Everett To Pay Citizen $35,000 For Public Records Request Failure

On Wednesday the Everett City Council is expected to approve a payout of $35,000.00 over failure of the city to promptly deliver on a public records request.

According to documents attached to this week’s city council agenda, in November of 2015, a woman named Brenda Kennedy made 10 different requests for public records from the City of Everett.

The city responded in December 2015 and January 2016. It was later determined that a number of records were missing from the original request. While the city has now provided all of the records. it left itself open to a lawsuit for failing to provide them in a timely manner. Kennedy filed suit against the city and the two have reached a settlement for $35,000.00.