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Select Board approves amended public records policy, sets $10 minimum fee
Summary
The Select Board approved edits to the public records policy including a disclaimer that the town does not carry title insurance and set a $10 minimum fee and staff hourly rate alignment for public records requests.
The town clerk presented modest legal and administrative edits to the town’s public records request policy, including a disclaimer that the town does not carry title insurance and therefore will not assume liability for title research conducted for legal, financial or real-estate transactions.
The clerk also proposed a $10 minimum fee for records requests to align online payment processing and adjusted the staff time billing to match senior staff hourly rates rather than a separate clerk rate. "I put a disclaimer in the policy, that we do not carry title insurance," the clerk said, and explained edits to the fee schedule to streamline processing.
The board voted to approve the amended public records request policy and the amended fee schedule as presented.
