Freedom of Information Act Requests

Requesting a Document

Requests for Public Records may be made by submitting a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) Request.

If you would like to print off the request form to scan, email, or mail-in, please contact the Village’s FOIA Officer for the PDF fillable version.

For more information on what types of documents are available for request, view our list of document categories.

The Freedom of Information Act allows members of the public to request records from Illinois municipalities. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was established to make Illinois municipalities accountable to the public for their actions and prevent municipalities from conducting business without the public’s knowledge.

The Village of Campton Hills is a municipality incorporated and organized under the laws of the State of Illinois for the purpose of providing its residents with the following services:

Police Protection
Street Maintenance and Repairs
Maintain Village Documents
Building and Zoning Review
Animal Control
Other services and functions as provided by law and as arise from time to time

The approximate amount of the operating budget of the General fund is $3,273,638.00

The Village Hall and the Police Department are located at 40W270 LaFox Road, Ste B in Campton Hills.

The Village employs 1 full-time Village Administrator, 1 full-time employee, 4 part-time employees and 1 contracted employee

The Police Department employs 1 full-time Police Chief, 1 full-time Deputy Police Chief, 10 full-time officers and 5 part-time police officers. In addition, 1 part-time Evidence Manger/Administrative Assistant

The Village has seven active Committees/Commissions with volunteers appointed with advice and consent of the Villag Board

The committees and its members can be found on our website: www.camptonhills.illinois.gov located under the Government tab

Current standing advisory boards/committees/commissions:

Community Relations Committee	Finance Committee
Fire and Police Commission	Planning and Zoning Commission
Police Pension Board	Public Works Committee
Technology Committee

The Village of Campton Hills has certain functional subdivisions which are below.

FOIA OFFICERS

Tracy Johnson (Non-Police Requests)

Chief James Levand (Police Requests)

FEE SCHEDULE

- Copy of Audio or Video Material – Cost of Media
- Paper Copy (51 Pages or More) – $0.15 per page
- CRASH Reports – Must be obtained through Lexis Nexis. Please see the Police Department page here for more information.
- There is no charge for documents (excluding Crash/Accident Reports) less than 50 pages in black and white. If the records exceed 50 pages, the requester will be informed of any duplication cost before copied. Color copies and odd-sized documents will be charged accordingly.
- Electronic records – will be provided subject to reimbursement for costs of recording medium. Color copies or copies in a size other than letter or legal shall be reimbursed to actual costs.
- Costs of certifying a record – $1.00
- Per Section 6 of FOIA, the Village may charge for the time spent by staff searching for and retrieving a requested record or examining the record for necessary redactions if that time exceeds eight (8) hours. Further, it can charge for the electronic production of PDF’s based on the fee schedule below:
  - Up to 80MB – $20
  - 80MB to 160MB – $40
  - 160MB and over – $100

Following state law under GENERAL PROVISIONS (5 ILCS 140/) Freedom of Information Act, (5 ILCS 140/3) (from Ch. 116, par. 203) the Village will respond to requests for public records within 5 business days after its receipt of the request.