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Freeport council creates police FOIA officer and part-time FOIA clerk amid rising requests and debate over centralizing records
Summary
After months of increasing open-records workload, the council approved a full-time FOIA officer in the police department and a part-time FOIA/Deputy Clerk position to support the City Clerk’s office; votes (full-time FOIA officer 5–3, part-time clerk adopted after suspension votes) followed debate about centralizing records and oversight.
The Freeport City Council approved two new positions to handle a surge in Freedom of Information Act requests across city departments: a full-time FOIA officer housed in the police department and a part-time deputy clerk/FOIA clerk in the City Clerk’s office.
Chief Rosto told council that police officers had been answering FOIA requests and that the department had seen a sharp increase in volume: "As of year-to-date from January 1st to April 3rd 173 requests," he said, arguing a…
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