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Public commenter and committee press staff on $2,060 records redaction cost; committee weighs in on in‑house redaction and lost revenue
Summary
A public commenter flagged large legal expenses and the committee reviewed one recent redaction that cost $2,060 while the village recovered roughly $150, meaning the village 'lost $1,900' on that open‑records request.
A public commenter told the Finance & Human Resources Committee on July 21 that he was concerned about legal expenses tied to public records and about recent staff turnover. Kevin Pensinal, who identified himself at the start of public comment, said he had seen “legal expense for $42,000 regarding a record request” in the packet and questioned why so much was spent to process records that he described as belonging to village residents. The committee discussed a separate, specific open‑records request that staff said cost the village $2,060 to redact — a process handled after custodians assembled the material and an attorney reviewed and redacted sensitive content.…
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