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Charter review committee debates draft transparency language, FOIA costs and a coordinator role
Summary
Committee members reviewed a draft Chapter 8 transparency proposal that would expand online public access to records, spell out a FOIA coordinator role, and set principles about free public access while reserving charges for burdensome or commercial requests.
The Charter Review Committee spent an extended portion of its Feb. 1 meeting discussing a draft transparency chapter (Chapter 8) that would identify which city records should be freely available online and how the FOIA process should operate for records not posted publicly.
Draft language under consideration would establish a transparency coordinator role (currently handled by the clerk’s office), encourage the city to make commonly requested public records available electronically and at local…
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