[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Shelter Island 10-23-2020 by L.L. No. 10-2020.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also repealed former Ch. 100,
Records, Public Access to, adopted 9-27-1974 by resolution and amended 7-25-1975.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Freedom
of Information Law."
The Freedom of Information Law (Article 6, §§ 84
through 90 of the Public Officers Law) requires that the Town of Shelter
Island publish rules making available for public inspection and copying
specified records, and the Town Board of the Town of Shelter Island
elects to establish uniform rules for the rules and regulations pertaining
to public access of the records of all the agencies of the Town.
These regulations are intended to be coextensive with the New
York Freedom of Information Law and to provide information concerning
the procedures by which records may be obtained. Personnel shall furnish
to the public the information and records required by the Freedom
of Information Law, as well as records otherwise available by law.
The Town Board shall, by resolution, create a policy setting
forth the specific rules, regulations and fees consistent with the
New York State Freedom of Information Law applicable to the execution
of this chapter.
Requests for public access to records shall be accepted and
records produced during all hours that the designated records officer
is regularly open for business.
[Amended 4-8-2022 by L.L. No. 2-2022]
Records shall be available for public inspection and copying
at the office of the Town Clerk (for Town records except police records),
at the Shelter Island Police Department (for police records) and at
the Building Department (for Building Department records).
[Amended 4-8-2022 by L.L. No. 2-2022]
The Town Clerk is designated records access officer for all
Town records except for police and Building Department records. The
Chief of Police is designated as records access officer for police
records. The Chief Building Inspector, or designee, is the records
access officer for Building Department records. They shall:
The fees to be collected by the records access officer shall
be set by the Town Board and shall not exceed the limits set in § 87
of Article 6 of the New York Public Officers Law.
Denial of access to records shall be in writing stating the
reason therefor and advising the requester of the right to appeal
to the Town Supervisor, who shall be the individual authorized to
determine appeals, and who shall be identified by name, title, and
business address and business phone number.
If any provision of chapter or the application thereof to any
person or circumstances is adjudged invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such judgment shall not affect or impair the validity
of the other provisions of this chapter or the application thereof
to other persons and circumstances.