Section
Smoking of Tobacco Products
37.01 Smoking of tobacco products prohibited
37.02 Locations where smoking permitted
37.03 Signs
Borough Open Records Policy
37.15 Applicable definitions
37.16 Creation of and duties of Open Records Officer and Alternate Open Records Officer
37.17 Procedure for requesting public records or financial records
37.18 Borough response to requests pursuant to the Act
37.19 Record redaction
37.20 Appeal of borough’s right to know officer’s decision
37.21 Appealing Commonwealth’s Open Record Officer’s decision
37.22 Fees to obtain public records or financial records
37.23 Access to borough computers
37.24 Posting
Third Party Insurance Billing
37.35 Recognized volunteer fire companies
37.36 Costs and expenses reimbursement
37.37 Insurance coverage maintained
37.38 Fire companies authorized to bill for services
37.39 Direct billing
37.40 Compensation
37.41 Litigation to collect reimbursement
Use of Borough Property
37.55 Guidelines/standards
37.99 Penalty
SMOKING OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS
Commencing immediately, no individual shall, at any time, smoke tobacco products within the interior confines of any building or motor vehicle owned by the borough or leased by said borough.
(Prior Code, Ch. 1, § 1-1101) (Ord. 320, passed 8-4-1997, § I) Penalty, see § 37.99
Smoking of tobacco products will be permitted outside a borough building or in any borough building which is not fully enclosed, except as otherwise prohibited by federal or state laws and regulations.
(Prior Code, Ch. 1, § 1-1102) (Ord. 320, passed 8-4-1997, § II)
BOROUGH OPEN RECORDS POLICY
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACT. The Pennsylvania Open Records Law, Act 100 of 2002, as amended by the Act of February 14, 2008, P.L. 6, No. 3, being 65 P.S. §§ 67.101 et seq.
BOROUGH. The Borough of Cressona.
BOROUGH COUNCIL. The Borough Council of the Borough of Cressona.
BUSINESS HOURS. Monday through Friday each week between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., prevailing time, expect for lunch from 12:30 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. with the exception of holidays or other days when the borough is not open for business to the public.
FINANCIAL RECORD.
(1) Any account, voucher or contact dealing with the receipt or disbursement of funds by the borough or the borough’s acquisition, use or disposal of services, supplies, materials, equipment or property;
(2) The salary or other payment or expenses paid to an officer or employee of the borough, including the name and the title of the officer or the employee; and
(3) The financial audit report of the borough (however, this term does not include work papers which underlie an audit).
PRIVILEGE. The attorney, work product doctrine, the doctor-patient privilege, the speech and debate privilege or any other privilege recognized by a court interpreting the laws of the Commonwealth.
PUBLIC RECORD. A record, including a financial record, of the borough that is not
(1) Exempt pursuant to § 708 of the Act;
(2) Exempt from being disclosed under any other federal or state law or regulation or judicial order or decree; or
(3) Protected by privilege.
RECORD. Information regardless of physical form or characteristic that documents a transaction or activity of the borough, and that is created, received or retained pursuant to law in connection with the transaction, business or activity, of the aforesaid borough. The term shall include a document, paper, letter, map, book, tape, photograph, film or sound recording, information stored or maintained electronically in a data-processed, or image-processed document.
REQUESTOR. A person that is a legal resident of the United States of America and requests a record pursuant to the Act.
RESPONSE. Access to a record or the borough’s written notice to a requestor granting/denying or partially granting and partially denying access to a record.
(Prior Code, Ch. 1, § 1-1201) (Res. 2-2009, passed 1-19-2009, § 1)
(A) Pursuant to the terms of the Act the borough shall designate a person to serve as the borough’s Open Records Officer.
(B) In the absence of the borough’s Open Records Officer the duly appointed alternate Open Records Officer shall fulfill the position of the borough’s Open Records Officer until the borough’s Open Records Officer is able to resume his or her duties as set forth herein.
(C) The duties of the Open Records Officer shall consist of the following:
(1) The Open Records Officer shall receive requests submitted to the borough pursuant to the Act, and shall direct requests to other appropriate persons within and without the borough, and shall track and monitor the borough’s progress in responding to the requests. The Open Records Officer shall also issue interim and final responses to the requesting person(s) as required by the Act.
(2) The Open Records Officer shall upon receiving a request for a public or financial record do all of the following as required by the Act:
(a) Note the date of receipt of the written request;
(b) Compute the date on which the five-day period in which the borough must respond to the request and make a written notation of that date on the written request; and
(c) Retain either an electronic or a paper copy of the written request, which shall include all documents submitted with the request until the request has been fulfilled. If the request is denied, the written request shall be maintained for 30 days or, if an appeal is filed, until such time as a final determination is issued or the appeal is deemed to be denied.
(Prior Code, Ch. 1, § 1-1202) (Res. 2-2009, passed 1-19-2009, § 2)
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