Legal Opinion
Opinion No. Oag 5-84, (1984)
Wisconsin Attorney General Reports
Decided January 16, 1984PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEITH R. ZEHMS, Corporation Counsel Eau Claire County
You have requested my opinion as to whether records relating to labor grievances of Eau Claire County employes are accessible under the state public records law in subchapter II of chapter 19, Stats.
Apparently the records are kept by the county's personnel director. Therefore, they are "records" kept by an "authority" as those terms are defined in section 19.32. As such, there is "a presumption of complete public access . . ." since "denial of public access generally is contrary to the public interest, and only in an exceptional case may…