(a) 
Returned checks must be paid by cash or money order and will be charged a $35.00 returned check fee.
(b) 
Credit/debit card charge backs must be paid by cash or money order and will be charged a $35.00 charge back fee, except for municipal court transactions that will receive a $25.00 charge back fee.
(c) 
2% (two percent) fee for all credit/debit card payments.
(d) 
Payments by cash: Any cash payment made to the city shall be limited to no more than $5.00 in coinage, and persons paying with coinage will be required to witness the counting of the coinage and to sign off on and acknowledgment of the coin count.
(e) 
Any third-party collection fees due to a city-retained collection agency that may be lawfully collected will be assessed and passed through to the recipient of the applicable city service for whom the services of the collection agency have been retained. The amount of fee or percentage of balance will not exceed the amount or percentage charged to the city by the retained collection agency.
The fees listed in this section A1.001 are nonrefundable, including any third-party transaction fees related to the transactions. Fees that may be charged to an individual by his/her chosen financial institution or credit card company are also nonrefundable.
(Ordinance 13-05-949, sec. 2.400, adopted 5/7/13; Ordinance 16-09-1022 adopted 9/20/16; Ordinance 18-09-1100 adopted 9/18/18; Ordinance 20-09-1175 adopted 9/15/20; Ordinance 22-09-1281 adopted 9/6/2022; Ordinance 24-09-1368 adopted 9/3/2024; Ordinance 25-09-1394 adopted 9/16/2025)
(a) 
Texas Government Code Ann. sec. 406.024 sets out the maximum fees a notary public, or their employer, may charge for notary public services. A notary public who charges more than the maximum set out below subjects the notary to possible criminal prosecution and suspension or revocation of the notary's notary public commission by the secretary of state's office.
(b) 
Notary public may charge the following fees:
(1) 
No charge for signature and seal.
(2) 
No charge for each additional signature.
(3) 
No charge per page for copies of all records or papers in the notary public's office.
(Ordinance 13-05-949, sec. 6.200, adopted 5/7/13; Ordinance 16-09-1022 adopted 9/20/16; Ordinance 20-09-1175 adopted 9/15/20; Ordinance 24-09-1368 adopted 9/3/2024; Ordinance 25-09-1394 adopted 9/16/2025)
(a) 
Additionally, a charge of $15.00 per hour, plus 20% personnel charge, may apply to any request requiring extensive time and research.
(b) 
Accident reports:
(1) 
Copy of accident report: $6.00.
(2) 
Certified copy of accident report: $8.00.
(c) 
Computer-generated offense reports (over 10 pages): $0.10 per page.
(d) 
Local background check: $10.00.
(e) 
Fingerprinting fee: $10.00.
(f) 
Body worn camera: $10.00 per recording responsive to the request for information; and $1.00 per full minute of body worn camera video or audio footage responsive to the request for information, if identical information has not already been obtained by a member of the public in response to a request for information.
(Ordinance 13-05-949, sec. 6.400, adopted 5/7/13; Ordinance 16-09-1022 adopted 9/20/16; Ordinance 17-06-1049 adopted 6/20/17; Ordinance 18-09-1100 adopted 9/18/18; Ordinance 20-09-1175 adopted 9/15/20; Ordinance 24-09-1368 adopted 9/3/2024; Ordinance 25-09-1394 adopted 9/16/2025)
(a) 
The charges in this section to recover costs associated with providing copies of public information are based on estimated average costs to governmental bodies across the state. When actual costs are 25% higher than those used in these rules, governmental bodies other than agencies of the state, may request an exemption in accordance with Texas Administrative Code, section 70.4 (relating to requesting an exemption).
(b) 
Copy charge.
(1) 
Standard paper copy.
The charge for standard paper copies reproduced by means of an office machine copier or a computer printer is $0.10 per page or part of a page. Each side that has recorded information is considered a page.
(2) 
Nonstandard copy.
The charges in this subsection are to cover the materials onto which information is copied and do not reflect any additional charges, including labor, that may be associated with a particular request. The charges for nonstandard copies are:
(A) 
Rewritable CD (CD-RW): $1.00;
(B) 
Nonrewritable CD (CD-R): $1.00;
(C) 
Digital videodisc (DVD): $3.00;
(D) 
Flash drive: $4.00;
(E) 
Oversize paper copy (e.g.: 11 inches by 17 inches, greenbar, bluebar, not including maps and photographs using specialty paper - see also section 70.9 of [Texas Administrative Code,]): $0.50;
(F) 
Specialty paper (e.g.: Mylar, blueprint, blueline, map, photographic): Actual cost.
(c) 
Labor charge for programming.
If a particular request requires the services of a programmer in order to execute an existing program or to create a new program so that requested information may be accessed and copied, the governmental body may charge for the programmer's time.
(1) 
The hourly charge for a programmer is $28.50 an hour. Only programming services shall be charged at this hourly rate. (Note: Subsection (a) above may apply.)
(2) 
Governmental bodies that do not have in-house programming capabilities shall comply with requests in accordance with section 552.231 of the Texas Government Code.
(3) 
If the charge for providing a copy of public information includes costs of labor, a governmental body shall comply with the requirements of section 552.261(b) of the Texas Government Code.
(d) 
Labor charge for locating, compiling, manipulating data, and reproducing public information.
(1) 
The charge for labor costs incurred in processing a request for public information is $15.00 an hour. The labor charge includes the actual time to locate, compile, manipulate data, and reproduce the requested information.
(2) 
A labor charge shall not be recovered for any time spent by an attorney, legal assistant, or any other person who reviews the requested information:
(A) 
To determine whether the governmental body will raise any exceptions to disclosure of the requested information under the Texas Government Code, subchapter C, chapter 552; or
(B) 
To research or prepare a request for a ruling by the attorney general's office pursuant to section 552.301 of the Texas Government Code.
(3) 
When confidential information pursuant to a mandatory exception of the act is mixed with public information in the same page, a labor charge may be recovered for time spent to redact, blackout, or otherwise obscure confidential information in order to release the public information. A labor charge shall not be made for redacting confidential information for requests of 50 or fewer pages, unless the request also qualifies for a labor charge pursuant to Texas Government Code, section 552.261(a)(1) or (2).
(4) 
If the charge for providing a copy of public information includes costs of labor, a governmental body shall comply with the requirements of Texas Government Code, Chapter 552, section 552.261(b).
(e) 
Overhead charge.
(1) 
Whenever any labor charge is applicable to a request, a governmental body may include in the charges direct and indirect costs, in addition to the specific labor charge. This overhead charge would cover such costs as depreciation of capital assets, rent, maintenance and repair, utilities, and administrative overhead. If a governmental body chooses to recover such costs, a charge shall be made in accordance with the methodology described in subsection (3) of this section. Although an exact calculation of costs will vary, the use of a standard charge will avoid complication in calculating such costs and will provide uniformity for charges made statewide.
(2) 
An overhead charge shall not be made for requests for copies of 50 or fewer pages of standard paper records unless the request also qualifies for a labor charge pursuant to Texas Government Code, section 552.261(a)(1) or (2).
(3) 
The overhead charge shall be computed at 20% of the charge made to cover any labor costs associated with a particular request. Example: if one hour of labor is used for a particular request, the formula would be as follows: Labor charge for locating, compiling, and reproducing, $15.00 x 0.20 = $3.00; or programming labor charge, $28.50 x 0.20 = $5.70. If a request requires one hour of labor charge for locating, compiling, and reproducing information ($15.00 per hour); and one hour of programming labor charge ($28.50 per hour), the combined overhead would be: $15.00 + $28.50 = $43.50 x 0.20 = $8.70.
(f) 
Computer resource charge.
(1) 
The computer resource charge is a utilization charge for computers based on the amortized cost of acquisition, lease, operation, and maintenance of computer resources, which might include, but is not limited to, some or all of the following: central processing units (CPUs), servers, disk drives, local area networks (LANs), printers, tape drives, other peripheral devices, communications devices, software, and system utilities.
(2) 
These computer resource charges are not intended to substitute for cost recovery methodologies or charges made for purposes other than responding to public information requests.
(3) 
The charges in this subsection are averages based on a survey of governmental bodies with a broad range of computer capabilities. Each governmental body using this cost recovery charge shall determine which category(ies) of computer system(s) used to fulfill the public information request most closely fits its existing system(s), and set its charge accordingly. Type of system - rate: mainframe: $10.00 per CPU minute; midsize: $1.50 per CPU minute; client/server: $2.20 per clock hour; PC or LAN: $1.00 per clock hour.
(4) 
The charge made to recover the computer utilization cost is the actual time the computer takes to execute a particular program times the applicable rate. The CPU charge is not meant to apply to programming or printing time; rather it is solely to recover costs associated with the actual time required by the computer to execute a program. This time, called CPU time, can be read directly from the CPU clock, and most frequently will be a matter of seconds. If programming is required to comply with a particular request, the appropriate charge that may be recovered for programming time is set forth in subsection (d) of this section. No charge should be made for computer print-out time. Example: If a mainframe computer is used, and the processing time is 20 seconds, the charges would be as follows: $10.00/3 = $3.33; or $10.00/60 x 20 = $3.33.
(5) 
A governmental body that does not have in-house computer capabilities shall comply with requests in accordance with the section 552.231 of the Texas Government Code.
(g) 
Miscellaneous supplies.
The actual cost of miscellaneous supplies, such as labels, boxes, and other supplies used to produce the requested information, may be added to the total charge for public information.
(h) 
Postal and shipping charges.
Governmental bodies may add any related postal or shipping expenses which are necessary to transmit the reproduced information to the requesting party.
(i) 
Sales tax.
Pursuant to Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts' rules sales tax shall not be added on charges for public information (34 TAC, part 1, chapter 3, subchapter O, section 3.341 and section 3.342).
(j) 
Miscellaneous charges.
A governmental body that accepts payment by credit card for copies of public information and that is charged a “transaction fee” by the credit card company may recover that fee.
(k) 
These charges are subject to periodic reevaluation and update.
(Ordinance 13-05-949, sec. 7.100, adopted 5/7/13; Ordinance 16-09-1022 adopted 9/20/16; Ordinance 20-09-1175 adopted 9/15/20; Ordinance 24-09-1368 adopted 9/3/2024; Ordinance 25-09-1394 adopted 9/16/2025)
Code compliance abatement: Administrative fee of $200.00 plus contractor fee for property maintenance (mowing and clearing of acreage, junk removal, etc.).
(Ordinance adopting 2015 Code; Ordinance 16-09-1022 adopted 9/20/16; Ordinance 20-09-1175 adopted 9/15/20; Ordinance 24-09-1368 adopted 9/3/2024; Ordinance 25-09-1394 adopted 9/16/2025)
A nonrefundable application fee in the amount of $50.00 is required for a UDCB permit.
(Ordinance 18-12-1109, sec. 3, adopted 12/4/18; Ordinance 20-09-1175 adopted 9/15/20; Ordinance 24-09-1368 adopted 9/3/2024; Ordinance 25-09-1394 adopted 9/16/2025)
A nonrefundable application fee in the amount of $50.00 is required for a permit renewal at least one month prior to the expiration of the active UDCB permit.
(Ordinance 18-12-1109, sec. 3, adopted 12/4/18; Ordinance 20-09-1175 adopted 9/15/20; Ordinance 24-09-1368 adopted 9/3/2024; Ordinance 25-09-1394 adopted 9/16/2025)
Garage sale permit: No charge.
(Ordinance 19-07-1133 adopted 7/2/19; Ordinance 20-09-1175 adopted 9/15/20; Ordinance 24-09-1368 adopted 9/3/2024; Ordinance 25-09-1394 adopted 9/16/2025)