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CITY OF LAKEVILLE
RESOLUTION
Date November 17, 1980 Resolution No. 80-136
Motion by Zaun Seconded by Nelson
RESOLUTION APPOINTING A..RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITY AND
ASSIGNING DUTIES UNDER THE MINNESOTA
.GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES ACT
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, M.S.
15.1611 to 15.1699 as amended, requires that this city appoint one
person as the Responsible Authority to administer the requirements
for collection, storage, use, and dissemination of data on individuals,
government data, and summar~r data within 'this city;.`-and
WHEREAS, the city council is_concefned with the responsible
use of city data and. wishes to satisfy .this concern. by immediately
appointing an administratively qualified Responsible Authority as
required under the Act and assigning duties to that person.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF LAKEVILLE,
MINNESOTA:
1. The city council of Lakeville, Minnesota appoints
Patrick E, McGarvey as the Responsible Authority for the purposes
of meeting all requirements of the Minnesota Government Data Practices
Act, M.S. Section 15.1611 through 15.1699 as amended..
2. The Responsible Authority may designate a city employee.
or employees to assist in the administration and enforcement of the
duties of the. Responsible Authority and to be in charge of individual
files or systems containing government data and to receive and comply
with. requests for government data. If the Responsible Authority
appoints a designee or designees, the appointment. must be in writing,
and the city council shall be provided a copy of the appointment.
If designees are appointed, the Responsible Authority shall instruct
them in the requirements of administering and enforcing the Minnesota
Government Data Practices Act.
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3. The duties of the Responsible Authority and designees
are as follows:
a. The Responsible Authority shall prepare'a public document containing
his name, title, and address, and a description of each type. of record,
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file, or process relating to .private or confidential. data on individuals
retained by the city. In addition, ;the public document shall contain
the rights of the data subject pursuant to the Minnesota Government
Data Pr~.ctices Act and the specific procedures in effect in the
city for .access by the. data subjects to public or private data on
individuals. Forms used to collect private and confidential data shall
be included in this document. The Responsible Authority shall update
the public document annually and make any changes necessary to maintain
its accuracy.
b. The Responsible Authority shall keep records containing government
data in such an arrangement and condition as to make them easily
accessible for convenient use by the public. Photographic, photostatic,
microphotographic, or microfilmed records shall be condidered as
.accessible for convenient use regardless of the size of these records.
c. The Responsible Authority shall establish procedures to insure
that requests for government data are received and complied with
in an appropriate and prompt manner.
d. The Responsible Authority shall establish procedures to assure
that all data on individuals is accurate, complete, and current. for
the purposes for which it was collected; and establish appropriate
security safeguards for all records containing data on individuals.
e. The Responsible Authority or designee shall, upon request by any
person, permit that person to inspect and copy government data during
the normal business hours of the city and at places provided by the
Responsible Authority, and if the person requests, that person shall
be informed of the data's meaning. The Responsible Authority or
designee shall provide copies of government data upon request. The
Responsible Authority or designee shall require the. requesting person
to pay the actual cost of making, certifying, and compiling the copies.
If the Responsible Authority or designee is not able to provide copies at
the time a-request is made, the Responsible Authority or designee
shall supply copies as soon as reasonably possible. If the Responsible
Authority or designee determines that the. requested government data is
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classified so us to deny the requesting person access, the Responsible
Authority or designee shall so inform the requesting person orally
at the time of the request, and in writing as soon thereafter as
possible, and shall cite the statute, temporary classification, or
federal law upon which the determination is made.
f. Upon request to the. Responsible Authority or designee, any indiv-
idual shall be informed whether he is subject to stored-data on
individuals, and whether it is classified as public, private, or con-
fidential. Upon further request, the individual who is the subject
of stored private data on individuals shall be shown the data without
any charge to him and, if he desires, shall be informed of the content
and meaning of that data. The Responsible Authority or designee
shall provide copies of the private data upon request by the individual
subject of the data, and the cost of providing. copies shall be borne
by the individual. The Responsible Authority or designee shall comply
immediately, if possible, with any request made by an .individual under
this paragraph, or within five days of-the date of the request,
excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, if immediate compliance
is not possible. If the Responsible Authority or designee cannot comply
with the request within that time, he shall so inform the individual,
and may have an additional five days within which to comply with the
request excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal-holidays.
g. If an individual contests the accuracy or completeness of public
or private data concerning himself, and notifies in writing the
Responsible Authority describing the nature of the disagreement, the
Responsible Authority shall within; 30".days either correct the data
found to be inaccurate or incomplete and attempt to notify past recip-
ients of inaccurate or incomplete data, including recipients named
by the individual; or notify the individual that the Responsible Author-
ity believes the data to be correct.,. Data which is in dispute shall
be disclosed only if the individual's statement of disagreement is
included with the disclosed data.
h. The Responsible Authority or designee ;shall allow another Respon-
sible Authority or designee access to data classified as not public
only. when .the access is authorized or required by statute or federal
law. The data shall retain the same. classification in the hands of
the agency receiving it as it had in the agency providing it. A change
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in classification s.permittediif required by judicial or admnis-
trative rule pertaining to the conduct of legal action or with a specific
statute to the data in the possession of the providing or receiving
agency. The Responsible Authority or designee when supplying government
data under this provision may require the requesting Responsible Authority
to pay the actual cost of supplying the data.
i. The Responsible. Authority or designee shall prepare summary data
from private or confidential data on individuals upon the request of
any person, provided that the request is in writing and the cost of
preparing the summary data is borne by the requesting person. The
Responsible Authority may delegate the power to prepare summary data
to the administrative officer responsible for any central repository
of summary data; or to a person outside of the city if the person,
in writing, sets forth. his purpose and agrees not to disclose the infor-
mation, and. the Responsible Authority reasonably determines that the
access will not compromise. private or confidential data on individuals..
j. The Responsible Authority shall, when appropriate, apply to the
Commissioner of Administration for the classification of data or types
of data on individuals as private or confidential, or of data not on
individuals as non-public. or protected non-public, on a temporary
basis. until a. proposed statute can-be-acted upon by the legislature.
4. This resolution implementing the Minnesota Government Data
Practices Act shall remain in force and effect until :modified by the
city COUX1C11.
ADOPTED by the COUnCll of the City of Lakeville this 17th
day of November 1980.
CITY OF LAKEVILLE
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Gordon Lekson, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Patrick. E. McGarvey, City Clerk
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