From North Jersey:
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS – Nearly three weeks after the borough council took steps to raise the cost of an open records request from 5 to 25 cents a page, residents are still paying the lower rate for copies of public records while the council finds out if the increase is legal.
“The next step is to find out if we can do it,” Council President Joseph Favaro said Wednesday.
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From WPTV.com:
FORT PIERCE — Should Port St. Lucie taxpayers pay the estimated $3.5 million charge to produce public records requested by former members of the Police Department in a lawsuit against the city?
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From The Daily Progress:
Springfield Police Chief Paul Williams on Wednesday described the department’s decision to begin charging for police reports as overdue.
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From LSJ.com:
A bill introduced last week in the Michigan House would take some strong steps toward improving citizen access to government records and deserves bipartisan support.
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From Jacksonville.com:
The city of Jacksonville will pay The Florida Times-Union $15,000 to settle a lawsuit over Mayor Alvin Brown’s office’s handling of public records requests.
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From Park Rapids Enterprise.com:
Hubbard County will implement a fee system for retrieval of online land records, in part to protect a valuable commodity and to protect taxpayers’ interests.
The county has subscribed to an online program that makes public property records such as locations and deeds more accessible.
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From Des Moines Register:
The state of Iowa will pay $30,500 in legal fees accumulated by a newspaper in a lawsuit over access to records from the University of Iowa.
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From Voice of San Diego:
The City Council approved a plan Monday afternoon that will make copies of some government records more costly, but rejected Mayor Jerry Sanders' push to go even further.
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From Mercer Island Reporter:
The number of public records requests made to the City of Mercer Island (Wa.) went down this past year. But the cost of handling them was still substantial.
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“About 30 percent of my time in the first 11 months of 2011, was spent on records requests. City Clerk Ali Spietz said.
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From The Modesto Bee:
MODESTO — Officials seem intent on charging a steep 35 cents per page for copies of public records at Modesto City Hall, which some believe would discourage people from keeping tabs on government.
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