[StBernard] Who got trash removal contracts

[Westley Annis]

By state law, these are public records.

I believe the list of debris contractors was published before one of the  
now defunct "official" websites.  The list included names, zones, and  
telephone numbers.  I thought I had a local copy; but I can't find it.

Maybe Craig Taffaro, Ray Garofalo (webmaster of the temp site), or "Jerry"  
(the webmaster of the old site) can point to a copy of it?

Personally, I'd like to have the list so I know who to complain to for  
ripping up my sidewalk when they removed debris.

J. Hodges

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LA. Revised Statute

TITLE 44

PUBLIC RECORDS AND RECORDERS

CHAPTER 1.  PUBLIC RECORDS

PART I.  SCOPE

§1.  General definitions

A.(1)  As used in this Chapter, the phrase "public body" means any branch,  
department, office, agency, board, commission, district, governing  
authority, political subdivision, or any committee, subcommittee, advisory  
board, or task force thereof, or any other instrumentality of state,  
parish, or municipal government, including a public or quasi-public  
nonprofit corporation designated as an entity to perform a governmental or  
proprietary function.

(2)(a)  All books, records, writings, accounts, letters and letter books,  
maps, drawings, photographs, cards, tapes, recordings, memoranda, and  
papers, and all copies, duplicates, photographs, including microfilm, or  
other reproductions thereof, or any other documentary materials,  
regardless of physical form or characteristics, including information  
contained in electronic data processing equipment, having been used, being  
in use, or prepared, possessed, or retained for use in the conduct,  
transaction, or performance of any business, transaction, work, duty, or  
function which was conducted, transacted, or performed by or under the  
authority of the constitution or laws of this state, or by or under the  
authority of any ordinance, regulation, mandate, or order of any public  
body or concerning the receipt or payment of any money received or paid by  
or under the authority of the constitution or the laws of this state, are  
"public records", except as otherwise provided in this Chapter or the  
Constitution of Louisiana.

(b)  Notwithstanding Subparagraph (a), any documentary material of a  
security feature of a public body's electronic data processing system,  
information technology system, telecommunications network, or electronic  
security system, including hardware or software security, password, or  
security procedure, process, configuration, software, and code is not a  
"public record".

(3)  As used in this Chapter, the word "custodian" means the public  
official or head of any public body having custody or control of a public  
record, or a representative specifically authorized by him to respond to  
requests to inspect any such public records.



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