Other (indicate in message) Submitted: April 16, 2024 | Updated: April 26, 2024

(April 2024) Request for Transylvania County, NC Government: List of all employees and their salaries, from 01/01/24 to present day. Plus weekly hours worked.

Good evening Trisha, Meagan, Sheila, (or Records Officer / Custodian(s) of these Records),

Please reply promptly to the following public records request, which I’m making in accordance with NC Public Records Law. https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html

Please provide the names and salaries of all Transylvania County, NC employees who were employed during the specific time period of 01/01/2024 through the present day [on the date the query is performed]. Please include the following:

1) Employee first / last name
2) Date of hire
3) Position / title / department
4) Salary [including hourly wage, hourly rate, or salary -- whichever payment structure is applicable to the employee]
5) If this is a matter of record: Please provide the weekly hours worked for each employee from 01/01/24 - present day.

If for some reason it is impossible for you to query the info in the manner requested (by month), then please explain this, and please provide any responsive records “as of the present day” [on the date the query is performed].

Ideally, I’d like to receive the responsive records in an Excel or other machine-readable format. If any / all of this info is already publicly available online, please provide a link to where it can be accessed.

** I’m simply requesting an electronic copy of an electronic record, if one exists. I’m NOT asking for the opportunity to come in person to "inspect", nor to obtain a printed copy of, this electronic record. I’m requesting explicitly that any responsive info be provided to me via the electronic medium / electronic format (in which the copy of this record already exists). If you are unable to fulfill any or all parts of this request, please specifically cite where a reason for denial is justified under NC Public Records Law. **
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Please note that by submitting this request, I’m NOT agreeing to pay any potential fees or associated costs related to my request. If it isn’t possible to process the request without incurring fees, then please let me know the itemized potential cost and clear explanations of those charges upfront, and DO NOT proceed until I respond.

By Law I’m not required to provide a name or address to associate with a public records request, but in order to move things along I’d like to clarify that this request is being made by:

Sunshine Request
PO Box 17391
Asheville, NC 28816

The request has been sent solely by me and my email address [email protected] . If anyone other than that email address contacts you to pursue a similar request, it did not come from me. Please do not commingle or treat that as an alteration or cancellation of my request – I intend to continue to pursue my request.

Thank you for your assistance!

** Sunshine Request (www.sunshinerequest.com) makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.

Editor’s Note: Sunshine Request makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.

Status: Response Received from Government

Documents:

Activity:

  • April 26, 2024 12:25 pm

    3 days ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Sheila Cozart <[email protected]>
    cc: Trisha Hogan <[email protected]>, Meagan O’Neal <[email protected]>
    date: Apr 26, 2024, 12:25 PM
    subject: Re: Public records request. (April 2024) Request for Transylvania County, NC Government: List of all employees and their salaries, from 01/01/24 to present day. Plus weekly hours worked.

     

    Hi Sheila,

     

    My apologies for the delay.

     

    Thank you for your message on 04/19. Thanks for sending that spreadsheet!

     

    I will further review that attachment, and I will upload it to our website at some point later today or early next week. My Team and I will likely have a follow up question or two, so I’ll be in touch with you about that on Monday.

     

    Thank you for your help!

     

    ~ The Sunshine Request Team

    Status: Response Received from Government
  • April 19, 2024 5:06 pm

    1 week ago

    from: Sheila Cozart <[email protected]>
    to: “[email protected]” <[email protected]>
    cc: Trisha Hogan <[email protected]>,
    Meagan O’Neal <[email protected]>
    date: Apr 19, 2024, 5:06 PM
    subject: Public records request. (April 2024) Request for Transylvania County, NC Government: List of all employees and their salaries, from 01/01/24 to present day. Plus weekly hours worked.

     

    Good Afternoon,

     

    Please find attached a spreadsheet containing the requested information related to Public Personnel Records on 4/16/2024. Information requested related to employees who worked 1/1/2024 – 4/15/2024 is not available as part of the information available through our payroll query. The attached spreadsheet includes employees who are active as of 4/16/2024.

     

    Additionally, a part of your request for weekly hours worked by each employee is not included. That information is not public record.

     

    Thank you,

     

    Sheila Cozart

     

    Human Resources Director

    101 South Broad Street

    Brevard, NC, 28712

    828-884-3227 -phone

    828-884-3119 – fax

     

    **Editor’s Note: Please see the 1 file referenced (“4.16.24-Request-for-Employee-DOH-and-Position-Salary-Prep-File.xlsx”) at top left in our Documents section.

    Status: Response Received from Government
  • April 16, 2024 6:10 pm

    1 week ago

    from: Mail Delivery Subsystem <[email protected]>
    date: Apr 16, 2024, 6:11 PM
    subject: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)

     

    Message blocked

     

    Your message to [email protected] has been blocked. See technical details below for more information.

     

    The response from the remote server was:

     

    550 5.4.1 Recipient address rejected: Access denied. [CH2PEPF0000013D.namprd02.prod.outlook.com 2024-04-16T22:11:11.646Z 08DC5CDB2543F807]

     

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    From: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    To: Trisha Hogan <trisha.hogan@transylvaniacounty.org>
    Cc: meagan.oneal@transylvaniacounty.org, [email protected], Sheila Cozart <sheila.cozart@transylvaniacounty.org>
    Bcc:
    Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:10:54 -0400
    Subject: Public records request. (April 2024) Request for Transylvania County, NC Government: List of all employees and their salaries, from 01/01/24 to present day. Plus weekly hours worked.
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    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Trisha Hogan <[email protected]>
    cc: [email protected], [email protected], Sheila Cozart <[email protected]>
    date: Apr 16, 2024, 6:10 PM
    subject: Public records request. (April 2024) Request for Transylvania County, NC Government: List of all employees and their salaries, from 01/01/24 to present day. Plus weekly hours worked.

     

    Good evening Trisha, Meagan, Sheila, (or Records Officer / Custodian(s) of these Records),

     

    Please reply promptly to the following public records request, which I’m making in accordance with NC Public Records Law. https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html

     

    Please provide the names and salaries of all Transylvania County, NC employees who were employed during the specific time period of 01/01/2024 through the present day [on the date the query is performed]. Please include the
    following:

     

    1) Employee first / last name
    2) Date of hire
    3) Position / title / department
    4) Salary [including hourly wage, hourly rate, or salary — whichever payment structure is applicable to the employee]
    5) If this is a matter of record: Please provide the weekly hours worked for each employee from 01/01/24 – present day.

     

    If for some reason it is impossible for you to query the info in the manner requested (by month), then please explain this, and please provide any responsive records “as of the present day” [on the date the query is performed].

     

    Ideally, I’d like to receive the responsive records in an Excel or other machine-readable format. If any / all of this info is already publicly available online, please provide a link to where it can be accessed.

     

    ** I’m simply requesting an electronic copy of an electronic record, if one exists. I’m NOT asking for the opportunity to come in person to “inspect”, nor to obtain a printed copy of, this electronic record. I’m requesting explicitly that any responsive info be provided to me via the electronic medium / electronic format (in which the copy of this record already exists). If you are unable to fulfill any or all parts of this request, please specifically cite where a reason for denial is justified under NC Public Records Law. **
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    Please note that by submitting this request, I’m NOT agreeing to pay any potential fees or associated costs related to my request. If it isn’t possible to process the request without incurring fees, then please let me know the itemized potential cost and clear explanations of those charges upfront, and DO NOT proceed until I respond.

     

    By Law I’m not required to provide a name or address to associate with a public records request, but in order to move things along I’d like to clarify that this request is being made by:

     

    Sunshine Request
    PO Box 17391
    Asheville, NC 28816

     

    The request has been sent solely by me and my email address [email protected] . If anyone other than that email address contacts you to pursue a similar request, it did not come from me. Please do not commingle or treat that as an alteration or cancellation of my request – I intend to continue to pursue my request.

     

    Thank you for your assistance!

     

    ** Sunshine Request (www.sunshinerequest.com) makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.

    Status: Sent to Government
  • April 16, 2024 6:07 pm

    1 week ago

    Submitted to Sunshine Request
    Status: Pending