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Table of Contents » Title 20 Miscellaneous » Chapter 4 Public Records Access » § 20-407 Fees and charges and procedures for billing and payment.
Dandridge
Title 20 : Miscellaneous
Chapter 4 : Public Records Access

20-407 : Fees and charges and procedures for billing and payment.

  1. Fees and charges for copies of public records should not be used to hinder access to public records.
  2. Records custodians shall provide requesters with an itemized estimate of the charges prior to producing copies of records and may require pre-payment of such charges before producing requested records.
  3. Fees and charges for copies are as follows:

    1. Fifteen cents ($0.15) per page for letter- and legal-size black and white copies.
    2. Fifty cents ($0.50) per page for letter- and legal-size color copies.
    3. Other: Maps, plats, electronic data, audio discs, video discs, and all other material shall be duplicated at actual costs to the town.
    4. Labor when time exceeds one (1) hour.
    5. If an outside vendor is used, the actual costs assessed by the vendor.
  4. Payment is to be made either in cash or by personal check payable to the Town of Dandridge and presented to the records custodian.
  5. The town may require payment in advance of producing any request.
  6. Aggregation of frequent and multiple requests.

    1. The Town of Dandridge will aggregate record requests in accordance with the frequent and multiple request policy promulgated by the OORC when more than four (4) requests are received within a calendar month (either from a single individual or a group of individuals deemed working in concert).
    2. Aggregating:
      1. The level at which records requests will be aggregated is town wide.
      2. The PRRC is responsible for making the determination that a group of individuals are working in concert. The PRRC or the records custodian must inform the individuals that they have been deemed to be working in concert and that they have the right to appeal the decision to the OORC.
      3. Request for items that are routinely released and readily accessible, such as (agendas. for current calendar month meetings and approved minutes from meetings held in the previous calendar month, shall not be counted in the aggregated requests. (Ord. #16/17-09, March 2017)
Date Last Updated: 09/10/2019
Codification Date: 06/01/2019

Officials at Date of Last Codification:

Mayor - George Gantte 
Vice Mayor - Todd Kesterson 
Aldermen - Mike Chambers 
Aldermen - Jeffrey Depew 
Aldermen - Jessie Elder 
Aldermen - Mike Nelson 
Aldermen - Marianne Reese 
Town Recorder - Cathy Dixon