(A) Pursuant to Section 6 of the Act, the City is authorized to charge reasonable fees for the duplication and certification of public records produced in compliance with FOIA requests. Unless otherwise waived pursuant to the Act, copying fees must be paid in advance of the records being made available to the requestor. Fees are as follows:
Police Department Reports
Accident Reports $ 5.00
Maps
GIS (Computer Generated) Maps
8.5 x 11 Black & White $.50
8.5 x 11 Color $1.00
17 x 11 Black & White $1.00
17 x 11 Color $2.00
24 x 24 Black & White $2.00
24 x 24 Color $4.00
42 x 42 Black & White $4.00
42 x 42 Color $8.00
Municipal Code $375.00
Supplements to Code $ 25.00
Photocopies
Black & White Print,
8.5 x 11 or 11 x 14 per page $.15
Black & White Print,
11 x 17, per page $.20
Color Print,
8.5 x 11 or 11 x 14, per page $.25
Color Print,
11 x 17, per page $.30
Certification $ 1.00
Mailing Fee Actual Postage
Computer/Audio Tape Actual Cost of Material
(B) Requestors shall be furnished with the first fifty (50) pages of letter or legal, black and white copies at no charge. Fees will not be waived for the first fifty (50) pages of colored copies or copies exceeding 8.5" x 14" in area, unless a wavier of fee reduction is granted by the FOIA Officer as a means of furthering the public interest.
(C) Fees to copy blueprints, oversized documents, pamphlets, manuals and any other records which are to be copied by an outside service shall be based on the actual costs incurred by the City. Information regarding these fees will be provided to the requestor before copying.
(D) Additional fees for certain records may apply if fixed by statute or as may be allowable by law.
(Ord. 8203, passed 10-2-01; Am. Ord. 8579, passed 3-18-08; Am. Ord. 8684, passed 1-5-10)