Open Records

The Open Records Law allows the public to inspect and/or obtain copies of public records. Parkesburg Borough has adopted Open Records Regulations and Procedures- Resolution No. 2008-31. Requests for information should be addressed to the Open Records Officer in person, by mail, by fax, or by email.
You will be charged a fee for all copies you request. Copies will not be provided until you have paid the applicable fee.

NOTE: Prepayment will be required if a fee is expected to exceed $100.00

The Borough does not charge for time spent redacting, or blacking out, nonpublic information in a public document, but the Borough will charge for making all copies needed to produce redacted material for viewing by the requester.You will receive a response within five business days of the Open Records Office’s receipt of your request.

The response will:

• State how and when you may inspect or obtain copies of the records you requested; or
• Inform you, when appropriate, of any additional time that will be needed for legal review of your request or for the gathering or duplicating of the requested records; or
• Inform you, when appropriate, that some or all of the requested records are not subject to production under the Open Records Law.
• If you disagree with a determination of the Open Records Office, you may file an appeal to the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records. Visit their website for guidelines and forms for appeals. Decisions of the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records may be appealed to Court.

When a request is received for public access to public requests to the borough or police department a determination will be made in five(5) business days of the receipt of request, to grant or deny request. The person or entity requesting the information will be promptly notified of the decision. Requests received 4PM will be dated the next business day.

If any other request is denied or deemed denied for any reason, the requester may file an appeal in writing with the Pennsylvania State Office of Open Records addressed to: Office of Open Records, 333 Market Street, 16th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101-2234. Appeals can also be filed online at Office of Open Records website. https://www.openrecords.pa.gov.

You may make a request for records by completing the attached form below:

Please send/email/fax completed forms to the Open Records Officer list below: