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There will be a charge of $.15 per page for standard one-sided legal or letter size copies and $.20 for each two-sided copy. If special equipment or paper is required, the City shall charge the estimated actual cost of making the copies. If the request is for certified copies, there will be a charge of $1 per copy.In addition to the actual cost of materials and supplies, a special service charge will be assessed for providing information when the nature or volume of the records requested requires extensive clerical or supervisory assistance by City personnel. For the purposes of this rule, “extensive” means that it will take more than 15 minutes to locate, review for confidential or exempt information, copy and re-file the requested material. The special service charge will be computed to the nearest quarter of an hour exceeding 15 minutes based on the current rate of pay of the person who performed the service and the cost of benefits provided to the employee, and will be assessed when appropriate regardless of the number of individual copies made.

All costs shall be paid in advance prior to making copies or allowing inspection. If the advance payment differs from the amount determined after the actual copies or inspection charges are determined, any overcharge shall be refunded and any amount still owed by the requestor must be paid before the records may be inspected or copied.

The City may also charge for the costs of mailing the requested records including the cost of the envelope and the postal service charge.

If the request is for digital files, the City Clerk shall charge in advance for the actual cost of researching and producing the copy, if applicable. This includes any applicable special service charges and the costs of any electronic storage media type devices such as CDs, flash drives, etc.. used to store information requested.

Sealed bids, proposals, or replies, until notice of an intended decision or 30 days after opening.A public record that was prepared by an agency attorney (including an attorney employed or retained by the agency or employed or retained by another public officer or agency to protect or represent the interests of the agency having custody of the record) or prepared at the attorney's express direction, that reflects a mental impression, conclusion, litigation strategy, or legal theory of the attorney or the agency, and that was prepared exclusively for civil or criminal litigation or for adversarial administrative proceedings, or that was prepared in anticipation of imminent civil or criminal litigation or imminent adversarial administrative proceedings, until conclusion of the litigation or administrative proceedings.

Records, information, photographs, audio and visual presentations, schematic diagrams, surveys, recommendations, or consultations or portions thereof relating directly to the physical security of a facility or revealing security systems.

The social security numbers of all current and former employees which numbers are held by the employer are confidential.

Medical information pertaining to a prospective, current, or former officer or employee, which, if disclosed, would identify that officer or employee is exempt.

Personal identifying information of a dependent child of a current or former officer or employee, which dependent child is insured by a group insurance plan.

Any information revealing undercover personnel of criminal justice.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, social security numbers, and photographs of active or former law enforcement personnel; the home addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, and places of employment of the spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such personnel.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, and photographs of firefighters certified in compliance with s. 633.35; the home addresses, telephone numbers, photographs, and places of employment of the spouses and children of such firefighters; and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such firefighters.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, and photographs of current or former human resource, labor relations, or employee relations directors, assistant directors, managers, or assistant managers of any local government agency or water management district whose duties include hiring and firing employees, labor contract negotiation, administration, or other personnel-related duties; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, and places of employment of the spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such personnel.

The home addresses, telephone numbers, and photographs of current or former code enforcement officers; the names, home addresses, telephone numbers, and places of employment of the spouses and children of such personnel; and the names and locations of schools and day care facilities attended by the children of such personnel.

The audit report of an internal auditor prepared for or on behalf of a unit of local government becomes public record when the audit becomes final.

Any data, record, or document used directly or solely by a municipally owned utility to prepare and submit a bid relative to the sale, distribution, or use of any service, commodity, or tangible personal property to any customer or prospective customer.

Active criminal investigative information and intelligence.

Other exemptions may apply in specific circumstances.

All members and their terms are provided through this link: Mayor and City Commission

Each person addressing the City Commission shall give his name and address in an audible tone for the records and, unless further time is granted by the commission, shall limit his address to three minutes. All remarks shall be addressed to the Commission as a body and not to any member. No person, other than the Commission and the person having the floor, shall be permitted to enter any discussion, either directly or through a member of the commission, without the permission of the presiding officer. No question shall be asked a Commissioner except through the presiding officer.

Click on the following link to take you to the appropriate section of our code regarding this subject:

Sec. 2-45. - Manner of addressing commission; time

Click on the following link to take you to the appropriate section of our code regarding this subject: Article VII - Sec. 1. Time of holding elections