[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of
Winchester 12-5-2022. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The Town of Winchester hereby affirms its commitment to upholding
Chapter 14 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the Connecticut Freedom
of Information Act. The Town shall conform to all provisions found
therein.
The Town Manager shall be responsible for providing guidance
to Town staff on the Freedom of Information Act, establishing standard
operating procedures for Town departments, boards and commissions
on the Freedom of Information Act, and for overseeing the attainment
of Freedom of Information Act compliance for all Town departments,
boards and commissions.
A.
The Town
shall levy fees for all requests made under the Freedom of Information
Act in accordance with the following schedule:
(1)
Viewing
documents (no copies made): free of charge.
(2)
Photographing
or self-copying documents (on a cell phone, etc.): a flat rate of
$20 for as many pictures as the requestor wishes to take per FOIA
request, as outlined in C.G.S. § 1-212(g).
(3)
Printed
8.5-inch-by-11-inch copies provided by Town: $0.50 per page.
(4)
Oversized
printed copies provided by Town: $6 per copy.
(5)
Computer-stored
public records pursuant to C.G.S. § 1-211(a):
(a)
An
amount equal to the hourly salary attributed to all agency employees
engaged in providing the requested computer-stored public record,
including their time performing the formatting or programming functions
necessary to provide the copy as requested, but not including search
or retrieval costs.
(b)
An
amount equal to the cost to the agency of engaging an outside professional
electronic copying service to provide such copying services, if such
service is necessary to provide the copying as requested.
(c)
The
actual cost of the storage devices or media provided to the person
making the request in complying with such request.
B.
Nothing
in this chapter shall require the Town's creation of documents not
previously in existence.
C.
Fees shall
be collected by the Town Manager's office; fees equal to or greater
than $10 must be paid in advance of the documents being released or
made viewable by the Town.
D.
Fees may
only be waived by the Town Manager in accordance with C.G.S. § 1-212(d).
New requests may not be made by a given member of the public until
that individual has paid all fees associated with their prior requests.
This chapter shall be effective 15 calendar days following the
Board of Selectmen's adoption of the ordinance.
