1.08 Definitions

A.

Authority means any of the following County related offices having custody of a

record: an office, elected official, agency, board, commission, committee, council, department of

public body corporate or politic created by constitution, law, county code, rule or order; or a

formally constituted subunit of the foregoing.

B.

Custodian means the person empowered by § 19.33, Wis. Stats., with the care and

custody of public records, and tasked with the responsibility of compliance with Wisconsin’s

Public Records Law (§§ 19.31 – 19.39, Wis. Stats.) Unless otherwise designated in this schedule,

the custodian is, as a rule, the: 1) department head of their permitted designee; 2) an elected official

or their permitted designee; and 3) for the County Board and for any committees, commissions,

boards or authorities created by the Code or resolution for the County Board, or the County Clerk.

A custodian is also an Authority for purposes of this Article.

C.

Record has the meaning specified in § 19.62(6), Wis. Stats.

D.

Public Record has the meaning specified in § 16.61(2)(b), Wis. Stats.