HomeMy WebLinkAbout060418_ca04 JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
FROM: Leslie Locke, Executive Assistant
DATE: June 4, 2018
SUBJECT: Appoint Jefferson County Public Records Officer; Per RCW 42.56.580:
Central Services Director as Public Records Officer for Jefferson County
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
On May 29, 2018 the Board of County Commissioners approved Resolution No. 21-18 replacing the Public
Records Access Policy with the Public Records Act Compliance Policy. RCW 42.56.580 requires that the
County shall appoint and publicly identify a public records officer whose responsibility is to serve as a point
of contact for members of the public in requesting disclosure of public records and to oversee the agency's
compliance with the public records disclosure requirements of RCW 42.56.
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners appoint the Central Services
Director as the Public Records Officer for Jefferson County, as required under RCW 42.56.580.
REVIEWED BY:
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Philip Morley, s my Administrator Date
RCW 42.56.580: Public records officers. Page 1 of 1
RCW 42.56.580
Public records officers.
(1) Each state and local agency shall appoint and publicly identify a public records officer
whose responsibility is to serve as a point of contact for members of the public in requesting
disclosure of public records and to oversee the agency's compliance with the public records
disclosure requirements of this chapter. A state or local agency's public records officer may
appoint an employee or official of another agency as its public records officer.
(2) For state agencies, the name and contact information of the agency's public records
officer to whom members of the public may direct requests for disclosure of public records and
who will oversee the agency's compliance with the public records disclosure requirements of
this chapter shall be published in the state register at the time of designation and maintained
thereafter on the code reviser web site for the duration of the designation.
(3) For local agencies, the name and contact information of the agency's public records
officer to whom members of the public may direct requests for disclosure of public records and
who will oversee the agency's compliance within the public records disclosure requirements of
this chapter shall be made in a way reasonably calculated to provide notice to the public,
including posting at the local agency's place of business, posting on its internet site, or
including in its publications.
[ 2007 c 456 § 6; 2005 c 483 § 3. Formerly RCW 42.17.253.]
http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=42.56.580 5/30/2018