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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 04:26:58+00:00

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§ 82-2 Duty to maintain records.
§ 82-4 Public access to records.
§ 82-6 Limitations on right to access.
§ 82-7 Destruction of records.
§ 82-8 Preservation through microfilm.
§ 82-9 Notice of procedure for inspection of Village records.
Any of the following entities having custody of a Village record: an office, elected or appointed official, agency, board, commission, committee, department or public body corporate and politic created by constitution, law, ordinance, rule or order, or a formally constituted subunit of the foregoing.
That officer, department head, division head or employee of the Village designated under § 82-3 or otherwise responsible by law to keep and preserve any Village records or file, deposit or keep such records in his office or who is lawfully in possession or entitled to possession of such public records and who is required by this chapter to respond to requests for access to such records.
Any material on which written, drawn, printed, spoken, visual or electromagnetic information is recorded or preserved, regardless of physical form or characteristics, which has been created or is being kept by an authority. "Record" includes, but is not limited to, handwritten, typed or printed pages, maps, charts, photographs, films, recordings, tapes (including computer tapes), computer printouts and optical disks. "Record" does not include drafts, notes, preliminary computations and like materials prepared for the originator's personal use or prepared by the originator in the name of a person for whom the originator is working; materials which are purely the personal property of the custodian and have no relation to his office; materials to which access is limited by copyright, patent or bequest; and published materials in the possession of an authority other than a public library which are available for sale or which are available for inspection at a public library.
Except as provided under § 82-7, each officer and employee of the Village shall safely keep and preserve all records received from his predecessor or other persons and required by law to be filed, deposited or kept in his office or which are in the lawful possession or control of the officer or employee or his deputies or to the possession or control of which he may be lawfully entitled as such officer or employee.
Upon the expiration of an officer's term of office or an employee's term of employment, or whenever the office or position of employment becomes vacant, each such officer or employee shall deliver to his successor all records then in his custody, and the successor shall receipt therefor to the officer or employee who shall file such receipt with the Village Clerk-Treasurer. If a vacancy occurs before a successor is selected or qualifies, such records shall be delivered to and receipted for by the Clerk-Treasurer, on behalf of the successor, to be delivered to such successor upon the latter's receipt.
Each elected or appointed official is the legal custodian of his records and the records of his office but may designate an employee of his staff to act as the legal custodian.
Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Village Clerk-Treasurer or his designee shall act as legal custodian for the Village Board and for any committees, commissions, boards or other authorities created by ordinance or resolution of the Board.
For every authority not specified in Subsection A or B, the authority's chief administrative officer is the legal custodian for the authority, but the officer may designate an employee of his staff to act as the legal custodian.
Each legal custodian shall name a person to act as legal custodian in his absence or the absence of his designee.
The legal custodian shall have full legal power to render decisions and to carry out the duties of an authority under Subch. II of Ch. 19, Wis. Stats., and this chapter. The designation of a legal custodian does not affect the powers and duties of an authority under this chapter.
Except as provided in § 82-6, any person has a right to inspect a record and to make or receive a copy of any record as provided in § 19.35(1), Wis. Stats.
The cost of photocopying shall be as determined by resolution of the Village Board and posted in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer. Such cost has been calculated not to exceed the actual, necessary and direct cost of reproduction.
The actual full cost of providing a copy of other records not in printed form on paper, such as films, computer printouts and audiotapes or videotapes, shall be charged.
The legal custodian may provide copies of a record without charge or at a reduced charge where he determines that waiver or reduction of the fee is in the public interest.
Pursuant to § 19.34, Wis. Stats., and the guidelines therein listed, each authority shall adopt, prominently display and make available for inspection and copying at its offices for the guidance of the public a notice containing a description of its organization and the established times and places at which, the legal custodian from whom, and the methods whereby the public may obtain information and access to records in its custody, make requests for records, or obtain copies of records, and the costs thereof. This subsection does not apply to members of the Village Board. Each authority shall also prominently display at its offices for the guidance of the public a copy of §§ 19.31 to 19.39, Wis. Stats.
A request to inspect or copy a record shall be made to the legal custodian. A request shall be deemed sufficient if it reasonably describes the requested record or the information requested. However, a request for a record without a reasonable limitation as to subject matter or length of time represented by the record does not constitute a sufficient request. A request may be made orally, but a request must be in writing before an action to enforce the request is commenced under § 19.37, Wis. Stats. Except as provided below, no request may be refused because the person making the request is unwilling to be identified or to state the purpose of the request. No request may be refused because the request is received by mail, unless prepayment of a fee is required under § 82-4F(6). A requester may be required to show acceptable identification whenever the requested record is kept at a private residence or whenever security reasons, federal law or regulations so require.
Each custodian, upon request for any record, shall as soon as practicable and without delay either fill the request or notify the requester of the authority's determination to deny the request, in whole or in part, and the reasons therefor. If the legal custodian, after conferring with the Village Attorney, determines that a written request is so general as to be unduly time consuming, the party making the request may first be required to itemize his request in a manner which would permit reasonable compliance.
A request for a record may be denied as provided in § 82-6. If a request is made orally, the request may be denied orally unless a demand for a written statement of the reasons for denying the request is made by the requester within five business days of the oral denial. If a written request is denied in whole or in part, the requester shall receive a written statement of the reasons for denying the request. Every written denial of a request shall inform the requester that if the request for the record was made in writing, then the determination is subject to review upon petition for a writ of mandamus under § 19.37(1), Wis. Stats., or upon application to the Attorney General or a district attorney.
Any record relating to investigative information obtained for law enforcement purposes if federal law or regulations require exemption from disclosure or if exemption from disclosure is a condition to receipt of aids from the state.
A record or any portion of a record containing information qualifying as a common-law trade secret.
Employment records under § 103.13, Wis. Stats.
After a quasi-judicial hearing, records of current deliberations.
Records of current deliberations concerning employment, dismissal, demotion, compensation, performance or discipline of any Village officer or employee or the investigation of charges against a Village officer or employee, unless such officer or employee consents to such disclosure.
Records of current deliberations or negotiations on the purchase of Village property, the investing of Village funds or other Village business whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require nondisclosure.
Communications between legal counsel for the Village and any officer, agent or employee of the Village when advice is being rendered concerning strategy with respect to current litigation in which the Village or any of its officers, agents or employees is or is likely to become involved or communications which are privileged under § 905.03, Wis. Stats.
Records that contain confidential information furnished only by a confidential source who has requested anonymity as a condition of relaying this information.
Records that would disclose the contents of a communication between executive personnel on matters of policy, the disclosure of which would inhibit the frank and full discussion of matters necessary to set policy.
Records the disclosure of which may cause undue damage to the reputation of citizens in the community and violate the right to privacy under § 895.50, Wis. Stats.
The information in any record that is unsubstantiated and if released would unduly damage the reputation of the individual or individuals involved.
A record that identifies a person. Disclosure of such persons in this context would be likely to have a substantial adverse effect on their reputation.
Records which contain employee performance evaluation data.
Confidentiality of income and expense information. Whenever the Assessor, in the performance of the Assessor's duties, requests or obtains income and expense information pursuant to § 70.47(7)(af), Wis. Stats., or any successor statute thereto, then such income and expense information that is provided to the Assessor shall be held by the Assessor on a confidential basis, except, however, that the information may be revealed to and used by persons in the discharge of duties imposed by law; in the discharge of duties imposed by office, including but not limited to use by the Assessor in performance of official duties of the Assessor's office and use by the Board of Review in performance of its official duties; or pursuant to order of a court. Income and expense information provided to the Assessor under § 70.47(7)(af), unless a court determines that it is inaccurate, is, per § 70.47(7)(af), not subject to the right of inspection and copying under § 19.35(1), Wis. Stats.
Unless notice is waived by the State Historical Society, at least 60 days' notice shall be given the State Historical Society prior to the destruction of any record as provided by § 19.21(4)(a), Wis. Stats.
Any Village officer or the director of any department of division of Village government may, subject to the approval of the Village Board, keep and preserve public records in his possession by means of microfilm or other photographic reproduction method. Such records shall meet the standards for photographic reproduction set forth in § 16.61(7)(a) and (b), Wis. Stats., and shall be considered original records for all purposes. Such records shall be preserved along with other files of the department or division and shall be open to public inspection and copying according to the provisions of state law and of §§ 82-4 through 82-6 of this chapter.
The Village Clerk-Treasurer shall give public notice and prominently display and make available for inspection and copying at the Village Clerk-Treasurer's office for the guidance of the public a notice containing a description of its organization and the established times and places at which, the legal custodian of Village records under § 19.33, Wis. Stats., from whom and the methods whereby the public may obtain information and access to records in the custody of each legal custodian, make requests for records and obtain copies of records and the cost thereof. The notice shall be substantially in the following form, and a copy of this chapter shall be posted by the Village Clerk-Treasurer adjacent to such notice: "The right of inspection and copying of any records shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 82 of the Village Code and Subchapter II of Chapter 19 of the Wisconsin Statutes."

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