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Livingston County board reverses parts of FOIA denial but upholds estimated fee after resident's appeal
Summary
Resident Mary Anne Lamkin told the board she was repeatedly ignored when seeking public records and accused county prosecutors of misconduct; legal counsel recommended partially reversing the denial but upholding the county's fee estimate, and the board approved that recommendation with one abstention.
Mary Anne Lamkin of Hamburg Township told the Livingston County Board of Commissioners on the public record that she received no replies to repeated FOIA requests, accused local prosecutors of filing improper felony charges against her, and asked the board to compel disclosure of email and personnel records.
Legal counsel, speaking for the FOIA coordinator, told the board the county initially estimated fees and requested a good-faith deposit, that the county did not provide a timely determination within five business days nor give notice of a 10-business-day extension, and that the county later granted some items and denied others only after the appeal was filed. Counsel cited the county’s procedures and the FOIA…
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