Crestview Hills mayor Paul Meier issued an executive order revising the city’s open records request form and policies at the city council meeting on Sept. 12. The updates ensure that all requests are real and not AI-generated.
This order came after the city said they received fake signatures on requests.
City clerk Stacy Kellam explained that often, a signature was present on the request, but it was not a real signature or one used through DocuSign. Instead, a handwriting font was used. When asked to provide a different signature, the city only received a signature in a different handwriting font.
To avoid future fake requests, the city decided to amend the policy as a whole.
“In the world coming, you know, we need to make sure it’s a real person,” said Alex Mattingly, the city administrator.
Mattingly said that changes will not be restrictive in any way and are simply to ensure that the requests are real.