FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, Senate Bill 189. The Governor signed the bill into law on August 17, 2009, as Public Act 96-542 (hereinafter the FOIA) authorizes each public body to promulgate rules and regulations in conformity with the provisions of Section 3 of the Act pertaining to the availability of records and procedures to be followed, including:
the times and places where such records will be made available, and
the persons from whom such records may be obtained.
WHEREAS, Section 6 of the FOIA authorized each public body to charge fees reasonably calculated to reimburse its actual cost for reproducing and certifying public records for the use, by any person, of the equipment of the public body to copy records, and to be imposed according to a standard scale of fees, established and made public by the body imposing them.
WHEREAS, at the regular meeting of the Township Board, held on December 28, 2009, a motion was passed adopting the following procedures pursuant to the FOIA.
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS:
Any person submitting a proper request for inspection or copying of public records under FOIA shall delivery said request during regular business hours, in writing, to the Long Creek Town Hall, Attn: FOIA Officer.
Copies of public records required to be disclosed pursuant to the FOIA shall be made available to such person upon payment of copying fees in accordance with the following scale of fees, which shall be posted in a prominent place at the Long Creek Town Hall:
The Town Board designated April Kostenski, Township Clerk as FOIA Officer with Joanna Lambert, designated as Alternate FOIA Officer.
Public entities may not charge fees for the first fifty pages of standard black and white copies.
After the first 50 pages, the fee for black and white copies shall be _______ per page. (A fee equal to actual cost may be charged for color copies.) The actual cost of purchasing the recording medium, such as a disc or tape, may be charged for electronic records. The cost of a certified copy is limited to $1.00.
RESOLVED THIS 27TH DAY OF MAY, 2025.