For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AUTHORITY
Any of the following Village entities having custody of a Village
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, department head, division head, or employee of the Village designated under §
55-3 and otherwise responsible by law to keep and preserve any Village records on file and deposit or keep such records in his or her office or who is lawfully in possession or entitled to possession of such public records and who is required by this chapter 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. In the
event that the foregoing definition is inconsistent with § 19.32(2),
Wis. Stats., the definition in that section shall prevail.