Fees for copies, notaries etc
Hello Amber, Former notary here. The State of Michigan only allows notaries to charge up to $10 for notary services. You can only charge more if there is an expense like travel involved. Cheers, Steven On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 12:17 PM Amber Hughey via Michlib-l < michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:
We're looking to make sure we're not over/under charging for our services, so I'm wondering what your library charges for "extra" services like copies, notaries, laminating, faxing etc.
Thank you!
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Hi Amber, My library charges .10c for B/W and .25c for color. We have a printer lease through a somewhat local shop. So we pay a monthly lease and then they charge us a rate for each print. We probably make .08c on each B/W and around .20c on color if I had to guess AFTER we have to pay the lease. Our fax is $1/page. I believe the same for laminating, though almost never utilized. As a notary via the library, I do not charge for this service if the person resides here in Hillsdale county, since that is the county I am commissioned in specifically in my notary application. I will charge $1 to anyone who resides outside of the county (I haven’t had this happen yet). I chose this method because the library paid for me to get this service and while we aren’t a county library system, Hillsdale (as a city) is the seat of the county and therefore we see people come from all over the county with a lot of court documents and other dealings that are being taken care of here. I have found that some people will donate a buck or two anyways (one time $50!). The previous director had something like $1 with a library card and $3 if you don’t. I like to keep things free or as cheap as possible being a library. I would say I do about 3-5 notaries a week so hypothetically we could make back the money in no time to pay for everything required to become a notary, but I really am not worried. Hope this helps ☺ Best, [cid:image002.png@01DAC3DC.779D4D30] From: Michlib-l [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org] On Behalf Of Amber Hughey via Michlib-l Sent: Friday, June 21, 2024 12:17 PM To: michlib-l@mcls.org Subject: [Michlib-l] Fees for copies, notaries etc We're looking to make sure we're not over/under charging for our services, so I'm wondering what your library charges for "extra" services like copies, notaries, laminating, faxing etc. Thank you! Amber L Hughey, MLIS She/Hers Director Bridgeport Public Library zv041 3399 Williamson Saginaw MI 48601 989-777-6030 ext 4 CAUTION: This email originated from outside the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the designated recipient named above. If you are not the designated recipient, an employee, or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution, or copying of it or its contents is strictly prohibited. If you receive this communication in error, please destroy all copies of this communication and any attachments and notify the sender immediately via phone, fax, or electronic mail. Thank you.
We charge 10 cents for black and white copies, and 50 cents for color. Scan to email or USB is free. We are working on adding faxing capability and I intend to charge $1.00 per page. We do not have a notary on staff. Deb Hemmye Library Director Huntington Woods Public Library 26415 Scotia Road Huntington Woods, MI 48070 248-543-9720, ext. 686 From: "Michlib" <michlib-l@mcls.org> To: "Amber Hughey" <a.hughey@bridgeportlibrary.org> Cc: "Michlib" <michlib-l@mcls.org> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2024 1:11:04 PM Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Fees for copies, notaries etc Hi Amber, My library charges .10c for B/W and .25c for color. We have a printer lease through a somewhat local shop. So we pay a monthly lease and then they charge us a rate for each print. We probably make .08c on each B/W and around .20c on color if I had to guess AFTER we have to pay the lease. Our fax is $1/page. I believe the same for laminating, though almost never utilized. As a notary via the library, I do not charge for this service if the person resides here in Hillsdale county, since that is the county I am commissioned in specifically in my notary application. I will charge $1 to anyone who resides outside of the county (I haven’t had this happen yet). I chose this method because the library paid for me to get this service and while we aren’t a county library system, Hillsdale (as a city) is the seat of the county and therefore we see people come from all over the county with a lot of court documents and other dealings that are being taken care of here. I have found that some people will donate a buck or two anyways (one time $50!). The previous director had something like $1 with a library card and $3 if you don’t. I like to keep things free or as cheap as possible being a library. I would say I do about 3-5 notaries a week so hypothetically we could make back the money in no time to pay for everything required to become a notary, but I really am not worried. Hope this helps J Best, From: Michlib-l [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org] On Behalf Of Amber Hughey via Michlib-l Sent: Friday, June 21, 2024 12:17 PM To: michlib-l@mcls.org Subject: [Michlib-l] Fees for copies, notaries etc We're looking to make sure we're not over/under charging for our services, so I'm wondering what your library charges for "extra" services like copies, notaries, laminating, faxing etc. Thank you! Amber L Hughey, MLIS She/Hers Director Bridgeport Public Library zv041 3399 Williamson Saginaw MI 48601 989-777-6030 ext 4 CAUTION : This email originated from outside the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the designated recipient named above. If you are not the designated recipient, an employee, or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution, or copying of it or its contents is strictly prohibited. If you receive this communication in error, please destroy all copies of this communication and any attachments and notify the sender immediately via phone, fax, or electronic mail. Thank you. _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l@mcls.org https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__mail3.mcls.org_mailman_listinfo_michlib-2Dl&d=DwICAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=sW0QtgsUF_VTgHYbMLAYDX2ikQwQhwFgtcNmyu5STJQ&m=I03s3KNzh1NTshJwsgEVvw9bZ6pKpJ8dVK8nhdC7ktvyzAebX2ADSAgGJwQ6C8Kn&s=JYUuFc2dbY0HOujdPT_OxLHTtr8FrjfC4IqaItJU1Lo&e=
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