Legal Documents of Baneberry

Procedures regarding access and inspection of public records:

1. Consistent with the Public Records Act of the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Code Annotated, § 39-16-602, authorized personnel of the City of Baneberry shall provide full access and assistance in a timely and efficient manner to citizens of the State of Tennessee who request access to open public records.
2. Employees of the City of Baneberry shall protect the integrity and organization of public records with respect to the manner in which such records are inspected and copied. All inspections or copying of records shall be performed by, or under the supervision of, employees, authorized staff volunteers, or officials of the City of Baneberry.
3. All copying of public records shall only be accomplished by employees, authorized staff volunteers, or officials of the City of Baneberry.
4. Employees, authorized staff volunteers, and officials with the City of Baneberry shall prevent excessive disruption of their essential functions and duties while seeking to provide responsive access to records at the earliest possible time.
5. Requests for inspection or copying of records shall be made in writing on Form 2015-1; Request for Public Records provided by the City of Baneberry. Form 2015-1 shall be completed by the person requesting the record.
6. Baneberry city employees, authorized staff volunteers, or officials of the City of Baneberry may request reasonable identification of any person requesting a record.
7. Hours for making requests for inspection or copying of records shall be the regular office hours of city hall.
8. Removal of records from city hall shall not be permitted.
9. Reproduction of records shall not be undertaken when, in the judgment of personnel of the City of Baneberry, such reproduction would cause damage to the record.
10. City employees, authorized staff volunteers, and city officials shall not engage in research projects for requestors. (Ord. #215-1, June 2015, modified)