Other (indicate in message) Submitted: December 20, 2024 | Updated: January 9, 2025

(December 2024) Request for The Village of Baldhead Island, NC: “Public Safety Director” and “Deputy Chiefs” salaries. As of the present day.

Good evening Carin, Darcy, Zachary, Joshua, Judy, (Records Officer / Custodian(s) of these records),

I reviewed your records request form at https://villagebhi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Bald-Head-Island-Public-Records-Request-Form.pdf. 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 this request 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.

Please provide the names and salaries of VBHI’s current “Public Safety Director” and each of their “Deputy Chiefs”, 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 [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’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

Activity:

  • January 9, 2025 7:25 pm

    22 hours ago

    from: Zachary Hewett <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    date: Jan 9, 2025, 7:26 PM
    subject: Automatic reply: [EXTERNAL] Re: [EXTERNAL] Public records request. (December 2024) Request for The Village of Baldhead Island, NC: “Public Safety Director” and “Deputy Chiefs” salaries. As of the present day.

     

    Hello!

     

    I will be out of the office on Thursday January 9, 2024 through Thursday, January 16, 2024 with limited access to emails.

     

    If you need immediate assistance, please contact Cindy Novak, Deputy Finance Director, at [email protected] or Jae Kim, Assistant Village Manager, at [email protected].

     

    I will follow up with you upon my return.

     

    Thanks!

     

    Zack


     

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Darcy Sperry <[email protected]>
    cc: Carin Faulkner <[email protected]>, Judy Schofield <[email protected]>, Zachary Hewett <[email protected]>, Josh Gibson <[email protected]>
    date: Jan 9, 2025, 7:25 PM
    subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Public records request. (December 2024) Request for The Village of Baldhead Island, NC: “Public Safety Director” and “Deputy Chiefs” salaries. As of the present day.

     

    Hello Judy, Carin, Darcy,

     

    Thank you for sending the document above on 01/08.

     

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

     

    Have a great evening!

     

    ~ The Sunshine Request Team


    Status: Completed
  • January 8, 2025 1:13 pm

    2 days ago

    from: Darcy Sperry <[email protected]>
    to: Carin Faulkner <[email protected]>, Judy Schofield <[email protected]>, Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    cc: Zachary Hewett <[email protected]>, Josh Gibson <[email protected]>
    date: Jan 8, 2025, 1:14 PM
    subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Public records request. (December 2024) Request for The Village of Baldhead Island, NC: “Public Safety Director” and “Deputy Chiefs” salaries. As of the present day.

     

    Thank you, Carin!

     

    Regards,

     

    Darcy Sperry, NCCMC

    Village Clerk

     

    Phone

    (910) 457-9700 ext. 1001

    E-mail Address

    [email protected]

    Address

    PO Box 3009

    106 Lighthouse Wynd

    Bald Head Island, NC 28461

     

    Find us online on Linktree at https://linktr.ee/villagebhi

     

    Pursuant to the Freedom of Information-Privacy Acts and NCGS Chapter 132, Public Records, this electronic mail message and any attachments hereto, as well as any e-mail message(s) that may be sent in response to it are considered public record and as such are subject to request and review by anyone at any time and may be disclosed to third parties.


     

    from: Carin Faulkner <[email protected]>
    to: Judy Schofield <[email protected]>, Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    cc: Darcy Sperry <[email protected]>, Zachary Hewett <[email protected]>, Josh Gibson <[email protected]>
    date: Jan 8, 2025, 1:13 PM
    subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Public records request. (December 2024) Request for The Village of Baldhead Island, NC: “Public Safety Director” and “Deputy Chiefs” salaries. As of the present day.

     

    The Village has just responded to this request. Thanks all! 😊

     

    Carin Z. Faulkner, MPA

    Public Information Officer

    Phone

    (910) 457-9700 ext. 1025

    E-mail Address

    [email protected]

    Address

    PO Box 3009

    273 Edward Teach Wynd

    Bald Head Island, NC 28461

     

    Find us online on Linktree at https://linktr.ee/villagebhi

     

    Pursuant to the Freedom of Information-Privacy Acts and NCGS Chapter 132, Public Records, this electronic mail message and any attachments hereto, as well as any e-mail message(s) that may be sent in response to it are considered public record and as such are subject to request and review by anyone at any time and may be disclosed to third parties.


     

    from: Carin Faulkner <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    date: Jan 8, 2025, 1:13 PM
    subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Public records request. (December 2024) Request for The Village of Baldhead Island, NC: “Public Safety Director” and “Deputy Chiefs” salaries. As of the present day.

     

    Good afternoon,

     

    Please see the attached in response to your record request. We apologize for the delay as we are catching up from the holidays!

     

    Take care,

     

    Carin

     

    Carin Z. Faulkner, MPA

    Public Information Officer

    Phone

    (910) 457-9700 ext. 1025

    E-mail Address

    [email protected]

    Address

    PO Box 3009

    273 Edward Teach Wynd

    Bald Head Island, NC 28461

     

    Find us online on Linktree at https://linktr.ee/villagebhi

     

    Pursuant to the Freedom of Information-Privacy Acts and NCGS Chapter 132, Public Records, this electronic mail message and any attachments hereto, as well as any e-mail message(s) that may be sent in response to it are considered public record and as such are subject to request and review by anyone at any time and may be disclosed to third parties.

     

    **Editor’s Note: Please see the 1 file referenced (“12.20.24_PS-Director_Deputy-Chiefs.pdf”) at top left in our Documents section.


    Status: Response Received from Government
  • January 8, 2025 12:42 pm

    2 days ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Judy Schofield <[email protected]>
    cc: Carin Faulkner <[email protected]>, Darcy Sperry <[email protected]>, Zachary Hewett <[email protected]>, Josh Gibson <[email protected]>
    date: Jan 8, 2025, 12:42 PM
    subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Public records request. (December 2024) Request for The Village of Baldhead Island, NC: “Public Safety Director” and “Deputy Chiefs” salaries. As of the present day.

     

    Hi Judy,

     

    Thank you for your message.

     

    I have not received any response from anyone, since submitting the request to your offices on 12/20/24.

     

    Please confirm receipt of the request to let me know that it has begun processing, and please provide an anticipated date for its completion.

     

    Thank you for your help.

     

    ~ The Sunshine Request Team


    Status: Clarification Provided
  • January 8, 2025 11:45 am

    2 days ago

    from: Judy Schofield <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>, Carin Faulkner <[email protected]>
    cc: Darcy Sperry <[email protected]>, Zachary Hewett <[email protected]>, Josh Gibson <[email protected]>
    date: Jan 8, 2025, 11:45 AM
    subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Public records request. (December 2024) Request for The Village of Baldhead Island, NC: “Public Safety Director” and “Deputy Chiefs” salaries. As of the present day.

     

    Darcy ~ do you know if this has been handled?

     

    Judy Schofield IPMA-SCP

    Human Resources Director

    Village of Bald Head Island

    P.O. Box 3009

    Bald Head Island, NC 28461

    Phone: (910) 457-9700 ext. 1008

    Fax: (910) 401-1945

    Website: www.villagebhi.org

     

    Pursuant to the Freedom of Information-Privacy Acts and NCGS Chapter 132, Public Records, this electronic mail message and any attachments hereto, as well as any e-mail message(s) that may be sent in response to it are considered public record and as such are subject to request and review by anyone at any time and may be disclosed to third parties.


    Status: Government Processing Request
  • December 20, 2024 6:16 pm

    3 weeks ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
    date: Dec 20, 2024, 6:16 PM
    subject: Public records request. (December 2024) Request for The Village of Baldhead Island, NC: “Public Safety Director” and “Deputy Chiefs” salaries. As of the present day.

     

    Good evening Carin, Darcy, Zachary, Joshua, Judy, (Records Officer / Custodian(s) of these records),

     

    I reviewed your records request form at https://villagebhi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Bald-Head-Island-Public-Records-Request-Form.pdf. 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 this request 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.

     

    Please provide the names and salaries of VBHI’s current “Public Safety Director” and each of their “Deputy Chiefs”, 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 [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’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
  • December 20, 2024 6:16 pm

    3 weeks ago

    Submitted to Sunshine Request
    Status: Pending