[Added 3-14-2022 by Ord. No. 992]
A. The City Clerk is hereby appointed custodian of records for the City
of Moscow Mills, Missouri, except that the Chief of Police is hereby
appointed the custodian of records for law enforcement records.
B. Said custodians shall respond to all requests for access to or copies
of public records within the time period provided by statute except
in those circumstances authorized by statute.
C. The fees to be charged for access to or furnishing copies of records
shall be as hereinafter provided:
1. Ten cents per page plus $20 per hour for staff time.
2. Research time required for fulfilling records requests may be charged
at the actual cost of research time.
3. Fees for providing access to public records maintained on computer
facilities, recording tapes or disks, videotapes or films, pictures,
maps, slides, graphics, illustrations or similar audio or visual items
or devices, and for paper copies larger than 8.5 by 11 inches shall
include only the cost of copies, staff time, which shall not exceed
the average hourly rate of pay for staff of the public governmental
body required for making copies and programming, if necessary, and
the cost of the disk, tape, or other medium used for duplication.
4. Fees for maps, blueprints, or plats that require special expertise
to duplicate may include the actual rate of compensation for the trained
personnel required to duplicate such maps, blueprints, or plats.
5. If programming is required beyond the customary and usual level to
comply with a request for records or information, the fees for compliance
may include the actual costs of such programming.
D. It is the public policy of the City of Moscow Mills that meetings,
records, votes, actions and deliberations of this body shall be open
to the public unless otherwise allowed by law.
E. The City of Moscow Mills shall comply with Sections 610.010 to 610.030,
RSMO., the Sunshine Law, as now existing or hereafter amended.