Other (indicate in message) Submitted: April 10, 2025 | Updated: April 15, 2025

(April 2025) Request for City of Kings Mountain, NC Government: All employees and their salaries as of present day.

Good afternoon Karen, Todd, Chris, Jana, Rachel, (Records Officer / Custodian(s) of these Records),

I reviewed your records request form at https://www.cityofkm.com/FormCenter/Administration-14/Request-for-Public-Records-Form-69. However, my request literally does not fit into the form, so I cannot submit it to you in your preferred format. Therefore, I’m submitting it to you all directly, as I believe you are the primary custodian(s) of these records, and should now proceed to fulfill the request.

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

The type of basic salary data I’m requesting is simple to provide, is very commonly produced, and is widely considered a matter of public record as part of the public personnel file of employees. Many NC entities fulfill requests like this via email in 1 week, and in many cases 1 day. You’ve also fulfilled this request for me before.

Please provide the names and salaries of all current City of Kings Mountain, NC employees as of 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) Current salary [please include hourly wage, hourly rate, or annual salary -- whichever payment structure is applicable to the employee]

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. However, 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: Completed

Documents:

Activity:

  • April 15, 2025 5:23 pm

    2 days ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Karen Tucker <[email protected]>
    date: Apr 15, 2025, 5:23 PM
    subject: Re: Public Records Request

     

    Hi Karen,

     

    Thank you for providing the document above on 04/14.

     

    I’ve reviewed the file, and later tonight or early tomorrow I will mark this request as “Completed” on our website.

     

    Have a great evening!

     

    ~ The Sunshine Request Team

    Status: Completed
  • April 14, 2025 10:14 am

    4 days ago

    from: Karen Tucker <[email protected]>
    to: “[email protected]” <[email protected]>
    date: Apr 14, 2025, 10:14 AM
    subject: Public Records Request

     

    Good Morning,

     

    Thank you for your public records request received in my office on Thursday, April 10, 2025. I have attached an excel worksheet containing the items that were requested.

     

    Thanks!

     

    Karen A. Tucker, CMC, NCCMC

    City Clerk

    City of Kings Mountain

    P.O. Box 429

    Kings Mountain, NC 28086

    Direct: 704-734-4605

    In God We Trust

     

    NOTICE:  Emails to and from this email address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be subject to disclosure.  This message and its contents are confidential. If you received this message in error, do not use or rely upon it. Instead, please inform the sender and then delete it. Thank you.

     

    **Editor’s Note: Please see the 1 file referenced (“Census-4-11-2025.xlsx”) at top left in our Documents section.

    Status: Response Received from Government
  • April 11, 2025 8:39 am

    1 week ago

    from: Rachel Whitaker <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>, Karen Tucker <[email protected]>
    cc: Todd Carpenter <[email protected]>, Chris Costner <[email protected]>, Jana Williams <[email protected]>
    date: Apr 11, 2025, 8:39 AM
    subject: RE: [External] Public records request. (April 2025) Request for City of Kings Mountain, NC Government: All employees and their salaries as of present day.

     

    I will send this report to Karen for distribution.

    Status: Government Processing Request
  • April 10, 2025 5:33 pm

    1 week ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Karen Tucker <[email protected]>
    cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
    date: Apr 10, 2025, 5:33 PM
    subject: Public records request. (April 2025) Request for City of Kings Mountain, NC Government: All employees and their salaries as of present day.

     

    Good afternoon Karen, Todd, Chris, Jana, Rachel, (Records Officer / Custodian(s) of these Records),

     

    I reviewed your records request form at https://www.cityofkm.com/FormCenter/Administration-14/Request-for-Public-Records-Form-69. However, my request literally does not fit into the form, so I cannot submit it to you in your preferred format. Therefore, I’m submitting it to you all directly, as I believe you are the primary custodian(s) of these records, and should now proceed to fulfill the request.

     

    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

     

    The type of basic salary data I’m requesting is simple to provide, is very commonly produced, and is widely considered a matter of public record as part of the public personnel file of employees. Many NC entities fulfill requests like this via email in 1 week, and in many cases 1 day. You’ve also fulfilled this request for me before.

     

    Please provide the names and salaries of all current City of Kings Mountain, NC employees as of 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) Current salary [please include hourly wage, hourly rate, or annual salary — whichever payment structure is applicable to the employee]

     

    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. **

    ————————————

     

    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. However, 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 10, 2025 5:27 pm

    1 week ago

    Submitted to Sunshine Request
    Status: Pending