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Management and Budget Committee Pauses Proposed FOIL Policy after Public Comment; Refers to Executive Committee
Summary
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.
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.
Ken Walters and Star Hesse, members of the public who testified during the public‑comment period, said the county draft contains inconsistent titles and extra procedural steps that could delay or block records requests. Walters told the committee the draft omits a central email contact for requests, assigns the clerk of the board to serve as appeals officer, and uses language…
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