[Adopted 12-22-2008 by Res. No. 2008-39]
A requester of records shall complete an information
request form provided by the Office of Open Records and/or the Municipality
and shall identify the requested records with sufficient specificity.
The Municipality hereby designates the Municipal
Secretary as the Open Records Officer, in accordance with the Pennsylvania
Right-To-Know Law, and said Open Records Officer shall receive requests submitted
to the Municipality under the Right-To-Know Law, direct requests to
other appropriate persons within the Municipality or to appropriate
persons in another agency, track the Municipality's progress
in responding to requests and issue interim and final responses.
If a requested record contains both public record
information as well as nonpublic record information, the Municipality
may redact the nonpublic record information from the record.
If the request is denied, the following must
be included with the denial:
A. Description of the record requested.
B. Specific reasons for the denial, including a citation
of supporting legal authority.
C. Typed or printed name, title, business address, business
telephone number and signature of the Open Records Officer on whose
authority the denial was issued.
If the request is denied or deemed denied, the
requester may file an appeal with the Office of Open Records or judicial,
legislative or other appeals officer designated under the Pennsylvania
Right-To-Know Law within 15 business days of the mailing date of the
Municipality's response or deemed denial. The appeal shall proceed
in accordance with the Pennsylvania Right-To-Know Law. The appeal
shall state the grounds upon which the requester asserts that the
record is a public record and shall address any grounds stated by
the Municipality for denying or delaying the request.
The fee schedule for information and/or record
requests shall be as set forth in the fee structure of the Pennsylvania
Office of Open Records pursuant to Section 1307 of the Right-To-Know
Law.
This article shall take effect on January 1,
2009.