Boulder Daily Camera: Towns and cities such as Firestone and Longmont have charged hundreds — sometimes even thousands of dollars — to fulfill public records requests, and say they have no choice but to do so in certain instances.

When the Times-Call submitted a records request to Firestone on Dec. 20 for emails between City Manager A.J. Kreiger and Mayor Drew Peterson dated between Nov. 8 and Nov. 15 concerning Central Park and the need to schedule a Board of Trustees meeting on Nov. 22, it was told the request would cost an estimated $461.73 to complete.

The town clerk’s office estimated that the Times-Call’s request would require “14 hours and 45 minutes” of time to complete, with no charge for the first hour.

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