New legislation approved by the State Legislature's final session day of 2014 required public bodies to establish specific written procedures and guidelines for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.  This new legislation goes into effect July 1, 2015. With that in mind, the Cedar Springs City Council formally adopted a new FOIA policy at its June 11, 2015 meeting.  The new policy requires public bodies to create and make publicly available a written public summary of the Procedures and … [Read more...]