This FOIL request will be submitted to the Village Clerk electronically once you click the "submit" button below. If preferred, you can download a PDF copy by clicking here: FOIL REQUEST FORM and then email, mail, or drop off your request to the Village Clerk's office. If records are being requested from multiple offices, submit separate requests for each.
The cost for copies of records is $0.25 per page for paper copies up to 9" x 14." Copies for most other records will be the cost of reproduction. Other costs will be calculated in accordance with Section 87 of the Freedom of Information Law.
Upon receipt of a FOIL request, the Village Clerk will assign the request a serial number. The request will then be entered into a database and forwarded to the appropriate department. Within 5 business days after the receipt of the request, the responsible department will make such record available to the person requesting it, deny such request in writing, or furnish a written acknowledgement of the receipt of such request and a statement of the appropriate date, which shall be reasonable under the circumstances of the request, when such request can be granted or denied. The approximate date will be within 20 days after receipt.
If the request cannot be fulfilled within 20 days, the department will provide the requester with an exact date that the record will, wholly or in part, be provided or made available.
The Village Clerk may require the requestor of certain FOIL requests to sign an affidavit that information being provided will not be used for solicitation or fund-raising purposes and that the requestor will not sell, give or otherwise make such information available to another person for the purpose of allowing that person to use the information for solicitation or fund-raising purposes.
The requestor may ask that the Village Clerk certify records being requested. Such requests will require that the requestor pay the appropriate fee for certified copies.
If a request is denied by the Village Clerk or appropriate custodian, the requestor may appeal such denial within seven business days of receipt of denial. Appeals must be submitted in writing and sent to the Village Clerk.
The information provided here is posted to assist you with your FOIL request. It will be updated as needed, but is always to be considered subordinate to the Freedom of Information Law and the Village Code of Catskill. If at any time, the information posted here contradicts the Freedom of Information Law and the Village Code of Catskill, the information posted here is to be deemed invalid.
FOR DEPARTMENT USE ONLY:
Date received by Department: __________
Dept. Head approval: _________________
Date Applicant Contacted: _____________
Date FOIL fulfilled or denied: ___________
Closed by: _________________________
Date: ______________________________
Notes: _____________________________________________________________________________
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Number of Pages: ________ Cost @ $0.25/page: $____________
Check #: ______ Cash: _____
Total paid: $___________
