The Custodian of Records and all Deputy Custodians of Records shall
not physically give a government record to a member of the public without
first advising the City Manager of the same.
The following shall be charged for the copying and reproduction of public
records. Copies of public records shall be made available upon payment of
the following fees, which shall be based upon the total number of pages, or
parts thereof, to be purchased, without regard to the number of records being
copied:
A. First page to 10th page: $0.75 per page.
B. Eleventh page to 20th page: $0.50 per page.
C. All pages over 20: $0.25 per page.
Whenever the nature, format, manner of collation or volume of a government
record(s) embodied in the form of printed matter to be inspected, examined
or copied pursuant to this section is such that the record cannot be reproduced
by ordinary document-copying equipment in ordinary business size and requires
outsourcing for reproduction or copying, the actual cost charged for such
outsourcing shall be the charge paid for said outsourcing and shall be paid
by the individual or entity making the request for such public record. The
first sentence of this section shall be contained on the Open Public Records
Act request form currently used in the City of Brigantine and shall be preprinted
on the same, and said form as amended by this chapter is specifically adopted
as the official Open Public Records Act request form of the City of Brigantine.
Any request for public records shall be responded to in seven business
days by either providing the public document(s) requested or by providing
the requestor with an interim report indicating the estimated time that will
be required to provide the records if the same cannot be produced within seven
business days from said request.
For the purpose of this chapter, the term "public records" includes
those records determined to be public in accordance with the Open Public Records
Act and subject to all exclusions and deletions as set forth therein.
The Custodian of Records shall prominently post in public view in a
part or parts of the Clerks Office that are open to or frequented by the public
a statement that sets forth in clear, concise and specific terms the right
to appeal denial of, or failure to provide, access to a government record
by any person for inspection, examination, or copying or for purchase of copies
thereof and the procedure by which an appeal may be filed.