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: January 20, 2025 | Updated: February 27, 2025
(January 2025) Request for City of Rocky Mount, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.
Good evening Grant, Abdul, Archie, Kimberly, Jonathan, (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
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 have also fulfilled this request for me before.
Please provide the names and salaries of all current City of Rocky Mount, 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’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: Completed
Activity:
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February 27, 2025 5:04 pm
3 weeks ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Grant Roberson <[email protected]>
cc: Abdul Baloch <[email protected]>, Archie Jones <[email protected]>, Kimberly Batts <[email protected]>, Jonathan Richardson <[email protected]>, Communications and Marketing <[email protected]>
date: Feb 27, 2025, 5:04 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (January 2025) Request for City of Rocky Mount, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Hi Grant,
Thank you for your response.
I reviewed the two files that were sent to me via Next Request today at 9:08am.
Later this afternoon I will mark the request as “Completed” on our website.
Can you please “Publish” the request [make it public] on your Next Request page? Currently, the request still says it is “Unpublished” (unviewable to the public) on your site.
Have a great afternoon!
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Completed -
February 27, 2025 9:10 am
3 weeks ago
from: Grant Roberson <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
cc: Abdul Baloch <[email protected]>, Archie Jones <[email protected]>, Kimberly Batts <[email protected]>, Jonathan Richardson <[email protected]>, Communications and Marketing <[email protected]>
date: Feb 27, 2025, 9:10 AM
subject: Re: Public records request. (January 2025) Request for City of Rocky Mount, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.The information has been released. Be sure to check your spam folder for correspondence. This request is now considered fulfilled and is now closed.
Grant RobersonDirectorCommunications, Marketing and Public RelationsCity of Rocky Mount252-972-1333 – Office252-343-4893 – Mobile331 S. Franklin St., PO Box 1180Rocky Mount, NC 27802-1180
Status: Response Received from Government -
February 27, 2025 9:08 am
3 weeks ago
from: [email protected] <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
date: Feb 27, 2025, 9:08 AM
subject: Your City of Rocky Mount public records request #25-12 has been closed.City of Rocky Mount Public Records
Record request #25-12 has been closed.
View Request 25-12
https://cityofrockymountnc.nextrequest.com/requests/25-12
from: [email protected] <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
date: Feb 27, 2025, 9:08 AM
subject: [Document Released to Requester] City of Rocky Mount public records request #25-12City of Rocky Mount Public Records
Documents have been released for record request #25-12 along with the following message:
Please see the attached documents as requested. Thank you for the opportunity to serve you.
Please see the attached documents as requested. Thank you for the opportunity to serve you.
– Request 25-12 – Employee Hire Dates.xlsx
– Request 25-12 – Employee Data with Salaries.xlsx
View Request 25-12
https://cityofrockymountnc.nextrequest.com/requests/25-12Document links are valid for one month. After March 27, you will need to sign in to view the document(s).
**Editor’s Note: Please see the 2 files referenced (“Request-25-12-Employee-Data-with-Salaries.zip”) at top left in our Documents section.
Status: Response Received from Government -
February 26, 2025 4:58 pm
3 weeks ago
from: Communications and Marketing <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>, Grant Roberson <[email protected]>
cc: Abdul Baloch <[email protected]>, Archie Jones <[email protected]>, Kimberly Batts <[email protected]>, Jonathan Richardson <[email protected]>
date: Feb 26, 2025, 4:58 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (January 2025) Request for City of Rocky Mount, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.This will be handled by end of the week.
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Status: Government Processing Request -
February 26, 2025 4:10 pm
3 weeks ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Grant Roberson <[email protected]>
cc: Abdul Baloch <[email protected]>, Archie Jones <[email protected]>, Kimberly Batts <[email protected]>, Jonathan Richardson <[email protected]>, Communications and Marketing <[email protected]>
date: Feb 26, 2025, 4:10 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (January 2025) Request for City of Rocky Mount, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Good afternoon Communications Team, Grant, Abdul, Archie, Kimberly, Jonathan,
I submitted the following public records request to you all directly via email on January 20th, 2025. Then, at Grant’s request, I submitted it again via your NextRequest Portal on January 21st:
(January 2025) Request for City of Rocky Mount, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.The initial update on 01/21 @ 4:49pm says “… We estimate that we will complete your request within fourteen (14) business days from the date of submission.” I followed up on this message within NextRequest on February 12th. I have not heard back.
The type of basic salary data I’ve requested 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 have also fulfilled this request for me before.
Can you please provide an anticipated date for the request’s completion?
Thank you for your help!
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Follow up -
February 12, 2025 3:41 pm
1 month ago
**Editor’s Note: The following message was sent to the City of Rocky Mount, NC on 02/12/25 @ 3:41pm EST, via our account on the City’s records portal (Next Request).
Good afternoon,
I submitted the following records request (via email) to the City’s offices and various custodians of those records on 01/20/25:
(January 2025) Request for City of Rocky Mount, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.
Grant Roberson asked me to resubmit my request through your Next Request portal instead, which I did do on 01/21/25 [16 business days ago].
Can you please provide an anticipated date or timeline for the completion of my request?
Thank you!
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Follow up -
January 21, 2025 4:49 pm
2 months ago
from: [email protected] <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
date: Jan 21, 2025, 4:49 PM
subject: Your City of Rocky Mount public records request #25-12 has been submitted.City of Rocky Mount Public Records
Your record request #25-12 has been submitted successfully.
Thank you for submitting your request to the City of Rocky Mount, NC. We estimate that we will complete your request within fourteen (14) business days from the date of submission.
View Request 25-12
https://cityofrockymountnc.nextrequest.com/requests/25-12As the requester, you can always see the status of your request by signing into the City of Rocky Mount portal.
If you haven’t already signed in, you may need to activate or setup your account to get started. Once your account is activated, you can communicate directly with the City of Rocky Mount through NextRequest.
Message to requester
Thank you for submitting your request to the City of Rocky Mount, NC. We estimate that we will complete your request within fourteen (14) business days from the date of submission.
January 21, 2025, 4:49pm
Request opened
Request received via web
January 21, 2025, 4:49pm by the requester
**Editor’s Note: The following request was submitted to the City of Rocky Mount, NC on 01/21/25 @ 4:49pm EST, via our account on the City’s records portal (Next Request).
SUBJECT:
(January 2025) Request for City of Rocky Mount, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.MESSAGE:
Good afternoon (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
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 have also fulfilled this request for me before.
Please provide the names and salaries of all current City of Rocky Mount, 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’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 -
January 21, 2025 10:24 am
2 months ago
from: Grant Roberson <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
cc: Abdul Baloch <[email protected]>, Archie Jones <[email protected]>, Kimberly Batts <[email protected]>, Jonathan Richardson <[email protected]>, Communications and Marketing <[email protected]>
date: Jan 21, 2025, 10:24 AM
subject: Re: Public records request. (January 2025) Request for City of Rocky Mount, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Here is the link Open Public RecordsNextRequest – Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software
Grant Roberson
Director
Communications, Marketing and Public Relations
City of Rocky Mount
252-972-1333 – Office
252-343-4893 – Mobile
www.rockymountnc.gov
331 S. Franklin St., PO Box 1180
Rocky Mount, NC 27802-1180
Status: Clarification Provided -
January 21, 2025 10:17 am
2 months ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Grant Roberson <[email protected]>
cc: Abdul Baloch <[email protected]>, Archie Jones <[email protected]>, Kimberly Batts <[email protected]>, Jonathan Richardson <[email protected]>, Communications and Marketing <[email protected]>
date: Jan 21, 2025, 10:17 AM
subject: Re: Public records request. (January 2025) Request for City of Rocky Mount, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Hi Grant,
Thank you for your reply.
I did search for “public records”, “public records request”, and “public information” on your website, prior to submitting my request. There are no search results that link to any place to submit a General records request. Had there been, that is what I would have used to submit my request. Now that you’ve mentioned it to me, I do see there is a button on your homepage called “Rocky Mount Public Data”.
The City has already fulfilled a request like this for me before. Some of the individuals CCed on my email are also the custodian(s) of the employment records I’ve requested, and as such you are legally obligated to fulfill my request as I’ve submitted it to you all directly. Please note that NC Public Records Law does not require me to re-submit a records request to your offices, simply because you’d like it submitted in your preferred format [Next Request].
That being said — as a courtesy, I will submit the request via Next Request later today, as I am now aware of its existence.
Thank you.
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Clarification Provided -
January 20, 2025 7:11 pm
2 months ago
from: Grant Roberson <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
cc: Abdul Baloch <[email protected]>, Archie Jones <[email protected]>, Kimberly Batts <[email protected]>, Jonathan Richardson <[email protected]>,
Communications and Marketing <[email protected]>
date: Jan 20, 2025, 7:11 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (January 2025) Request for City of Rocky Mount, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Thank you for your inquiry. All request need to be submitted via our data portal. A link to the request portal is on the main page of our website.
Grant Roberson
Director
Communications, Marketing and Public Relations
City of Rocky Mount
252-972-1333 – Office
252-343-4893 – Mobile
www.rockymountnc.gov
331 S. Franklin St., PO Box 1180
Rocky Mount, NC 27802-1180
Status: Clarification Provided -
January 20, 2025 6:17 pm
2 months ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
date: Jan 20, 2025, 6:17 PM
subject: Public records request. (January 2025) Request for City of Rocky Mount, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Good evening Grant, Abdul, Archie, Kimberly, Jonathan, (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 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 have also fulfilled this request for me before.
Please provide the names and salaries of all current City of Rocky Mount, 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’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 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 -
January 20, 2025 6:15 pm
2 months ago
Submitted to Sunshine Request
Status: Pending