As used in this article, the following terms
have the meaning indicated:
AUTHORITY
Any City entity having custody of a City record, including
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 City designated under §
100-3 below or otherwise responsible by law to keep and preserve any City records, or file, deposit or keep such records in his office, or who is lawfully in possession or entitled to possession of such public records and who is required by this article 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), optical disks,
and computer printouts. "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 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.
[Amended 3-15-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-06]
Pursuant to § 19.34, Wis. Stats.,
and the guidelines therein listed, each authority shall adopt, prominently
display and make available for inspection and copying at its offices,
for the guidance of the public, a notice containing a description
of its organization and the established times and places at which,
the legal custodian from whom and the methods whereby the public may
obtain information and access to records in its custody, make requests
for records, or obtain copies of records, and the costs thereof. Each
authority shall also prominently display at its offices, for the guidance
of the public, a copy of this article. This section does not apply
to members of the Council.
[Added 11-17-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-4]
The Clerk-Treasurer of the City of Waterloo
shall maintain and make available to the public a Fee Schedule as
adopted by the Common Council and amended from time to time by resolution.