For the purpose of this Part, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
FINANCIAL RECORD. Any account, voucher or contract dealing with the receipt or disbursement of funds or acquisition, use or disposal of services, supplies, materials, equipment or property; or the salary or other payments or expenses paid to an officer or employee, including the individual’s name and title; and a financial audit report, excluding the audit’s underlying work papers.
PUBLIC RECORD. A record, including a financial record, that is not protected by a defined privilege or is not exempt from being disclosed under one of the exemptions in the state’s Right-to-Know Law or under other federal or state law or regulation, or judicial decree or order.
RECORD. Information, regardless of physical form or characteristics, that documents a township transaction or activity and is created, received or retained pursuant to law or in connection with a township transaction, business or activity, including: a document; paper; letter; map; book; tape; photograph; film or sound recording; information stored or maintained electronically; and a data-processed or image-processed document.
RESPONSE. The township’s notice informing a requester of a granting of access to a record or the township’s written notice to a requester granting, denying, or partially granting and partially denying access to a requested record.
REQUESTER. A legal resident of the United States, or an agency, who requests access to a record.
(Res. 2015-09, passed 3-9-2015)