Lansford council president Adam Webber can't use the state's Right-to-Know law to get access to audio tapes of meetings made by a colleague, the borough's solicitor said.

Responding to a Right-to-Know Act request filed by Webber on Sept. 21, solicitor Michael Greek wrote on Sept. 29 that Webber cannot use the law to obtain personal recordings or notes.The Right-to-Know law protects peoples' ability to access and obtain public records held by government agencies.While explaining to Webber that, as a councilman, he has the right to listen to all of the recordings made by the borough. He does not need to file a Right-to-Know act request to do that.However, the "personal recordings made by Mary Kruczek and other personal recordings by any other council member of any other meetings are not information retailed by an 'agency' which would be produced under the Right-to-Know request," Greek wrote."The Right-to-Know request is for documents maintained by the 'agency' in its capacity. You would have no more right to her personal recordings as you would her personal notes and memos she makes during the council meetings. Also, she would have no right, nor any other council member, to look at yours. Given your ability to obtain the information regarding the recordings made by the borough of the council meeting, I would suggest you have The borough secretary make a copy for you, and no further action needs to be performed with respect to the Right-to-Know request," he wrote.Webber, in an emailed response to the TIMES NEWS, suggested he asked Kruczek for the tapes, but was rebuffed."The dates that I have requested Mary's tapes are the only known good recordings of those meetings. I know that a simple question of Mary can I have a copy of your recorded meetings would and has been replied to negatively," he wrote.At Wednesday's public council meeting, Greek explained further that the borough's tape recorder failed to record part of a meeting, and that Webber had filed the Right-to-Know request in order to compel Kruczek to turn over her recording.