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MI-SCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION 8874 March 22, 1979
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE, ROBERT H. GORSLINE, CHAIRPERSON
IN RE: FEES AND PROCEDURES UNDER PUBLIC ACT 442 - FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS it has been the longstanding practice of the County of Oakland
to provide the public with copies of public documents and records free of charge
except where those documents are offered for sale; and
WHEREAS the cost of this practice has been nominal and far outweighed by
the public interest benefits derived therefrom; and
WHEREAS Public Act 442, the "Freedom of Information Act," permits public
bodies to continue the practice of waiving charges for copies of public documents
if the public body judges such action to be in the public interest; and
WHEREAS Public Act 442 requires that fees cannot be charged or waived for
this service unless a fee schedule and procedures for charging or waiving said
fees first be established.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the County of Oakland establishes the
following fee schedule for providing copies of public records and documents which
it is permitted to release to the public under terms of Public Act 442.
FEE SCHEDULE
1. Xeroxed Photocopies
2. Photostat Copies
(copies produced from
microfilm or microfiche)
3. Copy of Computer Tape
$.25 per copy for up to 100 copies; after 100
copies, cost to be determined based on time
and materials.
$1.00 per 8-i x 11 page
1.00 per 8i. x 14 page
1,50 per 11 x 14 page
2.00 per 18 x 24 page
$254.00 per CPU hour for CPU and Tape Drive
8.85 per hour for data preparation
24.00 per hour for programming and systems work.
4. Data Processing $254.00 average per CPU hour.
5. Printing
6. Mailing
7. Envelopes
8. Labor
$ 10.00 per 1000 pages of 81- x 11
13.20 per 1000 pages of 8-1 x 14 (Includes Labor)
Cost of postage at current Post Office rates, plus
labor, if more than one-half hour is required.
$.06 each for 9 x 12 manilla
.01 each for white No. 10
No charge for up to one-half hour, except for
printing.
$2.90 per hour after one-half hour (minimum
wage rate).
9. Items for which a statutory Fees as set by statute.
fee has been set and are not
subject to this fee schedule.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following procedures shall be followed
in implementing the above fee schedule:
1. Elected officials or their designees may waive charges for copies
of documents. Costs incurred will be charged against the appro-
priate line item of the division or department providing the
service to the public in the same way as other copying and mail-
ing expenses and will be explained and justified in the same way
as these other charges.
2. If the costs of providing documents and records exceeds $50.00, a
deposit not exceeding one-half of the total cost may be required.
3. Fees collected under Act 442, Public Acts of 1976, will be handled
by the County Treasurer in the normal manner.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it is the intent of Oakland County government to
continue the flow of public information from this government to students, civic
organizations, other public bodies and their representatives, elected officials
and their representatives, private organizations, individuals, and the news media,
and that it is the policy of this government to assume that it is in the public
interest to grant public information requests.
The General Government Committee, by Robert H. Gorsline, Chairperson, moves
the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
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Robert H. Gorsline,,hairperson
#8874 March 22, 1979
Moved by Gorsline supported by Moore the resolution be adopted.
AYES: Gabler, Gorsline, Hobart, Hoot, Kelly, Lewand, McConnell, Moffitt,
Montante, Moore, Murphy, Page, Patterson, Perinoff, Pernick, Peterson, Price, Roth,
Wilcox, Aaron, DiGiovanni, Dunaskiss, Fortino. (23)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted.
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STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and
having a seal, do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of
Miscellaneous Resolution #8874 adopted by the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners at their meeting held on March 22, 1979
with the original record thereof now remaining in my
office, and that it is a true and correct transcript
therefrom, and of the whole thereof.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan
this 22nd day of March
Lynn D. Allen Clerk
By Deputy Clerk