As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AUTHORITY
Any of the following Town entities having custody of a Town
record: an office, elected official, agency, board, commission, committee,
council, department or public body corporate and politic created by
constitution, law, ordinance, rule or order; or a formally constituted
subunit of the foregoing.
CUSTODIAN
That officer or employee of the Town designated under §
100-3 or otherwise responsible by law to keep and preserve any Town records or file, deposit or keep such records in his or her office, or is lawfully in possession or entitled to possession of such public records, and who is required by this section to respond to requests for access to such records.
RECORD
Any material on which written, drawn, printed, spoken, visual
or electromagnetic information is recorded or preserved, regardless
of physical form or characteristics, which has been created or is
being kept by an authority. "Record" includes, but is not limited
to, handwritten, typed or printed pages, maps, charts, photographs,
films, recordings, tapes (including computer tapes), computer printouts,
and optical disks. "Record" does not include drafts, notes, preliminary
computations and like materials prepared for the originator's personal
use or prepared by the originator in the name of a person for whom
the originator is working; materials which are purely the personal
property of the custodian and have no relation to his or her office;
materials to which access is limited by copyright, patent or bequest;
and published materials in the possession of an authority other than
a public library which are available for sale or which are available
for inspection at a public library.
[Amended 2-18-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-1]
TOWN
The Town of Pacific, Columbia County, Wisconsin, and its
administrative subunits.