DeWolf v. Town of Coventry, 051217 RIAGO, AGO PR 17-29
Case Date | May 12, 2017 |
Court | Rhode Island |
"[T]he Town's policy and procedure for obtaining public records pursuant to the APRA are posted on the Town's website. * * * The policy and procedure clearly establishes the Town Clerk as the authorized party to whom APRA requests are to be directed. A review of the Town's APRA request form (also posted on the Town's website) confirms this. * * *
By the Complainant's own statements, information and documentation, she did not address her APRA request to the Town Clerk; instead her letter was addressed as follows:
Ms. Kerrie Karwoski, Zoning Clerk,
Dept. of Planning & Zoning, Town of Coventry
1675 Flat River Road
Coventry, RI 02816
While Ms. Karwoski is indeed the Zoning/Planning Clerk, she is not the designated person to whom APRA requests are to be directed under the Town's posted APRA policies and procedures. It is also important to note that the 1675 Flat River Road [ ] address is not the address of Town Hall, nor is it the correct address of the Town Clerk. That address, again, provided in the Town's policies and procedures and on the posted APRA request form, is 1690 Flat River Road.
Notwithstanding, the Complainant's...
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