City of Asheville Submitted: June 4, 2021 | Updated: June 18, 2021

(June 2021) Request for City of Asheville, NC Police Chief and Deputy Police Chief absence info 05/01/21 – 05/31/21

Hello City of Asheville, NC Government (and APD),

I’d like to make a multi-part public records request for the following information under NC Public Records Law:

1A) Please provide a list of all dates from 05/01/21 through 05/31/21 that APD Chief Zack has been absent during a work day for sick, vacation, designated holiday, or otherwise missing from work, during a normal work day. Please include the date(s), duration, and reason for the absence.

1B) Please provide Chief Zack’s annual salary during this same time period.

1C) Please include the amount of paid days off he has been “gifted” by the City Government during this same time period.

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2A) Please provide a list of all dates from 05/01/21 through 05/31/21 that APD Deputy Chief Baumstark has been absent during a work day for sick, vacation, designated holiday, or otherwise missing from work, during a normal work day. Please include the date(s), duration, and reason for absence.

2B) Please provide Deputy Chief Baumstark’s annual salary during this same time period.

2C) Please provide the amount of paid days off he has been “gifted” by the City Government during this specific time period.

Thank you for your assistance!

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Editor’s Note 06/04/21: The submission above has been revised for clarity.

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Status: Completed

Activity:

  • June 18, 2021 4:30 pm

    2 years ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Liz Harper <[email protected]>
    date: Jun 18, 2021, 4:30 PM
    subject: Re: Records Request: (June 2021) Request for City of Asheville, NC Police Chief and Deputy Police Chief absence info 05/01/21 – 05/31/21

     

    Good afternoon Liz,

     

    Thank you for your help with this request! I’ve marked it as completed on our site.

     

    Appreciate your help.


    Status: Completed
  • June 11, 2021 10:22 am

    2 years ago

    from: Liz Harper <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    date: Jun 11, 2021, 10:22 AM
    subject: Re: Records Request: (June 2021) Request for City of Asheville, NC Police Chief and Deputy Police Chief absence info 05/01/21 – 05/31/21

     

     

    Good morning Sunshine Request,

     

    During  05/01/21 – 05/31/21 , Chief Zack’s base pay was $168,600 and Deputy Chief Baumstark’s base pay was $138,943.88. There are no other responsive records to this request. Let me know if you have any questions.

     

    Best,

    Liz Harper (she/her)

    Public Records Officer, City of Asheville 
    (828) 259-5631 lharper@ashevillenc.gov

    Status: Response Received from Government
  • June 8, 2021 1:16 pm

    2 years ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Liz Harper <[email protected]>
    date: Jun 8, 2021, 1:16 PM
    subject: Records Request: (June 2021) Request for City of Asheville, NC Police Chief and Deputy Police Chief absence info 05/01/21 – 05/31/21

     

    Good afternoon Asheville City Government,

     

    I’d like to make a public records request for information that may be available in your office.

     

    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 at the end of the month if I have not heard back before then.

     

    Here are the details of the request:

     

    Subject: (June 2021) Request for City of Asheville, NC Police Chief and Deputy Police Chief absence info 05/01/21 – 05/31/21

     

    Message: “Hello City of Asheville, NC Government (and APD),

     

    I’d like to make a multi-part public records request for the following information under NC Public Records Law:

     

    1A) Please provide a list of all dates from 05/01/21 through 05/31/21 that APD Chief Zack has been absent during a work day for sick, vacation, designated holiday, or otherwise missing from work, during a normal work day. Please include the date(s), duration, and reason for the absence.

     

    1B) Please provide Chief Zack’s annual salary during this same time period.

     

    1C) Please include the amount of paid days off he has been “gifted” by the City Government during this same time period.

     

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    2A) Please provide a list of all dates from 05/01/21 through 05/31/21 that APD Deputy Chief Baumstark has been absent during a work day for sick, vacation, designated holiday, or otherwise missing from work, during a normal work day. Please include the date(s), duration, and reason for absence.

     

    2B) Please provide Deputy Chief Baumstark’s annual salary during this same time period.

     

    2C) Please provide the amount of paid days off he has been “gifted” by the City Government during this specific time period.

     

    Thank you for your assistance!”

     

    ** 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: Sent to Government
  • June 4, 2021 5:25 pm

    2 years ago

    Submitted to Sunshine Request
    Status: Pending