[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Boston 8-6-75
by resolution. Section 87-7 amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1,
General Provisions, Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
The records access officer shall be the Town Clerk of the Town of Boston,
whose office address is 8500 Boston State Road, Boston, New York 14025.
The fiscal officer shall be the Supervisor of the Town of Boston, whose
office address is 8500 Boston State Road, Boston, New York 14025.
All requests for inspection or copying of records shall be made to the
Town Clerk of the Town of Boston at 8500 Boston State Road, Boston, New York.
The telephone number of the Town Clerk is (716) 941-6113.
Requests to inspect or copy records may be made in person or by mail
at any time during regular working hours on all regular working days as posted
by the Town Clerk.
A.
All requests to inspect or copy records shall be submitted
to the records access officer in writing, on forms prescribed by the Comptroller
of the State of New York, copies of which may be obtained from the Town Clerk
of the Town of Boston.
B.
Upon receipt of each request, the records access officer
shall promptly assist the applicant in identifying the records sought and
make a diligent search to locate the same.
C.
Upon locating the record, the records access officer
shall take one of the following actions:
(1)
Review such records and delete any information which
would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy as defined or
required by Article 6 of the Public Officers Law or by the rules and regulations
promulgated by the Committee on Public Access to Records created under Article
6 of the Public Officers Law, and thereafter make the record promptly available
for inspection or schedule an appointment for an inspection; or
(2)
Deny access to the record.
E.
Upon request, the records access officer shall certify
to the correctness of records copied.
F.
If the record cannot be located, the records access officer
shall take one of the following actions:
Any person denied access to any record shall have the right to appeal
such denial to the Supervisor of the Town of Boston. The procedures to be
followed on appeal is as follows:
A.
The records access officer shall give the applicant written
notice whenever access to a record is first denied, which shall explain to
the applicant that he has the right to appeal to the Town Supervisor, identifying
the Supervisor by name and business address.
B.
Appeals shall be directed to the Town Supervisor on forms
prescribed by him, copies of which shall be made available at the office of
the Town Clerk.
C.
All such appeals shall be delivered to the Town Supervisor
within 30 days after the denial from which such appeal is taken. Appeals will
be determined by the Town Supervisor.
D.
If the Supervisor denies the appeal, he shall fully explain
his refusal to the applicant in writing within seven business days from the
time such appeal was filed and notify the applicant that such denial is subject
to review in the manner provided in Article 78 of the Civil Practice Law and
Rules.
[Amended 10-5-1988 by L.L. No. 3-1988; 10-4-2000
by L.L. No. 2-2000]
Fees for copies of records shall be as set forth in the Schedule of
Fees, as adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Boston, per photocopy not
in excess of nine inches by 14 inches or the actual cost of reproducing any
other record, except when a different fee is otherwise prescribed by statute.
No fee shall be charged for:
The following is a summary list, by subject matter, of the records maintained
and available for public inspection and copying.
|
Annual financial reports of:
| ||
|
Supervisor
| ||
|
Town Clerk
| ||
|
Tax Collector
| ||
|
Town Justices
| ||
|
Assessment rolls
| ||
|
Budget
| ||
|
Buildings
| ||
|
Communications received and filed
| ||
|
Equipment inventories
| ||
|
Finance
| ||
|
Highway
| ||
|
Insurance
| ||
|
Legal affairs
| ||
|
Licenses issued
| ||
|
Local laws and ordinances
| ||
|
Minutes of meetings and public hearings
| ||
|
Monthly reports of departments
| ||
|
Parks
| ||
|
Payrolls
| ||
|
Permits
| ||
|
Police blotters and booking records
| ||
|
Purchase and paying
| ||
|
Reports and determinations by boards and committees and final votes
of members
| ||
|
Refuse
| ||
|
Statements of policy and employee guidelines
| ||
|
Tax rolls
| ||
The Town Clerk of the Town of Boston shall cause a copy of this chapter
to be conspicuously posted on the signboard maintained by him as required
by law for the posting of legal notices and cause a copy thereof to be published
in the official paper of the Town of Boston.
