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File #: 221512    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/17/2023 In control: COMMON COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 2/28/2023
Effective date: 3/18/2023    
Title: Substitute ordinance relating to the per-page fee imposed for black and white photocopies of paper records.
Sponsors: ALD. BORKOWSKI
Indexes: GOVERNMENT RECORDS
Attachments: 1. Notice published 3/17/23
Number
221512
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. BORKOWSKI
Title
Substitute ordinance relating to the per-page fee imposed for black and white photocopies of paper records.
Section
81-38.5-2 am
Analysis
This ordinance reduces the fee imposed for black and white photocopies of paper records from 25 cents to 15 cents per page and from 50 cents to 30 cents for double-sided copies.
Body
Whereas, In August 2018, the Wisconsin Attorney General’s Office released an advisory pertaining to copying costs under State Public Records law, reminding local governments that they may only charge copying fees for actual, necessary, and direct costs of making copies; and

Whereas, Prior to the 2018 Advisory, the Attorney General’s Office advised in opinions and in the public records compliance guide that photocopy fees should be around 15 cents per page; and

Whereas, The Wisconsin Department of Justice recently lowered its printing charge to 1 cent per page for black and white copies and 6 cents for color copies; and

Whereas, Per Section 81-38.5 of the Milwaukee Code of Ordinances, the City charges 25 cents a page for single-sided copies and 50 cents a page for double-sided copies, with departments having the ability to waive or reduce the copying fees when in the public interest; and

Whereas, Some peer municipalities to Milwaukee have recently lowered their copying fees to approximately 5 cents per page; and

Whereas, Reducing the City’s per-page fee by 10 cents for single black and white photocopy paper records would not significantly affect the City’s revenues; now, therefore

The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 81-38.5-2 of the code is amended to read:

2. The fee imposed by all departments for black and white photocopies of paper records not exceeding 8.5 inches by 14 inches in size shall be [[25]] >>15<< cents per page or [[50]] >>30<< cents per double-sided copy.

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