Public Records Request

ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS GOVERNING INSPECTION OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE CITY OF FRANKLIN, KENTUCKY
Pursuant to KRS 6l.870 thru 6l.884, the public is notified that, as provided herein, the public records of the City of Franklin, KY are open for inspection by any person upon written notification to the City Clerk, official custodian of the public records of the City of Franklin, Kentucky, whose address is 117 West Cedar Street, Franklin, Kentucky.

Requests may be made during normal business hours from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday each week, except holidays. Records request forms for the inspection of any public records of this agency are available on the City of Franklin website at www.franklinky.org, or as provided by any employee of this office upon request, or by email to openrecords@franklinky.org. Completed request forms can be submitted by email to openrecords@franklinky.org or by delivery to the City Clerk located at Franklin City Hall, 117 West Cedar Street, Franklin, Kentucky or by calling the City Clerk at 270-586-4497, Ext 5526.

Request for Public Records Form (Updated June 29, 2021)

Any person requesting public records shall be notified not later than five (5) working days after receipt of the request for inspection and advised either of the availability of the records requested for inspection and where and how said records will be made available, or that the records requested are not available for inspection and the reason(s) therefor. Beginning on June 29, 2021, only “residents of Commonwealth” of Kentucky and “news-gathering organizations,” as those terms are defined by statute, may request to inspect public records. A person submitting a request to inspect public records must include with the request a statement that the person making the request is eligible to request public records under the law. A public agency may deny a request to inspect records that does not include such a statement or that is not eligible to request public records under the law. See KRS 61.872(2)

Copies of written material in the public records of this agency shall be furnished to any person requesting them upon payment of a fee of ten (10) cents per page; copies of non-written or electronic records shall be furnished upon pre-payment payment of a charge equal to the actual cost of producing copies of such records by the most economic process available not likely to damage or alter the record.

This the 29th day of June, 2021.
CATHY DILLARD, CITY CLERK
CITY OF FRANKLIN, KENTUCKY