I.  Brief description of our public body:

                A.  Our purpose is to provide materials and services for the recreational, social, informational,    and educational needs of the community.

                B.  The total amount of our operating budget for the current fiscal year is $

                Funding sources are property and personal property replacement taxes, fines, charges, and donations.  

                C,  The library's administrative office is located at 432 E Locust Street, Chatsworth, IL 60921.

                D   The following number of persons employed:

                                1.  Part-time (1/2 time or less)-------4

                E.  The following organization exercises control over our policies and procedures: The Chatsworth Township Board of Library Trustees which meets monthly on the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the library.  Its members are: president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer and three trustees.

                F.  We are required to report and be answerable for our operations to: Illinois State Library, Springfield, Illinois with Jesse White being the State Librarian.

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II.  You may request the information and the records available to the public in the following manner:

                A.  Your request should be directed  to the Freedom of Information Officer..Mary Fisher-Miller

                B.  You must specify the records requested to be disclosed for inspection of to be copied. If you               desire  that any record be certified, you must specify which ones.

                C.  You must reimburse us our actual costs for reproducing and certifying (if requested) the        records.  You will be charged twenty-five cents per page for employee copied records.

                D.  The FOIA officer will respond to a written request within seven (7) working days of sooner if                possible,  An extension of an additional seven (7) working days may be necessary to properly        respond.

                E.  Records may be inspected of copied.  If inspected, an employee must be present throughout              the inspection.

                F.  You may appeal the decision of the FOIA officer to the Board of Library Trustees.

                G.  The records will be available at the Chatsworth Township Library during library's open hours.

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III.  Certain types of information maintained by us are exempt from inspection and copying.  However  the following types or categories of records are maintained under our control:

                A.  Monthly financial statements

                B.  Annual receipts and disbursement reports

                C.  Budget and appropriation ordinances

                D.  Levy ordinances

                E.  Operating budgets

                F.  Annual Audits

                G.  Minutes of the Board of Library Trustees

                H.  Library policies, including materials selection