According to our estimates, the City of Pensacola Sunshine Center has handled approximately 150 public record requests during each of the three quarters of this year. That estimate appears to hold the same for the last two quarters of 2015.
That averages out to 50 requests per month, about 11.5 per week or a little more than two requests per day.
It’s the politics that causes the backlog, not the volume.
The FY 2016 budget for the Sunshine Center was $69,900, which breaks down to $5,825 per month or about $116.50 per request (based on the estimate of 50 requests a month).
Prior to the Hayward Administration, the City Clerk handled record requests routinely and with few issues.