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Yelm staff proposes modest public‑records fees, council asks about deposits and delivery costs
Summary
City staff presented a proposal to add modest public‑records fees — 50¢ per photocopy, 10¢ per scanned page, small per‑file electronic fees and 10¢ per gigabyte for uploads — and to require deposits when requests are estimated to exceed $50. Councilors asked how postage and upfront payment would be handled.
City staff presented proposed updates to Yelm’s public‑records fee schedule during a study session, outlining small charges intended to recover handling costs for large or technical requests. The staff proposal would adopt the charges allowed under state law and add a customized‑access fee for requests requiring new IT work.
The proposal would set a 50¢ per‑page charge for photocopies and 10¢ per page for scanning records not already in electronic form, staff said. "If we make photocopies of records, that's 50¢ per page," the presenter said, adding that scanning would be charged at 10¢ per…
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