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Timestamp: 2018-05-21 11:08:06
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 111', '§ 111', '§ 111', '§ 111', '§ 111', '§ 111', '§ 111', '§ 111', '§ 111', '§ 111', '§ 111', '§ 19', '§ 19', '§ 19', '§ 111', '§ 111', '§ 19', '§ 134', '§ 19', '§ 19', '§ 19', '§ 905', '§ 19', '§ 19', '§ 16', '§ 19', '§ 19', '§ 111', '§ 111', '§ 70', '§ 19', '§ 74']

Town of Vinland, WI Records
§ 111-2 Duty to maintain records.
§ 111-3 Legal custodian(s).
§ 111-4 Public access to records.
§ 111-5 Access procedures.
§ 111-6 Limitations on right to access.
§ 111-7 Retention and destruction of records.
§ 111-8 Specific records retention provisions.
§ 111-9 Confidentiality of Assessor information.
Chapter 111: Records
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Vinland as Title 3, Ch. 3, of the 2004 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Chapter 111 : Records
Any of the following Town of Vinland entities having custody of a Town record: an office, elected official, agency, board, commission, committee, council, 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 Town designated under § 111-3 or otherwise responsible by law to keep and preserve any Town records or to file, deposit or keep such records in his or her office, or who is lawfully in possession or entitled to possession of such public records and who is required by this section to respond to requests for access to such records.
Any material on which written, drawn, printed, spoken, visual, or electromagnetic information or electronically generated or stored data 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, optical disks, and any other medium on which electronically generated or stored data is recorded or preserved. "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 or her 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.[1]
Except as provided under §§ 111-7 and 111-9, each officer and employee of the Town shall safely keep and preserve all records received from his or her predecessor or other persons required by law to be filed, deposited or kept in his or her office, or which are in the lawful possession or control of the officer or employee or his or her deputies, or to the possession or control of which he or she or they may be lawfully entitled as such officers or employees.
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 or her successor all records then in his or her custody, and the successor shall receipt therefor to the officer or employee, who shall file said receipt with the Town Clerk. If a vacancy occurs before a successor is selected or qualifies, such records shall be delivered to and receipted for by the Town Clerk, on behalf of the successor, to be delivered to such successor upon the latter's receipt.
Each elected official is the legal custodian of his or her records and the records of his or her office, but the official may designate the Town Clerk to act as the legal custodian.
Unless otherwise provided in Subsection C, the Town Clerk or the Town Clerk's designee shall act as legal custodian for the Town and for any committees, commissions, boards or other authorities created by ordinance or resolution of the Town Board. The following offices or authorities shall have a legal custodian of records the individual so named.
General Town records (including Board records)
For every authority not specified in Subsections A and B, the authority's chief administrative officer is the legal custodian for the authority, but the officer may designate an employee of his or her staff to act as the legal custodian.
Each legal custodian shall name a person to act as legal custodian in his or her absence or in the absence of his or her designee, and each legal custodian shall send notice of the designated deputy to the Town Clerk.
The Town Clerk shall establish criteria for establishing the records system and shall cause the department/office records system to be reviewed on an annual basis.
Except as provided in § 111-6, any person has a right to inspect a record and to make or receive a copy of any record of provided in § 19.35(1), Wis. Stats.
If regular office hours are not maintained at the location where records are kept, the records will be available for inspection and copying with at least 48 hours' advance notice of intent to inspect or copy.
A requester shall be permitted to use facilities comparable to those available to Town employees to inspect, copy or abstract a record.
A requester shall be charged a fee as established in the Town Fee Schedule to defray the cost of copying records.
Elected and appointed officials of the Town shall not be required to pay for public records they may reasonably require for the proper performance of their official duties.
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 Town Board.
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 § 111-4F(5). A requester may be required to show acceptable identification whenever the requested record is kept at a private residence or whenever security reasons or federal law or regulations so require.[1]
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 Town 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 or her request in a manner which would permit reasonable compliance.
A request for a record may be denied as provided in § 111-6. If a request is made orally, the request may be denied orally unless a demand for a written statement of the reasons 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 investigation 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 by the state;
Computer programs and files, although the material used as input for a computer program/file or the material procedure as a product of the computer program is subject to inspection; and
A record or portion of a record containing information qualifying as a trade secret as defined in § 134.90(1)(c), Wis. Stats.[1]
In responding to a request for inspection or copying of a record which is not specifically exempt from disclosure, the legal custodian, after conferring with the Town Attorney, may deny the request, in whole or in part, only if he or she determines that the harm to the public interest resulting from disclosure would outweigh the public interest in full access to the requested record. Examples of matters for which disclosure may be refused include, but are not limited to, the following:
Pursuant to § 19.85(1)(b) and (c), Wis. Stats., records of current deliberations concerning employment, dismissal, promotion, demotion, compensation, performance, or discipline of any Town officer or employee, or the investigation of charges against a Town officer or employee, unless such officer or employee consents to such disclosure.
Pursuant to § 19.85(1)(e), Wis. Stats., records of current deliberations or negotiations on the purchase of Town property, investing of Town funds, or other Town business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require nondisclosure.
Pursuant to § 19.85(1)(g), Wis. Stats., communications between legal counsel for the Town and any officer, agent or employee of the Town, when advice is being rendered concerning strategy with respect to current litigation in which the Town 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.
Pursuant to § 19.85(1)(h), Wis. Stats., requests for confidential written advice from an ethics board and records of advice given by such ethics board on such requests.
If a record contains information that may be made public and information that may not be made public, the custodian of the record shall provide the information that may be made public and delete the information that may not be made public from the record before release. The custodian shall confer with the Town Attorney when separating out the exempt material. If in the judgment of the custodian and the Town Attorney there is no feasible way to separate the exempt material from the nonexempt material without unreasonably jeopardizing nondisclosure of the exempt material, the entire record shall be withheld from disclosure.
Historical records. Under § 19.21(4)(a), Wis. Stats., municipalities must notify the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (SHSW) prior to destroying records. However, the SHSW has waived the required 60 days' notice for any record marked "W" (waived notice). SHSW must be notified prior to destruction of a record marked "N" (nonwaived). Notice is also required for any record not listed in this section.
Microfilming or optical imaging of records. Local units of government may keep and preserve public records through the use of microfilm, providing the microfilm or optical imaging meets the applicable standards in § 16.612, Wis. Stats. Retention periods and estimated costs and benefits of converting records between media should be considered. After verification, paper records converted to microfilm or optical imaging should be destroyed. The retention periods identified in this section apply to records in any media.
Destruction after request for inspection. No requested records may be destroyed until after the request is granted or 60 days after the request is denied. If an action is commenced under § 19.37, Wis. Stats., the requested record may not be destroyed until after a court order is issued and all appeals have been completed. [See § 19.35(5), Wis. Stats.]
Review and approval by Public Records Board. This chapter and the retention periods of less than seven years have been reviewed and approved by the Public Records Board.[1]
Legend. The following terms shall be applicable in §§ 111-7 and 111-8:
Records description. Provides a brief description of the records. Group specific items such as forms into logical groups that have the same function or purpose.
Period of retention. Refers to the time that the identified records must be kept until destruction.
Stands for "creation," which usually refers to receipt or creation of the record.
Stands for "current fiscal year" and the additional amount of time as indicated.
Stands for "event" and refers to an occurrence that starts the retention clock ticking. Close of contract, termination of employees, and disposition of a case are common events.
Stands for "permanent retention."
Time. Is expressed in years unless specifically identified as month or day.
Authority. Refers to any specific statute, administrative rule, or specific regulation that determines retention of the record. In most cases this will be blank because units of government have discretion to establish a time period.
SHSW notify. Refers to whether or not the State Historical Society of Wisconsin has waived the required statutory notification prior to destruction of records.
Means records are not historical and the required notification is waived.
Means the records may have secondary historical value, and, therefore, SHSW notification is required on a case-by-case basis prior to destruction.
Means "not applicable" and refers to those circumstances where a local unit of government is retaining a record permanently.
§ 111-8 Specific records retention provisions. [1]
Records retention schedules are on file with the Town Clerk.
Adoption. This section adopts by reference § 70.47(7)(af), Wis. Stats.; income and expense information provided by the property owner to an Assessor for the purposes of establishing the valuation for assessment purposes by the income method of valuation shall be confidential and not a public record open to inspection or copying under § 19.35(1), Wis. Stats.
The officer is complying with a court order; or
The person providing the income and expense information has contested the assessment level at either the Board of Review or by filing a claim for excessive assessment under § 74.37, Wis. Stats, in which case the base records are open and public.