Track the Record Trail
We file an when a city decision needs checking — meeting minutes, contracts, emails, spending. This page tracks every request: what we asked for, what it costs, what arrived, and what is still missing.
Nothing is published until it clears review, and private resident information never appears here.
Albany quoted $195,058 in fees for June public-records requests. Before anyone pays, we're asking the city to explain how it got that number, separate attorney-review time from search time, and release the cheap, easy records first.
Logged estimates
$195,058
Three June estimates, with one attorney-review amount still not priced.
Staff time
1,628 hrs
Known staff-review time across the June 3 and June 8 estimates.
Email review
800k+
Claimed volume from one lane, with June 8 email counts still requiring narrowed terms.
Next step
Phase 1
Narrow low-cost records first, with itemized worksheets before any larger spend.
What we asked for before anyone pays
Step one asks for the records that are already cheap and easy to hand over — portal records, search logs, and the worksheets behind the fee estimates — before any bigger spend.
Public tracker
How many requests are at each stage, and which agencies hold them.
How a request moves
We send a request, the agency confirms receipt, then it either produces the records, asks for a fee, or denies the request — and a denial can be appealed to the District Attorney. The cards below open the live trail for each active request. Private email contents, addresses, and personal details are never published.
Active requests
6
Denied / appealed
2
Waiting on agency
6
Current council round
The council voted on cameras, housing money, water service, and street contracts at these two meetings. Each card opens the records trail that lets you check what was decided and what should happen next.
7
requests being tracked
4-2
vote to end the Flock camera contract
Jun 10
latest meeting packet
A status is not a conclusion
Each row shows where a records request stands. It does not prove motive, fault, or anything beyond the records described.
Notes mark the boundary
Source notes say what is public now, what is still pending, what was denied, and what is held back for review.
The next ask stays narrow
When an answer is incomplete, the follow-up asks for the specific record behind it: the search log, the fee math, or the exemption cited.
This tracker keeps public pressure on the record trail without turning an unanswered question into a public conclusion. Records are not posted until filing, redaction, and source-review checks are complete. Private resident or neighbor information is never published without explicit written consent.