3.4. SR 10-13-2003*Item 3.4.*
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Mayor and City Council
FROM:
Joan Schmidt, City Clerk
DATE:
October 13, 2003
SUBJECT: Data Practices Compliance Official
Minnesota Statute requires that each city designate a Data Practices Compliance Official to
receive questions or concerns regarding problems in obtaining access to data or other data
practices problems. City Administrator Pat I~aers was appointed the Data Practices
Responsible Authority when the Data Practices Policy was adopted on June 30, 1997 and
recommends that the position of City Clerk be appointed as the Compliance Official.
ACTION REQUESTED
Adoption of the attached resolution appointing a Data Practices Compliance Official.
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RESOLUTION 03 -
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ELK RIVER
A RESOLUTION APPOINTING A
DATA PRACTICES COMPLIANCE OFFICIAL
WHEREAS,
Minnesota Statutes, Section 13.05 Subd. 13 requires the city appoint a
city employee to act as its data practices compliance official to receive
questions or concerns regarding problems in obtaining access to data or
other data practices problems within the city; and
WHEREAS,
the City Council shares the concern expressed by the Legislature about
access to city data and wishes to satisfy this concern by immediately
appointing a qualified data practices compliance official as required under
statute;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council appoints City Clerk
Joan Schmidt as the data practices compliance official to receive
questions and concerns regarding problems in obtaining access to data or
other data practices problems.
Passed and adopted by the Elk River City Council this 13th day of October, 2003.
ATTEST:
Stephanie I¥flinzing, Mayor
Joan Schmidt, City Clerk