(a) Copying Fee. The fee for copying public records including paper documents, audio/video recordings, and digital records will be a per copy fee as set forth in the City’s schedule of fees adopted by the City Council. The first ten (10) copies of paper documents are free.

(b) Certified Copy Fee. The fee for a certified copy of a document will be as set forth in the City’s schedule of fees adopted by the City Council, plus any applicable copying, searching and production fees.

(c) Search and Production Fee. Except as otherwise provided, if the search and production of a record for one (1) requester in a calendar month exceeds five (5) person hours, the requester must pay all costs associated with the search and production of the record, for the time required over five (5) hours. The search and production fee will be the equivalent of the actual salary plus benefits for the time spent by the City staff to search and produce the records. The search and production fee will be in addition to the copying fee.

(d) Electronic Services and Products. The fee for electronic services and products will be based on recovery of the actual incremental costs of providing the electronic services and products, and a reasonable portion of the costs associated with building and maintaining the information system of the City.

(e) Payment of Applicable Fees.