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Council hears staff plan to charge statutory default fees for public records, recommends resolution draft
Summary
Staff recommended Liberty Lake adopt the statutory default fee schedule for public records and set a body-worn camera rate of 76¢ per minute; council members generally signaled support and asked staff to draft a resolution for a future vote.
City staff recommended that Liberty Lake adopt the state statutory default fee schedule for public records and use the City of Spokane’s 2023 cost study rate of 76 cents per minute for body-worn-camera footage, and the City Council asked staff to draft a resolution reflecting that policy.
At the Aug. 19 meeting, City staffer Kyle reviewed three approaches allowed under Washington law: (1) tracking actual costs for each request; (2) using statutory default charges (the pragmatic recommendation); and (3) a flat-fee model. Kyle told the council a statutory default approach…
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