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Council adopts amended public-records policy to allow prepayment for video review, caps estimate at $750
Summary
Council approved Resolution 2025-15 to amend the village public-records policy, allowing staff to estimate and require prepayment for time-intensive video requests and to recoup actual review costs up to a specified maximum.
Golf Manor council voted on May 19 to amend the village public-records policy to permit estimates and prepayment for time-consuming video-record requests.
Solicitor Butler explained the change was prompted by a state legal amendment that lets local governments charge for actual staff time spent reviewing video. "Now they've amended the public records statute... it allows us to charge for actual time…
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