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Adopting a Right to Know policy and designating an Open Records Officer for the Council of the City of Philadelphia.

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File details

Status
Adopted
Type
Resolution
Introduced
January 22, 2009
Sponsors
CPCouncil President VernaCTCouncilmember Tasco

Full Bill

WHEREAS, The City of Philadelphia has adopted a Right to Know policy for all agencies of the Executive/Administrative branch, in response to recent amendments to the Commonwealth's “Right to Know Law,” 65 P.S. §67.101

et seq.

Such policy includes the required designation of Open Records Officers with responsibility for receiving, tracking and responding to requests for information under the Right to Know Law; and

WHEREAS, Council wishes by this resolution to adopt that policy as the Right to Know policy for the Council, and to designate an Open Records Officer for Council; now, therefore,

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA,

THAT The Council hereby adopts the City's Right to Know policy (attached as Exhibit “A”), as it may be amended from time to time, as the Right to Know policy for the Council. A copy of this policy shall be posted in the Office of the Chief Clerk, and a link to this policy shall be maintained on the official website for Council.

FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT Anne Kelly King is hereby designated as the Open Records Officer for Council, with all the powers and duties of an Open Records Officer under the Right to Know Law.

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File history

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  1. UnanimousCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced

    Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

    Pass
    Official action detail

    A motion was made by Councilmember Tasco that this matter be Introduced. The motion carried unanimously.

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    Council ActionCITY COUNCIL

    READ

    Other recorded action without a published tally.

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    Council ActionCITY COUNCIL

    ADOPTED

    Other recorded action without a published tally.

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