Other (indicate in message) Submitted: August 2, 2023 | Updated: August 8, 2023

(August 2023) Multi-part request for Lincoln County, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries, including Sheriff’s Office. As of 08/03/23 or present day.

Hello again Brittany (or Lincoln County Records Officer),

Please reply promptly to the following public records request, which is being made in accordance with NC Public Records Law.
Ref: https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html

** I’m simply requesting an electronic copy of an electronic record, if one exists. I am NOT asking to come in person to inspect, nor to obtain a printed copy of, these electronic records. I’m requesting explicitly that any responsive info be provided to me via an electronic medium / format (in which the copy of these records should already exist).

I do not have any further clarifying info I wish to provide to narrow this request. If the request is unclear, or if you are unable to fulfill any or all parts of the request, then please specifically cite where a reason for its denial is justified under NC Public Records Law. **

A. Please provide employee names and salaries for ALL current Lincoln County, NC Government employees, as of 08/03/2023 or present day [date the query is performed]. Please include the following:

1) Employee’s first / last name.
2) Employee’s current job Position / Title / Department.
3) Employee’s date of hire.
4) Current Salary (including hourly wage, hourly rate, or salary -- whichever payment structure is applicable to the employee)

B. In addition to the above, I’d also like to request that the same salary data is provided, specific to ALL employees of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. Ideally, this info should be indicated within an additional tab or section on the spreadsheet above (or as a separate spreadsheet), showing salary data for the Sheriff’s Office specifically.

Ideally, I’d like to receive all the responsive records in an Excel or machine-readable format, if possible.

If any / all of this info is already publicly available online, please provide a link to where it can be accessed.

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** On a personal note -- I'd like to suggest again that up-to-date salary data is proactively made “public” on the County’s website or data dashboard, so that it does not have to be obtained via repeated public records requests. It is in the public interest to provide this type of info, and it would also help to reduce staff time to fulfill requests.
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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 explanations for 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 from the email address [email protected] . If anyone other than that email address contacts you to pursue a similar request, it did not come from me or my Team. 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!

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

Activity:

  • August 8, 2023 2:50 pm

    1 year ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Brittany Abernathy <[email protected]>
    cc: [email protected], “Candy S. Burgin” <[email protected]>
    date: Aug 8, 2023, 2:50 PM
    subject: Re: Public Records Request. (August 2023) Multi-part request for Lincoln County, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries, including Sheriff’s Office. As of 08/03/23 or present day.

     

    Hi Brittany,

     

    Thank you very much for your prompt assistance with the request!

     

    I’ve now marked this request as “Completed” on our website.

     

    Have a great afternoon.

     

    ~ The Sunshine Request Team


    Status: Completed
  • August 4, 2023 8:08 am

    1 year ago

    from: Brittany Abernathy <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    cc: [email protected], “Candy S. Burgin” <[email protected]>
    date: Aug 4, 2023, 8:08 AM
    subject: RE: Public Records Request. (August 2023) Multi-part request for Lincoln County, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries, including Sheriff’s Office. As of 08/03/23 or present day.

     

    Good morning,

     

    Please find the information you requested attached.

     

    Brittany Abernathy

    Lincoln County Human Resources

    704-479-2073

    [email protected]

     

    **Editor’s Note: Please see the 1 referenced file (“Lincoln-County-Employees-as-of-8.4.23.xlsx”) at top left in our documents section.


    Status: Response Received from Government
  • August 3, 2023 1:59 pm

    1 year ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Brittany Abernathy <[email protected]>
    cc: [email protected], “Candy S. Burgin” <[email protected]>
    date: Aug 3, 2023, 1:59 PM
    subject: Public Records Request. (August 2023) Multi-part request for Lincoln County, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries, including Sheriff’s Office. As of 08/03/23 or present day.

     

    Hello again Brittany (or Lincoln County Records Officer),

     

    I’d like to make a public records request for information that may be available in your office. If you’re not the appropriate party to contact about the request, please provide the correct name and email address of whom I should send it to.

     

    Please confirm receipt to let me know the request will begin processing, and if possible, please provide a rough estimate of when the request may be completed. I will plan on following up again in 1 week, if I have not heard back before then.

     

    Here are the details of the request:

     

    SUBJECT:

    August 2023) Multi-part request for Lincoln County, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries, including Sheriff’s Office. As of 08/03/23 or present day.

     

    MESSAGE:

    ” Hello again Brittany (or Lincoln County Records Officer),

     

    Please reply promptly to the following public records request, which is being made in accordance with NC Public Records Law.

    Ref: https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html

     

    ** I’m simply requesting an electronic copy of an electronic record, if one exists. I am NOT asking to come in person to inspect, nor to obtain a printed copy of, these electronic records. I’m requesting explicitly that any responsive info be provided to me via an electronic medium / format (in which the copy of these records should already exist).

     

    I do not have any further clarifying info I wish to provide to narrow this request. If the request is unclear, or if you are unable to fulfill any or all parts of the request, then please specifically cite where a reason for its denial is justified under NC Public Records Law. **

     

    A. Please provide employee names and salaries for ALL current Lincoln County, NC Government employees, as of 08/03/2023 or present day [date the query is performed]. Please include the following:

     

    1) Employee’s first / last name.

    2) Employee’s current job Position / Title / Department.

    3) Employee’s date of hire.

    4) Current Salary (including hourly wage, hourly rate, or salary — whichever payment structure is applicable to the employee)

     

    B. In addition to the above, I’d also like to request that the same salary data is provided, specific to ALL employees of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. Ideally, this info should be indicated within an additional tab or section on the spreadsheet above (or as a separate spreadsheet), showing salary data for the Sheriff’s Office specifically.

     

    Ideally, I’d like to receive all the responsive records in an Excel or machine-readable format, if possible.

     

    If any / all of this info is already publicly available online, please provide a link to where it can be accessed.

     

    ——————
    ** On a personal note — I’d like to suggest again that up-to-date salary data is proactively made “public” on the County’s website or data dashboard, so that it does not have to be obtained via repeated public records requests. It is in the public interest to provide this type of info, and it would also help to reduce staff time to fulfill requests.
    ——————

     

    ** 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 explanations for 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 from the email address [email protected] . If anyone other than that email address contacts you to pursue a similar request, it did not come from me or my Team. 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
  • August 2, 2023 12:51 pm

    1 year ago

    Submitted to Sunshine Request
    Status: Pending