(a)
Office and copy fees.
(1)
Notary fees: $3.00 per notary signature.
(2)
Certified open records certificate: $5.00 per certificate.
(3)
Returned check (NSF): $25.00.
(4)
Copies: The charge for copies will mean per page or part of a page. Each side that has recorded information is considered a page.
(5)
Send/receive faxes: $1.00 per page (not color faxes).
(6)
Rewritable CD (CD-RW): $1.00.
(7)
Nonrewritable CD (CD-R): $1.00.
(8)
Digital video disc (DVD): $3.00.
(9)
USB drive: Actual cost.
(10)
Other electronic media: Actual cost.
(11)
VHS videocassette: $2.50.
(12)
Specialty paper (e.g.: mylar, blueprint, blueline, map, photographic): Actual cost.
(13)
Labor:
(A)
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.
(B)
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.
(C)
Labor charge for locating, compiling, manipulating data, and reproducing public information.
(D)
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.
(F)
The city may charge any fees that are necessary to recover the costs for providing the public information requests that are allowed by the Texas Administrative Code; title 1 administration; part 3 office of the attorney general; chapter 70 cost of copies of public information; rule section 70.3 charges for providing copies of public information.
(14)
Credit card service fee: Actual processing fee incurred by the city, up to five (5%) percent of charge.
(b)
Mowing and/or cleaning property.
(c)
Animal impoundment fees.
(2)
Service calls and rabies response (excluding head preparation and shipment): $43.00 per hour for staff time.
(3)
Head preparation and shipment: $50.00 per animal head.
(4)
Educational services: $43.00 per hour staff time.
(5)
Euthanization and disposal: $12.00 per animal.
(6)
Emergency animal control response: $50.00 per hour staff time.
(8)
Trap rental: $30.00 per trap per week.
(9)
Trap emptying: $25.00 per visit.
(10)
Wildlife removal: $0–$30.00 depending upon situation.
(d)
Annual trade registration fees.
Anyone desiring to do work, for which a construction permit is required, is to register with the city as a contractor. This requirement does not apply to a homeowner doing work on a single-family residence which is declared as the owner’s homestead. Renewal constitutes no lapse in registration.
(e)
Rental of city facilities.
(1)
Community center rentals:
(A)
City council, committee or commission meetings, including city-sponsored events at any time (city public library events, city VFD, elections, etc.): Fee: $0.00; deposit: $0.00.
(D)
Use of kitchen: $35.00.
(i)
Any renter, with the exception of the city’s senior citizens/Meals on Wheels (owners of the kitchen equipment), that desires use of the kitchen facilities to serve food, which includes any operation of equipment (i.e., refrigerator, microwave, oven, range, dishwasher, coffee pot, tea maker, can opener, etc.).
(ii)
Fees must be paid by cash, check, credit card or money order at the time of registration. Please make checks payable to the “City of Haslet.” Returned checks will be subject to the NSF charge as listed in this fee schedule. All returned checks and fees must be made in cash.
(Ordinance 005-2013 adopted 3/4/13; Ordinance 018-2013 adopted 9/16/13)