(A) Requests for copies of records may be in verbal or written form by the requestor. However, for a person to avail themselves of the provisions of the Act, the requester must place their request in written form.
(B) All of the above requests shall be made to the borough’s Open Records Officer.
(C) (1) Written requests may be made as follows:
(a) In person;
(b) By mail;
(c) By facsimile; or
(d) By electronic means.
(2) The written request shall state the date of the request, the name and address of the requestor and a clear description of the record(s) sought by the requestor.
(D) A public or financial record will be accessible to a lawful resident of the United States of America who requests the record pursuant to this policy and the Act at reasonable times during normal business hours for inspection and/or duplication in the medium requested, if the medium exists, otherwise the public record will be provided in the medium in which it exists.
(E) The borough will not compile, maintain, format or organize a public or financial record in a format in which it does not already exist.
(F) In the event that any written request under the Act is directed or given to an employee of the borough who is not the Open Records Officer, said employee shall immediately deliver the request to the Open Records Officer.
(Prior Code, Ch. 1, § 1-1203) (Res. 2-2009, passed 1-19-2009, § 3)