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Ceres council declines to post all public-records responses online now, citing cost and confidentiality concerns

Ceres City Council · June 9, 2025
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Summary

Council members supported transparency but declined to adopt a policy to post all public-records responses on the city website without further scoping, citing unbudgeted staff time, technical limits and police-record confidentiality.

Council members on June 9 discussed a referral to post public-records-request responses on the city website. Council Member Casey framed the proposal as a transparency measure: posting requests and responses would let the public see both requests and staff answers.

City staff and the city attorney warned the council the…

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