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Miscellaneous Resolution 8258 - December I, 1977
RE: FEES AND PROCEDURES UNDER PUBLIC ACT 442 - FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
BY: GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE, Robert W. Page, Chairman
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, it has been the long-standing 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
$ .10 per page
$1.00 per 11x 14 page
$1.50 per 18 x 24 page
$260.93 per CPU hour for CPU and Tape Drive.
$6.00 per hour for data preparation.
Average $250 per hour
BASE RATE:
$3.35 per 1,000 pages of 8 1/2 x II
$4.25 per 1,000 pages of 8 1/2 x 14
Plate Charge $5.00 for small, $10.00 for large
6. Mailing Cost of postage at current Post Office rates plus labor
7. Envelopes
$ .04 a piece for 9 x 12 manilla
$ .01 a piece for white No. 10
8. Labor
No charge for up to one half hour
$2.30 per hour after one half hour
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 appropriate line item of the Division
or Department providing the service to the public in the same way as other
copying and mailing 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 W. Page, Chairman, moves the
adoption of the foregoing resolution.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
Robert W. Page, Cllairman
Cat:07-C.
#8258 December 1, 1577
The Chairman referred the resolution to the Oakland County Treasurer,
C. Hugh Dohany and the Oakland County Clerk, Lynn D. Allen. There were no
objections.
Moved by Page supported by Gorsline the resolution be referred to the
General Government Committee. There were no objections.