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Roswell council reopens debate on anonymous open‑records requests, payment and a public records portal
Summary
Council discussed restoring anonymous open-records requests, mechanisms for prepayment and collection (state law allows prepayment for estimates over $500), and whether filled requests should be posted on a public portal; staff warned of bot/prank volumes and suggested selective portal publishing with redactions for sensitive records.
The committee spent extensive time on March 10 discussing whether Roswell should change a 2023 resolution that limits anonymous open‑records requests and on whether to publish fulfilled requests to a public portal.
Assistant City Attorney Joseph Cusack reviewed the current practice: the city accommodates anonymous requests but previously required requesters to come to City Hall to pay or collect certain records; staff noted concerns about high volumes of requests…
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