[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of LeRoy
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-7-1974]
This Village Board hereby promulgates this set of rules in accordance
with Chapter 578 of the Laws of 1974.
The Village Clerk is hereby designated as the Records Access Officer
of the Village of LeRoy.
Persons seeking public records shall make application to the Records
Access Officer upon the application form supplied by such officer in the event
that such records are not readily available.
A.
The Records Access Officer is hereby directed to make
available to persons requesting records those public records which by law
are required to be made available for public inspection and copying.
B.
In the event that the request for public records interferes
with the operation of the office of the Village Clerk and makes it difficult
for members of the public to receive the regular services of the Village Clerk,
the Records Access Officer is hereby authorized to establish hours during
the day when he shall process requests for records, including the times when
such requests shall be made in order to enable him to find the records for
review and copying. The times so established by the Records Access Officer
shall be conspicuously posted in the office of the Village Clerk.
The Record Access Officer is authorized to copy any records which are
within the purview of the law and to charge $0.25 per page size 8 1/2
inches by 11 inches and $0.35 per page 8 1/2 inches by 15 inches.
No records shall be removed from the lawful custody of any public office
charged with the duty of maintaining such records.
In the event that any requests cannot be met because such records are
being used for current working purposes, the applicant shall be advised of
such fact, and every effort will be made to arrange a specific time when such
records will be available.
In the event that a question arises as to the nature of the records,
in that public viewing of such records may result in an unwarranted invasion
of a citizen's personal privacy or may result in a disclosure of material
that must be confidential to promote effective law enforcement or for any
other reason which, in the opinion of the Records Access Officer, is valid
to promote the public interest while consistent with the new law, the Records
Access Officer shall confer with the Village Attorney before determining if
such records shall be made available for inspection.
In the event that any person is denied access to any public records
in violation of the law, that person shall advise the Village Board of such
denial in writing and shall set forth the records requested, the reason for
denial and that fact that the fees for such records were, in fact, tendered.
These regulations shall be temporary and considered as such until the
state guidelines are promulgated and until more comprehensive regulations
can be prepared.
The purpose of such regulations shall be to maintain the spirit of the
law and to recognize that the concept of open records is consistent with the
purpose of this Board of Trustees.
[Adopted 11-12-1991]
Records Retention and Disposition Schedule MU-1, issued pursuant to
Article 57-A of the Arts and Cultural Affairs Law and containing legal minimum
retention period for municipal government records, is hereby adopted for use
by all municipal government records listed therein.
In accordance with Article 57-A:
A.
Only those records will be disposed of that are described
in Records Retention and Disposition Schedule MU-1 after they have met the
minimum retention period prescribed therein;
B.
Only those records will be disposed of that do not have
sufficient administrative, fiscal, legal or historical value to merit retention
beyond established time periods.
