The purpose of this article is to set forth the methods and procedures
governing the availability, location and nature of those records of the Town
of Geddes subject to the provisions of Article 6 of the Public Officers Law,
known as the "Freedom of Information Law."
Records shall be available for public inspection and copying at the
town offices, Town of Geddes, New York.
Requests for public access to records shall be accepted and records
shall be produced during the hours that the Town Clerk's office is regularly
opened for business.
The fee for copies of records shall be $0.25 per page not exceeding
nine inches by 14 inches in size or the maximum fee permitted under the Freedom
of Information Law as it may from time to time be amended. The fees for other
types of copies or transcripts and for certificates shall be the reasonable
amounts as the records access officer shall establish. The fees charged by
the records access officer for records shall not exceed the actual cost of
reproducing such record, except when a different fee is otherwise prescribed
by law.
The records access officer shall, in accordance with this article, make
available for public inspection and copying all records, except that the records
access officer may deny access to records or portions thereof which are not
subject to disclosure in accordance with the provisions of Subdivision 2 of
§ 87 of the Public Officers Law or any other applicable state or
federal statute or unless the public access officer determines that to grant
the application would adversely affect the public interest.