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Poulsbo staff propose $1 per minute fee for body‑worn camera redaction; council asks staff to consider tribal requests
Summary
Poulsbo staff proposed a body‑worn camera redaction fee at the Oct. 1 council workshop that would charge requesters roughly $1 per minute of raw footage to cover staff time; the council asked staff to consult the city attorney about whether tribal governments should be exempt.
Professional services manager Kelly Zeman presented a proposed body‑worn camera reduction fee to the Poulsbo City Council on Oct. 1, citing RCW 42.56 (the Public Records Act) as authority to collect reasonable redaction costs from requesters before processing recordings.
Zeman said the city has seen increasing requests for camera footage and that roughly 54% of requests come from nonexempt persons or organizations. To recover staff time, Zeman…
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