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Resident says former city attorney invoiced $750 before turning over records; council directs request

2592397 · March 11, 2025
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A resident told the Milton City Council that former city attorney Michael Andrade demanded a $750 invoice before producing records; council members asked staff to request emails, texts and phone logs and to evaluate billing and statutory obligations.

Pam Mitchell, a resident, told the Milton City Council at its March 17 work session that she filed an anonymous public-records request under the email miltonvoices@yahoo.com for records she said relate to former city attorney Michael Andrade, and that Andrade directed the city clerk to invoice her $750 before compiling the records.

Mitchell said the fee contradicted Andrade’s public statements that a public official has a “nondiscretionary ministerial duty to make public records available.” “Instead of fulfilling the records request, mister Andrade directed the city clerk to invoice me for $750 before he would start compiling the records,” Mitchell said.

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