(A) A reasonable fee for the recovery of the cost of document copying or mechanical reproduction is hereby established.
(B) Request made solely for commercial purposes or which would clearly cause excessive disruption of any department, then and in that event, a fee shall be assessed to recover the direct cost of document search. In no case shall a search fee be charged when the release of the documents is made to the news media, scholars, authors and taxpayers seeking to determine whether those entrusted with the affairs of the city are honestly, faithfully and competently performing their duties.
(1) Copying or reproduction fees shall be pre-paid prior to copying or reproduction as set out in the fee schedule at the end of this code.
(2) Search fees, when assessed, shall be computed based on the total hourly rate of compensation of each employee involved with the search, rounded to the nearest 15-minute interval, of time actually involved in the search. Persons, firms or entities failing to pay legally assessed search fees or falsely claiming exemption, shall be guilty of filing a fraudulent claim against the city, and may be subject to legal prosecution.
(3) All fees and charges established by this article are hereby made a part of the fee schedule at the end of this code and shall be subject to modification, whether increase or decrease, by resolution of the City Council, passed and approved by a simple majority vote of the Council.
(4) A copy of current fees established by this section shall be filed with the County Clerk.
(`90 Code, § 1-83) (Ord. 2789, passed 12-17-85)