Step-by-Step Instructions

• Submit a written request on-line, in-person, by mail or by facsimile. See the FOIA Requests page for details.

• If you do not make an online request, a downloadable form is available at the following link. Direct your written request to the FOIA Officers.

• Identify or otherwise describe in your request the records for which you are seeking to inspect and/or have copied.

• To the extent you seek to have any records copied, the following charges may be assessed:
  • 1. No charge for the first fifty (50) pages in black and white text of letter or legal size paper and fifteen cents ($.15) for every page over fifty (50) pages; and
    2. Actual copying cost of color copies and other sized copies.

• If the requested records are kept in an electronic format, you may request that they be produced in an electronic format and, if feasible, the Village will produce them in the requested electronic format. If it is not feasible to produce the requested records in the requested electronic format, you may decide whether to have the Village produce the records in the electronic format in which they are kept or in hard copy format. You will be charged the actual cost of the medium in which the documents are reproduced (i.e., disc, diskette, tape).

• State in your request whether you are seeking a certified copy of any of the requested records. The cost for certified records is one dollar ($1.00) per record.

• If you have requested to inspect certain records, a Village representative will be present during the inspection.

• The Village will respond to your request within five (5) business days, unless an extension of five (5) additional business days is needed as provided for in the Act or another time period is agreed upon with you in writing.