[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota
by Ord. No. 12-7-09F. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The City Clerk is hereby designated as the person to whom all
initial requests for access to the records of the City are to be referred.
Such requests are to be made at the offices of the City at 800 Washington
Street, Mendota, Illinois, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday. In the event that the City Clerk is not
available during the times described above, the Deputy City Clerk
is designated as the person to whom such initial requests are to be
made.
Any records which are the subject of a request under the Freedom
of Information Act[1] shall be retrieved from such place as they are stored,
by the City Clerk or the Deputy City Clerk, or by an employee of the
City acting under the direction of the City Clerk or Deputy Clerk.
In no event shall records be retrieved by the party requesting them
or by any person who is not employed by the City.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq.
If copies of records are requested, the fees for such copies,
whether certified or not, shall be as determined from time to time
by the City Clerk, subject to the limitations contained in the Illinois
Freedom of Information Act as amended from time to time and Public
Act No. 96-542. The City Clerk shall maintain a written schedule of
current fees in the Clerk's office. The fees so charged shall reflect
the actual cost of copying the records and the cost of certifying
copies, if certification is requested.
In the event that a request to inspect City records is denied
by the City Clerk or the Deputy City Clerk, the City shall provide
the requestor written notice of his right to appeal to the Public
Access Counselor, with the name and phone number together with the
basis for said denial.
