13-15 Amend Chp. 143 City Records Commission

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143.99 PENALTY. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misde- meanor of the fourth degree. shall be and hereby is repealed, and new Chapter 143, City Records Commission, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances is enacted to read as follows: CHAPTER 143 CITY RECORDS COMMISSION 143.01 ESTABLISHMENT AND MEMBERSHIP There is hereby established a City Records Commission to be coin - posed of the Mayor or his or her appointed representative, as chairper- son, the Director of Finance, the Director of Law and a citizen appoint- ed by the Mayor. The commission shall appoint a secretary, who may or may not be a member of the conunission and who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. 143.02 FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSION. The functions of the City Records Commission shall be to provide rules for retention and disposal of records of the City; to review, revise and approve schedules of records retention; to review all applications for records disposal and schedules of records disposition submitted by the City; and to ensure compliance with general law related to records re- tention, disposal and disposition. The commission shall meet at least once every six months and upon the call of the chairperson. 143.03 COMPLIANCE REQUIRED. No person having the custody of any records shall transfer, destroy or otherwise dispose of them, or procure or permit the transfer, destruction or other disposition of them without complying with the regulations and procedures adopted by the City Records Commission in accordance with this chapter. 143.04 COSTS. Except as otherwise noted in this code or by general law, the City may charge actual costs for copies, delivery and transmission of public rec- ords and may require payment of costs in advance. The cost of employ- ee time may not be included in the cost of copies or of delivery unless otherwise permitted under general law. The City may choose to employ the services, and charge the requester the costs of, a private contractor to copy public records so long as the decision to do so is reasonable. 143.99 PENALTY. Whoever knowingly violates Section 143.03 is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.