For general city open records requests you should complete the form below and email or mail it to the city clerk's office.
Email: bvanclake@omro-wi.com. Phone: (920) 685-7000 205 S. Webster Avenue Omro, WI 54963 ![]()
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For police department open records requests you should complete the form below and email or mail it to the police department's office.
Email: sschafer@omro-wi.com Phone: (920) 685-7007 205 S. Webster Avenue Omro, WI 54963 ![]()
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Notice Regarding Public Records Requests
Notice Regarding Public Records Except as otherwise provided in §2.88.060 of the Omro Municipal Code and §19.36 Wis. Stats., any person has a right to inspect a record and to make or receive a copy of any record as provided in §19.35, Wis. Stats. and §2.88 of the City of Omro Municipal Code of Ordinances.
In accordance with §2.88.030 of the Omro Municipal Code and §19.33 of the Wis. Stats., Barbara Van Clake, Clerk, shall act as the legal Records Custodian for the City of Omro as well as the designated custodian of all records of the common council and any such committees, commissions, boards or other authorities created by ordinance or resolution of the common council.
Requests to inspect public records may be made to Barbara Van Clake in her capacity as City Clerk and Records Custodian, at the Omro City Hall, 205 S. Webster Avenue, Omro, WI 54963.
Public records may be requested, inspected and copies obtained during normal business hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. In some cases, records may require retrieval and therefore may not be immediately available for inspection. Every effort to will be made to respond to the open records request as soon as is practicable and without delay. An Open Records Request Form is available for written submission of your open records request.
The cost of photocopying of records shall be .25 cents per side of page, which has been calculated to be the actual, necessary and direct cost of reproduction. In some cases, such response costs may go beyond simply copying a requested record. In these cases, the Records Custodian may charge for any and all costs associated with complying with an open records request up to and including applicable shipping, mailing and hourly wages of Records Custodian or designee thereof. Per §19.35(3)(f) a prepayment of such costs associated with an open record request in access of $5.00 may be required prior to processing such open records request.
The following individuals, or designee thereof, shall be the legal custodian of records for the corresponding offices or authorities:
General City Records Linda K. Kutchenriter, City Administrator / Treasurer
Clerk / Deputy Treasurer Barbara J. Van Clake, MMC/WCMC
City Assessor's Office Nick Marks, City Assessor
City Attorney Attorney(s) Lud Wurtz and John Blazel
Building Inspector Martin Johnson
Police Department Police Chief Joseph Schuster
Department of Public Works Steve Bilkey, Public Works Director
Water and Sewer Utility Jamie Kiesling, Utility Account Clerk
In accordance with §2.88.030 of the Omro Municipal Code and §19.33 of the Wis. Stats., Barbara Van Clake, Clerk, shall act as the legal Records Custodian for the City of Omro as well as the designated custodian of all records of the common council and any such committees, commissions, boards or other authorities created by ordinance or resolution of the common council.
Requests to inspect public records may be made to Barbara Van Clake in her capacity as City Clerk and Records Custodian, at the Omro City Hall, 205 S. Webster Avenue, Omro, WI 54963.
Public records may be requested, inspected and copies obtained during normal business hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. In some cases, records may require retrieval and therefore may not be immediately available for inspection. Every effort to will be made to respond to the open records request as soon as is practicable and without delay. An Open Records Request Form is available for written submission of your open records request.
The cost of photocopying of records shall be .25 cents per side of page, which has been calculated to be the actual, necessary and direct cost of reproduction. In some cases, such response costs may go beyond simply copying a requested record. In these cases, the Records Custodian may charge for any and all costs associated with complying with an open records request up to and including applicable shipping, mailing and hourly wages of Records Custodian or designee thereof. Per §19.35(3)(f) a prepayment of such costs associated with an open record request in access of $5.00 may be required prior to processing such open records request.
The following individuals, or designee thereof, shall be the legal custodian of records for the corresponding offices or authorities:
General City Records Linda K. Kutchenriter, City Administrator / Treasurer
Clerk / Deputy Treasurer Barbara J. Van Clake, MMC/WCMC
City Assessor's Office Nick Marks, City Assessor
City Attorney Attorney(s) Lud Wurtz and John Blazel
Building Inspector Martin Johnson
Police Department Police Chief Joseph Schuster
Department of Public Works Steve Bilkey, Public Works Director
Water and Sewer Utility Jamie Kiesling, Utility Account Clerk