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Clerk asks council to fund CivicPlus and FOIA software after growing request volumes
Summary
Berkley city clerk asked council to fund an agenda/records management software suite (CivicPlus) and FOIA automation as an efficiency measure after rising FOIA volumes and state software requirements for voter-check devices.
City Clerk Victoria Mitchell told the council she is asking the city to purchase a CivicPlus agenda-and-records-management suite and a FOIA-tracking/redaction system to reduce staff hours and improve public access.
Mitchell said FOIA requests remain significant — 46 so far this calendar year, compared with 56 in 2024 and 136 in 2023 — and that many requests take long redaction and search time. She said…
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