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Council unanimously adopts ordinance to align public-records code with adopted fee table
Summary
Bremerton lawmakers approved Ordinance No. 5509 to correct references in BMC 1.06 and align city code with the rate-and-fee table adopted last November; public commenters urged more notice and transparency.
The Bremerton City Council on March 5 voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance No. 5509, amending Bremerton Municipal Code Chapter 1.06 regarding public records to make the code language consistent with the rate-and-fee table the council adopted in November 2024.
Kylie Finnell explained the change during general business. Finnell said the 2017 state changes to public-records law gave local governments three fee options; Bremerton chose the option that adopts a statutory fee schedule because the city found it could not reliably calculate “actual cost” for each request. Finnell said the city had previously…
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