1. Levels or limitations on fees.

An authority may impose a fee for the actual, necessary and direct costs of reproduction and transcription or photographing a record unless a fee is otherwise provided by law or authorized to be provided by law. Wis. Stat. § 19.35(3)(a)(b).

If the person wanting a copy of a record appears in person the authority has the option of requiring the person to make a copy or providing the person with a copy. Wis. Stat. § 19.35(1)(b). But this option is not available when the requester submits the request by mail. State ex rel. Borzych v. Paluszcyk, 201 Wis. 2d 523, 549 N.W.2d 253 (Wis. Ct. App. 1996).