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  "name": "East Mead township",
  "kind": "township",
  "classification": "township",
  "state": "PA",
  "county": "Crawford County",
  "url": "https://aletheca.com/jurisdictions/PA/4203921504",
  "law": {
    "id": "pa-rtkl",
    "name": "Right-to-Know Law",
    "short_name": "Right-to-Know Law",
    "citation": "65 P.S. § 67.101 et seq. (RTKL)",
    "jurisdiction": "state",
    "state": "PA",
    "state_name": "Pennsylvania",
    "url": "https://aletheca.com/laws/pa-rtkl",
    "description": "Public records law for Pennsylvania. Covers state agencies, counties, municipalities, school districts, and special districts.",
    "statutory_days": 5,
    "business_days": true,
    "statutory_text": "5 business days; 30-calendar-day extension for 5 enumerated reasons.",
    "appeal_deadline_days": null,
    "appeal_basis": "varies",
    "appeal_process": "Appeal to Office of Open Records (OOR) within 15 business days; then Commonwealth Court. OOR is mandatory for local/state executive.",
    "litigation": null,
    "fee_waiver_standard": null,
    "expedited_criteria": [],
    "exemptions": [],
    "portal": null,
    "turnaround_notes": "Statutory: 5 business days; 30-calendar-day extension for 5 enumerated reasons.. Actual medians vary widely by agency and request complexity; simple requests often 7-30 days, complex 60-300+.",
    "quirks": "OOR is powerful and fast; presumption of openness; 5-day."
  },
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    {
      "id": "city_council",
      "label": "East Mead township — City / Town Council",
      "holdings": [
        "minutes",
        "agendas",
        "ordinances",
        "budgets"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "city_clerk",
      "label": "East Mead township — City / Town Clerk",
      "holdings": [
        "minutes",
        "licenses",
        "permits",
        "contracts",
        "election records"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "city_police",
      "label": "East Mead township — City Police Department",
      "holdings": [
        "incident reports",
        "arrest logs",
        "body cam",
        "911 logs",
        "IA files"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "city_fire",
      "label": "East Mead township — City Fire Department",
      "holdings": [
        "fire/EMS reports",
        "inspections",
        "response times"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "city_attorney",
      "label": "East Mead township — City Attorney",
      "holdings": [
        "opinions",
        "litigation records (non-privileged)",
        "contracts"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "contact_route": null,
  "contact_note": "No confirmed route. The Census Bureau publishes who these governments are, not who handles their records requests; Aletheca establishes the route at review and records the confirmation as a public event.",
  "source": {
    "publisher": "U.S. Census Bureau",
    "files": [
      {
        "key": "counties",
        "url": "https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/codes2020/national_county2020.txt",
        "vintage": "2020 FIPS codes"
      },
      {
        "key": "places",
        "url": "https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2023_Gazetteer/2023_Gaz_place_national.zip",
        "vintage": "2023 Gazetteer"
      },
      {
        "key": "cousubs",
        "url": "https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2023_Gazetteer/2023_Gaz_cousubs_national.zip",
        "vintage": "2023 Gazetteer"
      },
      {
        "key": "unsd",
        "url": "https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2023_Gazetteer/2023_Gaz_unsd_national.zip",
        "vintage": "2023 Gazetteer"
      },
      {
        "key": "elsd",
        "url": "https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2023_Gazetteer/2023_Gaz_elsd_national.zip",
        "vintage": "2023 Gazetteer"
      },
      {
        "key": "scsd",
        "url": "https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2023_Gazetteer/2023_Gaz_scsd_national.zip",
        "vintage": "2023 Gazetteer"
      }
    ],
    "retrieved": "2026-08-22",
    "filter": "FUNCSTAT = A only. Census-designated places and census county divisions are statistical areas with no government and are excluded — they cannot receive a request."
  }
}