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Timestamp: 2018-09-25 13:49:47
Document Index: 207121413

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 33', '§ 33', '§ 33', '§ 33', '§ 33', '§ 33']

Borough of Lehighton, PA Records, Public Access to
§ 33-1 Open Records Officer.
§ 33-2 General availability.
§ 33-3 Requests.
§ 33-5 Response to request.
§ 33-6 Contact information for appeals.
§ 33-7 Appeals process.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Lehighton 6-29-2011 by Res. No. R-007-2011.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
Editor’s Note: This resolution also superseded former Ch. 33, Records, Public Access to, adopted 10-28-2002 by Res. No. R-008-2002.
The Borough of Lehighton designates the Borough Secretary as the Borough Open Records Officer. The current Borough Secretary is Brenda Koons.
All documents deemed public records shall be available for inspection, retrieval, and duplication at the Borough Building during established business hours with the exceptions of weekends and holidays.
Requests shall be made in writing to the Borough Open Records Officer on a form provided by the Borough.
Any person who makes a request in writing or by any other means shall be the same person who will retrieve the documents requested.
Paper copies shall be $0.25 per page per side. The certification of a record is $1 per record. Specialized documents, including, but not limited to, blueprints, color copies, and nonstandard-sized documents shall be charged the actual cost of production. If mailing is requested, the cost of postage will be charged. The Borough shall require prepayment of all fees prior to the release of records. The Borough shall require prepayment of an estimate of the fees prior to granting a request for access if the Borough expects the fee to exceed $100.
The Open Records Officer/Agency may contact the requester by phone and/or mail to advise the requester of the availability of any documents requested.
Appeals of criminal records shall be made to the District Attorney of Carbon County, Gary Dobias, P.O. Box 36, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, (570)325-2718.
The appeal shall be filed within 15 business days of the mailing date of the Borough's response or within 15 business days of a deemed denial. The appeal shall state the grounds upon which the requester asserts the record is a public record and shall address any grounds stated by the Borough for delaying or denying the request.