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FLORIDA PUBLIC RECORDS LAW

Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, generally known as the “Florida Public Records Law”, provides that all documents, papers, records and similar material produced or received by an agency or political subdivision of the State are subject to public inspection and review under reasonable conditions and at reasonable times.  Accordingly, unless specifically exempted by law, all bids and materials received with bids, marketing information, quotations, proposals, specifications, correspondence, forms, contracts, bonds, financial statements, prospectus, corporate resumes, product summaries, lab reports, inspection and test reports and any other such material will be considered a matter of public record.  The City and its staff cannot regard any document, information or data as proprietary or confidential unless so advised by the City Attorney.