§ 2.92.060. Costs of providing copies of public records

A. Costs for Paper Copies. There is no fee for inspecting public records. A requestor may obtain standard black and white photocopies for fifteen cents per standard page and large format copying costs as provided on the public records request form.

Before beginning to make the copies, the public records officer or his designee may require a deposit of up to ten percent of the estimated costs of copying all the records selected by the requestor. The public records officer or his designee may also require the payment of the remainder of the copying costs before providing all the records, or the payment of the costs of copying an installment before providing that installment. The city of Anacortes will not charge sales tax when it makes copies of public records.

B. Costs for Electronic Records. The cost of electronic copies of records shall be ten dollars for information on a floppy disk and twenty dollars for information on a CD-ROM.

C. Costs of Mailing. The city of Anacortes may also charge actual costs of mailing, including the cost of the shipping container.

D. Payment. Payment may be made by cash, check, or money order to the city of Anacortes.

(Ord. 2745 Att. A (part), 2006)