If I go down to the City Office here in Spearville and want information about what is going on in way of city meetings, agendas and such it costs me.

Spermville, excuse me, Spearville, has this form that I have to fill out to get an agenda of the next city meeting or any minutes of any meetings. God forbid that I ask them to mail me or email me the agenda of the next meeting.

This is what is charged for any information……..

.50 cents per page

$15.50 per hour with a minimum charge of .25 hour

$1.00 per each sheet for faxes

Cost of postage

All of this has to be prepaid.

Getting any information out of the City offices is like pulling teeth. Does Dodge City, Ford, Bucklin, Cimarron, Jetmore do the same? I can see maybe being charged for getting me records of what they have done in the past but I see no reason to be charged for getting a copy of an Agenda for a future Public Meeting that involves my tax money.

At the bottom of the sheet this also says: “These cost may be increased/decreased depending upon cost increase/decrease with consent of the City Council at any time.”

I am in my 60’s, have lived in 6 Kansas communities and never had such a time getting information from a Municipality.

Anyone else seeing this where they live?