Costs to the Requester
The following costs incurred in responding to a FOIA request shall be chargeable to each FOIA requester:
•Photocopying charges of 10 cents per page, or if the nature of the duplication necessitates duplication by outside sources, the actual cost of employing such outside sources.
•Labor costs are hourly wages of the lowest paid township employee capable of fulfilling the request for retrieving the information necessary to comply with a request incurred in duplication, mailing, search, examination, review and the deletion and separation of exempt and non-exempt information.
•Actual mailing costs.
Size #10 envelope up to 1 oz, including postage is 98 cents
Each additional ounce is 29 cents
Size 10x13 envelope up to 1 oz, including postage is 1 dollar and 63 cents
Each additional ounce is 29 cents
•The Township may require a deposit in good faith if the cost to produce the request is excessive. In this event, the FOIA Coordinator will notify the requester.
•Actual duplication costs for photographs, videotapes, tape cassettes, maps, plans, or microforms and any other type of medium requested.
