All City offices or departments, boards, committees
and commissions that adopt a policy shall do so in writing and shall:
A. Designate a custodian and an alternate to act as a
custodian in the absence of the primary custodian.
B. Designate within the written policy the office hours
during which a records request may be made.
C. Provide that all such requests shall be made in writing
or otherwise reduced to writing.
D. Provide for the payment of fees not inconsistent with
this policy.
E. Provide a draft for approval by the City Attorney.
No policy or any changes thereto shall be implemented without the
approval of the City Attorney.
All City offices or departments that have adopted a policy or that will adopt a policy pursuant to §
67-2 shall provide a copy of such policy to the City Clerk, who shall maintain a policy file and use it to redirect records requests to the appropriate custodian.
All records requests determined by the custodian
to be other than routine shall be directed to the office of the City
Attorney for review and recommendation.
Records requests made to the office of the City
Administrator shall:
A. Be in writing and be specific as to the information
requested.
B. Be made during regular office hours, Monday through
Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
C. Be filled within a reasonable time.
[Amended 11-18-2003 by Ord. No. 1740(20); 1-7-2020 by Ord. No. 2054(20)]
The City of Burlington hereby adopts and incorporates herein
the General Records Schedule for Wisconsin Municipal and Related Records
approved by the Wisconsin Public Records Board on August 27, 2018.