Granted: Mt. Carmel Twp. minutes and tapes
Granted: A request to Mount
Carmel Township for minutes, meeting tapes and
treasurer's reports, which the township failed to
respond to.
The requester asked for copies of township meeting minutes, treasurer's reports and copies of township meeting tapes for the months of July, August and September 2009.
The township responded by invoking the 30-day extension to reply, and advised that a response would be provided by Dec. 9. The requester filed an appeal to the Office of Open Records on Dec. 14, when he had not yet received a response from the township.
The township did not provide grounds for withholding the records in response to correspondence from the OOR.
The OOR, in its responses, noted that the records requested have been determined to be public records, citing three previous cases: Demski v. Peters Creek Sanitary Authority AP 2009-1065 (audiotapes of public meetings), Willliams v. Johnstown Civil Service Board AP 2009-0619 (minutes), and Mychak v. Mt. Carmel Twp., OOR Dkt. AP 2009-0570 (audit report.)
"The township presented no evidence that the records requested do not exist, and supplied no ground for withholding them."
Mychak vs. Mt. Carmel Township AP 2009-1106
The requester asked for copies of township meeting minutes, treasurer's reports and copies of township meeting tapes for the months of July, August and September 2009.
The township responded by invoking the 30-day extension to reply, and advised that a response would be provided by Dec. 9. The requester filed an appeal to the Office of Open Records on Dec. 14, when he had not yet received a response from the township.
The township did not provide grounds for withholding the records in response to correspondence from the OOR.
The OOR, in its responses, noted that the records requested have been determined to be public records, citing three previous cases: Demski v. Peters Creek Sanitary Authority AP 2009-1065 (audiotapes of public meetings), Willliams v. Johnstown Civil Service Board AP 2009-0619 (minutes), and Mychak v. Mt. Carmel Twp., OOR Dkt. AP 2009-0570 (audit report.)
"The township presented no evidence that the records requested do not exist, and supplied no ground for withholding them."
Mychak vs. Mt. Carmel Township AP 2009-1106