City attorney outlines fee schedule for law‑enforcement recordings; committee sends bill 43‑25 to committee of the whole with no recommendation

The Personal & Finance Committee heard a presentation on Bill 43‑25, which would update Section 2‑210 of the municipal code to add a fee schedule and procedural clarifications for requests for law‑enforcement recordings. City Attorney Jenna Throw said the changes are intended to help requesters get the specific video they need and to make the review process more efficient.

Throw told the committee that the total number of APRA requests for recordings since body cameras began in 2018 is 611 and that the annual number of requests has risen: "If you take the average per year since 2020, we received on average a 103 requests... If you take that average for 2023, 2024, and 2025, the average jumps up to 151." She said more than half of requests in each reviewed year come from business entities — media, law firms, insurance and investigation companies — and that only about…