Walk It Through: The Records Request
A request to the city, an answer by the third business day, and copies at actual cost.
A resident asks the city clerk for emails about a zoning change.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
City emails about a public matter. Records closed by a specific exemption, criminal investigation files, and a lawsuit to enforce the act are left out.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.