125.02 PUBLIC RECORDS CUSTODIAN.
   (a)   All requests for public records must be directed to the authorized Public Records Custodians of the City of Brooklyn, Ohio. Requests made in person must be done during regular business hours, defined herein as 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. All public records requests made in person shall adhere to this requirement even if the public office, e.g. the division of police, is operated on a twenty-four (24) hour basis.
   (b)   The Public Records Custodians shall be those persons designated by the Mayor, who are authorized to respond to or to fulfill any public records requests in the various offices of the City of Brooklyn, Ohio. Any public records request made to any other employee, officer or representative of the City of Brooklyn, Ohio, shall not be considered as a properly made request, and the request will be directed to the proper Public Records Custodian. The Mayor may designate Acting Public Records Custodians to serve in the absence of the Public Records Custodian.
(Ord. 2007-37. Passed 11-13-07.)