The City of New Brighton charges for copies of government data. These charges are authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section 13.03, subdivision 3(c) for 100 or fewer single sided pages of data. In the event that the fees listed in this policy differ from fees listed in the current fee schedule approved by the City Council, the fees listed in the current fee schedule shall prevail.
Current fees for copies (as of January 1, 2019)
- Single-sided, black and white 8 and a half inches by 11 inches (letter) or 8 and a half inches by 14 inches (legal) page: $0.25
- Double-sided, black and white 8 and a half inches by 11 inches (letter) or 8 and a half inches by 14 inches (legal) page: $0.50
- Single-sided, black and white 11 inches by 17 inches (tabloid) page: $0.50
- Double-sided, black and white 11 inches by 17 inches (tabloid) page: $1
- Single-sided, color 8 and a half inches by 11 inches (letter) or 8 and a half inches by 14 inches (legal) page: $0.50
- Double-sided, color 8 and a half inches by 11 inches (letter) or 8 and a half inches by 14 inches (legal) page: $1
- Single-sided, color 11 inches by 17 inches (tabloid) page: $1
- Double-sided, color 11 inches by 17 inches (tabloid) page: $2
- Single-sided, 24 inches by 36 inches (engineer) page or map $19
Requests for data stored electronically will only be released through email if the request is under 5MB in size. Additionally, only data classified as public data will be released electronically. Documents containing data classified as not public will be released only in a paper or other format that guarantees not public metadata is not available to the requestor.
Requests for copies that are estimated to exceed $50 must be prepaid.
Other Types of Data
- Cable TV program tapes: $20
- Apartment List: $16
- 35 mm or Polaroid Photos (plus actual developing costs): $25
- Digital Photos on CD: $5
- Digital Photos printed on plain paper: $5
- Summary Data: Actual Cost
- Most other types of copies: Actual cost
The charge for most other types of copies, when a charge is not set by statute or rule, is the actual cost of searching for and retrieving the data, and making the copies or electronically transmitting the data (e.g. sending the data by email). In determining the actual cost of making copies, we factor in employee time, the cost of the materials onto which we are copying the data (paper, CD, DVD, etc.), and mailing costs (if any). If your request is for copies of data that we cannot reproduce ourselves, such as photographs, we will charge you the actual cost we must pay an outside vendor for the copies.
If, because of the subject matter of your request, we find it necessary for a higher-paid employee to search for and retrieve the data, we will calculate the search and retrieval portion of the copy charge at the higher salary/wage.