Resolution No. 639 - Staff Time for Redacting Body Carera Video Recording - Repealing Res 634RESOLUTION No. 639
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF YELM, WASHINGTON, APPROVING THE METHODOLOGY USED
TO CALCULATE THE FEE FOR STAFF TIME SPENT REDACTING BODY CAMERA VIDEO
RECORDING FOR CERTAIN REQUESTORS AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 634
WHEREAS, the Yelm City Council approved Resolution No. 634 on February 28, 2024
approving the methodology used to calculate the fee for staff time spent redacting body
camera video recording for certain requestors; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 639 is correcting the rate per minute for time spent redacting
Police worn camera footage; and
WHEREAS, the Yelm Police Department implemented a Body Worn Video program in
2022; and
WHEREAS, body camera recording are public records subject to Chapter 42.56 RCW and
the Washington State Public Records Act; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to RCW 42.56.240(14)(f), law enforcement agencies are permitted
to charge requestors not exempted under RCW 42.56.240(14)(e) the reasonable cost of
redacting videos prior to disclosure; and
WHEREAS, the Yelm Police Department analyzed a 2017 Body Worn Video Redaction
Cost Study completed by the Seattle Police Department, which determined the amount of time
it takes to redact such footage, and multiplied that amount of time by the Yelm Police
Department Records staff salaries to determine the "reasonable cost" for such redactions; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved the rate of $.68 per minute for time spent
redacting Police worn camera footage in Resolution No. 628 on January 10, 2023; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Yelm, Washington
as follows:
THAT: the City Council approve the methodology used to calculate the fee for actual
staff time cost incurred for redacting body camera video recording for requestors not exempted
under RCW 42.56.240(14)
Approved this 25th day of July, 2023
Jo
into, Mayor
Zttest:
Kat y Linnem er, City Clerk