A.   The Revised Code of Washington (RCW) requires all cities, towns and public agencies to maintain and make available a current index of all public records.

B.   The RCW also states that if maintaining such an index would be unduly burdensome, or interfere with agency operation, a city/town must issue and publish a formal order specifying the reasons why and the extent to which compliance would be unduly burdensome.

C.   When such order is made, all indexes maintained by the city/town must be made available to provide identifying information on those records which are available for inspection and/or copying.

D.   The town will comply with the provisions of the RCW as they relate to the Public Disclosure Act, under RCW Chapter 42.17.

A.   The town is not required to maintain an all-inclusive index of public records due to findings of the town council that the requirement is unduly burdensome and such a list is extremely difficult to create and/or maintain.

B.   The town shall make available all public records and any indexes created for internal use upon request by any citizen. Said indexes shall be maintained and released in order to obtain those records which are public and not protected by the exemption portion of the statute, namely RCW 42.17.3 10.