Documents

Grove City Borough will post a number of public documents on this page including the meeting minutes from our advertised public meetings.

Grove City Borough enthusiastically supports your “right to know” as a citizen of the community. If you have any questions regarding any borough-related matter, please do not hesitate to contact our office. Our contact page has multiple phone listings and contact information for Borough resources.

Right to Know / Pennsylvania Open Records

The Borough of Grove City has chosen to use the Standard Request Form promulgated by the Pennsylvania Open Records Office. This form may be downloaded from the Borough website here, or from the website of the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records. A hard-copy form may also be obtained from the Borough’s Open Records Officer (“ORO”) at the address below.

All Right to Know requests for information (“requests”) must be submitted in writing to the Open Records Officer (“ORO”) of the Borough of Grove City:

Vance E. Oakes
Open Records Officer
123 W. Main Street
Grove City, PA 161237
Phone: 724-458-7060 
Fax: 724-458-4114
Vance@GroveCityOnline.com

The Borough reserves the right to deny access to records if the form set forth above is absent from the request. In completing the form above, only physical addresses are acceptable, not Post Office boxes. The Borough reserves the right to deny access to records if a requester’s physical address is omitted.

There are four ways to request a public record from the Borough: 1) In person; 2) By mail; 3) By e-mail; and 4) By fax. Requests may be verbal or written. However, if a verbal request is denied by the Borough, there is no right of appeal.

The Right to Know Law does not require the Borough to accept requests made by telephone, and the Borough will refuse to accept requests made by telephone. The Right to Know Law also does not require the Borough to accept anonymous requests, and the Borough will refuse to accept anonymous requests. For the purpose of this section, an e-mail request which does not contain a proper name or street address will be treated as an anonymous request.

In order to meet the requirements of the Right to Know Law, the request must:

  1. Identify the records requested with sufficient specificity to enable the Borough to ascertain which records are being requested; and
  2. Include the name of the requester; and
  3. Include the address to which the Borough should direct its response. The Borough may deny “disruptive requests,” which occur when a requester repeatedly requests the same record. However, the requester is not precluded from requesting a different record.
  4. The request need not state the reason that the records are being requested.

Filing An Appeal

When  a request is denied or deemed denied, a requester may file an appeal to the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records.  The appeal must be filed within 15 business days of the denial date or deemed denial date.  The appeal must also include the request, agency denial if one exists, address the grounds that the request was denied for, and state why you believe the records are public records.  An appeals officer will determine if the record(s) is subject to public access.

An appeal may be filed to the Office of Open Records via its Online Appeal form, email, fax, or in person at:

PA Office of Open Records
333 Market Street, 16th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17101-2234
Phone: 717-346-9903
FAX: 717-425-5343
Email: openrecords@pa.gov

Pension Plans:
Current Act 44 Disclosures

Documents related to permits and zoning may be found by clicking here

General Borough Related Documents:

Council Documents (Minutes, etc.):

Budget:

2023 Budget

2024 Budget

 Water Quality Report:

2023 Water Quality Report

   Code of Ordinances:

Borough of Grove City Code of Ordinances

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