The city of Alachua’s policies and procedures for filling timely and affordable public records requests surfaced throughout Monday’s regular commission meeting from both public commenters and the dais.
Commissioner Jacob Fletcher said he will add the topic to the Dec. 8 meeting agenda after experiencing delays and charges unjustified by staff, which members of the public also said they faced.
In August, Fletcher said he filed a request for Alachua’s monthly and quarterly reports since becoming a commissioner in April and received a lump sum quote of $521 based on unnamed staff hours to fulfill the request…