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Resident says FOIA response was late and costly; requests fee reduction
Summary
At the Oct. 23 Suffolk school board meeting, Janet McKinney told the board that a Freedom of Information Act request she filed returned an estimated cost of $673.40 and that the response arrived late. McKinney asked the board to revise the fee estimate to $240.50 (five hours at $48.10).
Janet McKinney addressed the Suffolk City School Board during public comment on Oct. 23 to complain about the timing and the cost of a recent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request response.
McKinney said she submitted a FOIA request on Sept. 30 seeking public-speaker forms from Sept. 2023 through Sept. 2025. She said the statutory five-day response deadline was Oct. 7 but that the first…
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