The policy of the Board of Luce County Road Commissioners (LCRC) shall be to provide citizens information regarding the affairs of the LCRC as required by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Public Act 442 of the Public Acts of 1976 (MCL 15.231 et. seq.)

All requests must be made in writing. FOIA requests received by facsimile copy, electronic mail or by other electronic means, is deemed received the first business day following its transmission. The request must sufficiently describe the information to be provided.

The FOIA Coordinator is the Manager of the Luce County Road Commission or his designate. The FOIA Coordinator shall provide records, has the authority to issue notices extending response times or deny requests in whole or in part, on behalf of the LCRC as required by the FOIA.

The FOIA Coordinator will respond in writing to a FOIA request within five (5) business days of receipt using the Notice of Freedom of Information Act Response form.

Fees for search, inspection and copying shall be

1. Labor costs (including 50% fringe benefit costs) for the time spent searching for, examination of, review of and duplication of documents, and the deletion and separation of exempt information from non-exempt information – billable in 15 minute increments.
2. Fee for copying letter and legal size – ten cents per copy.
3. Fee for certification maps – ten cents per sheet.
4. Fee for Plans – actual cost for reprinting Plans.
5. Actual cost of mailing requested documents.
6. Actual cost of mailing requested documents.

There will be no charge or a reduced charge if the search, inspection and copying is determined to primarily benefit the general public as determined by the LCRC.

There will be no charge for the first $20.00 of the fee for each request if an individual requesting the documents provides an affidavit stating that they are receiving public assistance or showing that they are not able to pay the cost because of indigence.

In calculating the labor costs authorized by this policy, LCRC will not charge more than the hourly wage and associated fringe benefit costs of the lowest paid LCRC administrative employee capable of retrieving the information necessary to comply with the request.

Fees must be paid in full to the LCRC prior to actual delivery of the copied documents.

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