As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
AUTHORITY
Any of the following Village entities having custody of a
Village record: 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 Village designated under §
146-3 or otherwise responsible by law to keep and preserve any Village records or file, deposit or keep such records in his or her office, or who is lawfully in possession or entitled to possession of such public records, and who is required by this chapter 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), and computer
printouts and optical disks. "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 or
her 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 9-5-2017]
VILLAGE
The Village of Tigerton and its administrative subunits.
[Added 3-4-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-01]
A. The Village hereby adopts the Wisconsin Municipal Records Schedule
approved and adopted on August 27, 2018, by the Wisconsin Public Records
Board and as from time to time amended by the Wisconsin Public Records
Board. A copy of the Wisconsin Municipal Records Schedule shall be
kept on file at the office of the Village Clerk of the Village of
Tigerton located at 221 Birch Street, Tigerton, Wisconsin 54486, and
available for public viewing.:
B. In the event that the Village of Tigerton creates a record not contemplated
by the Wisconsin Municipal Records Schedule, the Village of Tigerton
may either adopt, subject to the Wisconsin Public Records Board’s
prior approval, an applicable records retention schedule set forth
by the Wisconsin Public Records Board, if available, or create its
own retention schedule pertaining to such record.