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Benton County adopts written open-records policy to standardize requests and fees
Summary
The Benton County Board of Supervisors adopted a written open-records policy that standardizes request forms, fee recovery and a central log to track requests across departments.
The Benton County Board of Supervisors adopted a county open-records policy intended to standardize how departments receive, log, respond to and bill for public-records requests.
County staff who drafted the policy said they created a written request form, a response form and a recommended fee structure. The policy specifies that the first half-hour of staff time is provided without charge and that the county may recover the actual cost of staff time and copying for requests that exceed that threshold. Departments will provide estimates of charges up front and collect…
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