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County attorney reworks FOIA procedure; committee holds draft for final edits
Summary
Butte‑Silver Bow County Attorney presented an updated draft FOIA/resolution that would centralize records requests in the County Attorney’s Office, add a 30‑day notice to requesters of estimated completion time and costs, and propose an initial acknowledgement; the committee voted to hold the communication in abeyance for final drafting.
The Butte‑Silver Bow County Attorney presented an updated draft policy and resolution to standardize how the county responds to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and asked the committee to review the revisions before final adoption. The committee voted to hold communication 2020579 in abeyance to allow one last round of edits.
The county attorney said, “once a request for records has been received,…
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