A. All members of the public, in seeking access to or copies of a public record(s) in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma open records act, shall address their requests to the departmental custodian charged with responsibility for the maintenance of the record sought to be inspected or copied.
B. Whenever any city official or employee appointed or designated as a custodian under this chapter is presented with a request for access to or copy of a public record, which record the custodian does not have in his or her possession and which he or she has not been given responsibility to keep and maintain, the custodian shall so advise the person requesting the record and shall refer the person making the request to the appropriate custodian to whom the request should be addressed, if known by the custodian receiving the request. (2002 Code § 2.64.040; amd. 2013 Code)