 per page.
E. Fees for copies of records other than photocopies which
are nine by fourteen (9 x 14) inches or less in size: the actual copying cost,
excluding fixed agency costs such as salaries, except when a different fee
is otherwise prescribed by statute.
A notice containing the title or name and business address of the records
access officers and appeals body and the location where records can be seen
or copies may be made shall be posted in a conspicuous location wherever records
are kept.