The Phoenix City Council voted Wednesday to increase fees for commercial public records requests to pay for more staff and end a backlog of nearly 40,000 requests.
A commercial request aims to use public records to make money. In Phoenix, they now cost a $10 flat fee plus $.25 a page.
Non-commercial requests come from the news media, lawyers and insurance companies. They can now get electronic copies of reports for free.
Initial video requests are also no charge. But the cost for supplemental video is going up to pay for staff review and redactions.
Phoenix aims to eliminate its backlog of pending requests within one year of new staff being hired and trained.
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