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& Eastern Lawyer v. Tompkins, 136 Wn.App. 616 (2007), and disclosure of such records may be <br />subject to the common law and to applicable court rules, specifically GR 31 and GR 31.1, and <br />orders. Therefore, this ordinancethese rules does not address access to court records. <br />2. A list of addresses, telephone and fax numbers of public records officers for agencies of Kittitas <br />County are posted on the County's website. <br />3. The applicable public records officer or designee will oversee compliance with the act and <br />facilitate identification of records which are available for disclosure. The term "designee" is <br />included in the term "public records officer" and herein incorporated by reference for the <br />purpose of these rulesthis ordinance. (Ord. 2010-01, 2010). <br />2.55.030 Availability of Public Records. <br />1. Records available on County Website. Many records are available on the Kittitas County <br />website. Requesters are encouraged to view any documents available on the website before <br />submitting a records request. <br />2. Hours for Inspection of Records. Public records are available for inspection and copying <br />during the County's normal business hours and may be viewed at the County agency holding <br />such records. <br />3. Records Index. <br />a. General County Records Index. No general County records index exists. The Kittitas <br />County Board of County Commissioners finds that maintaining a general index is unduly <br />burdensome and would interfere with agency operations for the County and its agencies. <br />Kittitas County employees generate hundreds of records on a daily basis that include final <br />opinions and orders made in the adjudication of cases, statements of policy, interpretations <br />of policy, administrative manuals, instructions to staff that affect members of the public, <br />planning policies and goals, interim and final planning decisions, factual staff reports and <br />studies, factual consultant's reports and studies, scientific reports and studies, factual <br />information derived from tests, studies, reports, or surveys, and correspondence and <br />materials referred to therein relating to regulatory, supervisory, or enforcement <br />responsibilities. Virtually every County agency would be required to devote at least one <br />full-time employee exclusively to the task of collecting, reading, categorizing, indexing, and <br />maintaining a current index of such records. In addition, the time required by other <br />employees to ensure that records are forwarded to the designated employees for indexing <br />and communicating with the designated employee regarding the purposes of the records <br />would be substantial. Due to the lack of available resources to devote to such an endeavor, <br />creating an index would be unduly burdensome and would unduly interfere with agency <br />operations. <br />b. County Agencies Records Index. Any indexes County agencies have created for <br />departmental use must be provided. <br />4. Protection of Records. The County will take reasonable steps to protect records from damage <br />and disorganization. A requester shall not take original records from County offices. <br />5. Backup and security copies. <br />a. In order to prevent excessive interference with essential functions of the County, the <br />County shall not search backup or security systems for copies of public records when the <br />originals of such records have been identified, located and are available for inspection <br />and/or copying.