1. Access to promulgated portions of the City Charter or ordinances or other type of established guidelines including applicable state statutes which provide for a City of Bridgeport Parking Violations Bureau, which provide for such Bureau to hire, to issue parking tickets (tickets which may be issued either by its own officers or by police officers), to contract for an administrative hearing officer and to conduct hearings;
2. Access to that public information which describes the purpose of the Parking Violations Bureau;
3. Access to the portion of the City Charter, ordinances, other type of established guidelines including applicable state statutes which describe the role, position and scope of authority for an administrative hearing officer;
4. Access to the guidelines for and the selection and decision process for the official action of contracting with Attorney Salvatore DePiano to act as the administrative hearing officer in the subject hearing on February 27th;
5. A copy of the current contract with provides for Attorney Salvatore DePiano to act as the administrative hearing officer for the subject hearing of February 27th;
6. A copy of procedures and guidelines for such an administrative hearing;
7. Access to a recent financial report for the Parking Violations Bureau;
8. The name and CAD number of the police officer who issued the above-referenced citation on March 28, 2012;
9. The names of the Bureau officers who issued the respective citations issued in November 2012 to the vehicle with license CT-747DW;
10. The authority for the decision to hire Officer Peter Keogh in his present position with the Bureau including access to the selection and reviews process for the decision;
11. A current position description for that held by Officer Peter Keogh;
12. Legal references for the statements made in the administrative hearing of February 27th by Officer Keogh that (1) imposed fines must be paid on the same day that a ruling is issued, (2) that all decisions of the Parking Violations Bureau are final, and (3) there is no available means for appeal of decision of the Parking Violations Bureau;
13. Legal authority for officials of the Parking Violations Bureau to order vehicles to be “booted”; and
14. Access to established guidelines and procedures for such action to “boot” vehicles.

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Except as otherwise provided by any federal law or state statute, all records maintained or kept on file by any public agency, whether or not such records are required by any law or by any rule or regulation, shall be public records and every person shall have the right to (1) inspect such records promptly during regular office or business hours, (2) copy such records in accordance with subsection (g) of section 1-212, or (3) receive a copy of such records in accordance with section 1-212.  (Emphasis supplied).