A. Designation: The following city officers are hereby designated as official custodians for the records of the city:
1. City clerk;
2. City treasurer;
3. City administrator;
4. City attorney;
5. Fire chief;
6. Police chief; and
7. Court clerk.
B. Subordinate Officers Or Employees: Each of the official custodians appointed herein are hereby authorized to designate any subordinate officers or employees to serve as record custodians of their office or department.
C. Requests:
1. All members of the public, in seeking access to, or copies of, a public record in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, shall address their request to the custodian charged with the responsibility for the maintenance of the records sought to be inspected or copied.
2. Whenever any city officer, employee appointed or designated as a custodian under this section is presented with a request for access, to, or a copy of, a public record, which record the custodian does not have in his or her possession and for which he or she has not been given the responsibility to keep and maintain, the custodian shall so advise the person requesting the record. (1987 Code § 2-606)