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Township officials tell committee serial public-records requests are crippling small governments
Summary
Medina Township trustees and other local officials testified that repeated, expansive public-records requests are consuming staff time and harming services; they urged statutory tools to deter vexatious requesters while preserving transparency.
Township trustees and county officials told the House Judiciary Committee that a small number of repeated public-records requesters have created an operational crisis in some small local governments, tying up staff hours and prompting resignations.
Chuck Johnson, a Medina Township trustee, said serial requests arrive in volume and often ask for large historical packets and metadata; he called the pattern a…
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