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.
Other (indicate in message) Submitted: August 15, 2024 | Updated: August 16, 2024
(August 2024) Request for Town of Ruth, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.
Good evening Amy, Mayor, (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
** 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 provide the names and salaries of all current Town of Ruth, 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) Salary [including hourly wage, hourly rate, or 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 would also like to suggest for your consideration, that the Town makes up-to-date salary data like this available on their website (or a data dashboard) in the future. It is in the public’s interest for you to do so, and it would also save Town staff’s time to fulfill records requests for this same data.
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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: Completed
Documents:
Activity:
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August 16, 2024 2:35 pm
1 month ago
from: [email protected] <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
cc: David Guy <[email protected]>
date: Aug 16, 2024, 2:35 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (August 2024) Request for Town of Ruth, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Absolutely, thank you for the update and recognition of receipt.
Amie Goode Hanaway
Town Manager /Administrator
Financial Director
Website AdministratorClerk to the Board
PH: 828-287-7943
FAX: 828-214-5666
Email: [email protected]
P.O. Box 791199 Northview Dorsey Street
Rutherfordton, NC 28139-2096
______________________________
______________________________
Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 132,et.seq., this electronic mail message and any attachment hereto, as well as any electronic mail message(s) that may be sent in response to it may be considered public record and as such are subject to requests for review.If you are not the intended recipient of this message (including attachments), or if you have received this message in error, immediately notify us and delete it and any attachments.
Status: Completed -
August 16, 2024 2:16 pm
1 month ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: “[email protected]” <[email protected]>
cc: David Guy <[email protected]>
date: Aug 16, 2024, 2:16 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (August 2024) Request for Town of Ruth, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Hi Amie,
No problem. Thank you! I reviewed the spreadsheet, and can confirm you’ve provided everything I asked for.
Later this evening or early on Monday I’ll mark this request as “Completed” on our website.
Thank you for your prompt assistance with my request!
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Completed -
August 16, 2024 1:56 pm
1 month ago
from: [email protected] <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
cc: David Guy <[email protected]>
date: Aug 16, 2024, 1:56 PM
subject: RE: Public records request. (August 2024) Request for Town of Ruth, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Hey Sunshine, I apologize I missed you wanted this in Excel format, so I’ve attached an excel spreadsheet with all salaries for the Town of Ruth. Should you have any questions, please feel free to inquire. We welcome your interest and involvement in transparency and accountability.
Amie Goode Hanaway
Town Manager /Administrator
Financial Director
Website AdministratorClerk to the Board
PH: 828-287-7943
FAX: 828-214-5666
Email: [email protected]
P.O. Box 791199 Northview Dorsey Street
Rutherfordton, NC 28139-2096
______________________________
______________________________
Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 132,et.seq., this electronic mail message and any attachment hereto, as well as any electronic mail message(s) that may be sent in response to it may be considered public record and as such are subject to requests for review.If you are not the intended recipient of this message (including attachments), or if you have received this message in error, immediately notify us and delete it and any attachments.
**Editor’s Note: Please see referenced file “Sunshine-Request-for-Annual-Salary.xlsx” at top left in documents
Status: Response Received from Government -
August 16, 2024 1:23 pm
1 month ago
from: [email protected] <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
cc: David Guy <[email protected]>
date: Aug 16, 2024, 1:23 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (August 2024) Request for Town of Ruth, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Good deal, got it, I’ll send the remainder for elected officials to original email. Thanks for clarifying.
Amie Goode Hanaway
Town Manager /Administrator
Financial Director
Website AdministratorClerk to the Board
PH: 828-287-7943
FAX: 828-214-5666
Email: [email protected]
P.O. Box 791199 Northview Dorsey Street
Rutherfordton, NC 28139-2096
______________________________
______________________________
Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 132,et.seq., this electronic mail message and any attachment hereto, as well as any electronic mail message(s) that may be sent in response to it may be considered public record and as such are subject to requests for review.If you are not the intended recipient of this message (including attachments), or if you have received this message in error, immediately notify us and delete it and any attachments.
Status: Government Processing Request -
August 16, 2024 12:36 pm
1 month ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: “[email protected]” <[email protected]>
cc: David Guy <[email protected]>
date: Aug 16, 2024, 12:36 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (August 2024) Request for Town of Ruth, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Hi Amie,
Confirming I received your last two emails.
Thank you for asking. Yes – my request for “all employees” should include any “elected officials” as well.
Also, thank you for sharing your salary data.
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Clarification Provided -
August 16, 2024 11:55 am
1 month ago
from: [email protected] <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
cc: David Guy <[email protected]>
date: Aug 16, 2024, 11:55 AM
subject: Re: Public records request. (August 2024) Request for Town of Ruth, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.No worries, I did just send data on the only employee (part time-me), asking if you want elected official data as well?
Amie Goode Hanaway
Town Manager /Administrator
Financial Director
Website AdministratorClerk to the Board
PH: 828-287-7943
FAX: 828-214-5666
Email: [email protected]
P.O. Box 791199 Northview Dorsey Street
Rutherfordton, NC 28139-2096
______________________________
______________________________
Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 132,et.seq., this electronic mail message and any attachment hereto, as well as any electronic mail message(s) that may be sent in response to it may be considered public record and as such are subject to requests for review.If you are not the intended recipient of this message (including attachments), or if you have received this message in error, immediately notify us and delete it and any attachments.
Status: Clarification Requested -
August 16, 2024 11:54 am
1 month ago
from: [email protected] <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
cc: David Guy <[email protected]>
date: Aug 16, 2024, 11:54 AM
subject: RE: Public records request. (August 2024) Request for Town of Ruth, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Sunshine, you’ve only asked for employees, there’s only one part time employee; are you asking for elected official details as well?
The part time employee is
Amy Hanaway
Date of hire April 2002
Town Manager/Administrator, Financial Director, Website Administrator, Clerk to the Board, Tax Collector
$23,000 annually
Amie Goode Hanaway
Town Manager /Administrator
Financial Director
Website AdministratorClerk to the Board
PH: 828-287-7943
FAX: 828-214-5666
Email: [email protected]
P.O. Box 791199 Northview Dorsey Street
Rutherfordton, NC 28139-2096
______________________________
______________________________
Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 132,et.seq., this electronic mail message and any attachment hereto, as well as any electronic mail message(s) that may be sent in response to it may be considered public record and as such are subject to requests for review.If you are not the intended recipient of this message (including attachments), or if you have received this message in error, immediately notify us and delete it and any attachments.
Status: Response Received from Government -
August 16, 2024 11:28 am
1 month ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Amy Town <[email protected]>
cc: David Guy <[email protected]>
date: Aug 16, 2024, 11:28 AM
subject: Re: Public records request. (August 2024) Request for Town of Ruth, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Hi Amie and David,
Thanks for confirming receipt of my request.
I’ll follow up at the end of the month, if I don’t hear anything else before then.
Thank you for your help!
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Government Processing Request -
August 16, 2024 9:35 am
1 month ago
from: Amy Town <[email protected]>
to: David Guy <[email protected]>
cc: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
date: Aug 16, 2024, 9:35 AM
subject: Re: Public records request. (August 2024) Request for Town of Ruth, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.David & Sunshine Request, I didn’t receive this until this morning, I’m @ my full time job & will be back to the office later this afternoon & will most definitely fulfill these requests.
Amie Goode Hanaway,Town Manager & Administrator
Financial DirectorWebsite AdministratorClerk to the BoardPH: 828-287-7943FAX: 828-214-5666Email: [email protected]P.O.Box 791199 Northview Dorsey StreetRutherfordton, NC 28139-2096____________________________________________________________ Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 132,et.seq., this electronic mail message and any attachment hereto, as well as any electronic mail message(s) that may be sent in response to it may be considered public record and as such are subject to requests for review.
If you are not the intended recipient of this message (including attachments), or if you have received this message in error, immediately notify us and delete it and any attachments.
Status: Government Processing Request -
August 15, 2024 7:00 pm
1 month ago
from: David Guy <[email protected]>
to: Amie Town Of Ruth <[email protected]>
cc: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
date: Aug 15, 2024, 7:00 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (August 2024) Request for Town of Ruth, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Amie, I’m sure you have seen this request by now.
Please if you would update our website to reflect our board decision to half our elected member salaries as we reflected on budget discussion and some of the choices we were making to cut back in other areas where we could to be good stewards of our taxpayers funds.
I’m not sure if our publicly listed budget clearly shows this salary information, but I know it was part of the March agenda , was discussed at that meeting, and has been further discussed in our public town hall meetings.
Thank you for your diligence!
David B. Guy
Mayor, Town of Ruth
Townhall:828-287-7943
FAX: 828-214-5666
Email: [email protected]
P.O. Box 791199 Northview Dorsey Street
Ruth, NC 28139-2096
Status: Government Processing Request -
August 15, 2024 5:21 pm
1 month ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
cc: David Guy <[email protected]>
date: Aug 15, 2024, 5:21 PM
subject: Public records request. (August 2024) Request for Town of Ruth, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Good evening Amy, Mayor, (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
** 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 provide the names and salaries of all current Town of Ruth, 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) Salary [including hourly wage, hourly rate, or 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 would also like to suggest for your consideration, that the Town makes up-to-date salary data like this available on their website (or a data dashboard) in the future. It is in the public’s interest for you to do so, and it would also save Town staff’s time to fulfill records requests for this same data.
————————————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 28816The 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 -
August 15, 2024 5:19 pm
1 month ago
Submitted to Sunshine Request
Status: Pending