Management and Budget Committee Pauses Proposed FOIL Policy after Public Comment; Refers to Executive Committee
Public commenters told the Sullivan County Management and Budget Committee the draft public‑records (FOIL) policy would create barriers; the committee agreed to pause and refer the draft to the full executive committee for further review rather than adopt it at the meeting.
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The Sullivan County Management and Budget Committee on an April meeting day paused consideration of a proposed public‑records policy—commonly called a FOIL (Freedom of Information Law) policy—after residents testified that the draft would make records harder to obtain and asked the committee to instead use the state's model rules.
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