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Other (indicate in message) Submitted: June 24, 2025 | Updated: June 25, 2025
(June 2025) Request for Carteret County, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of present day.
Good afternoon Nick, Dee, Heather, Tommy,
I attempted to submit the request below via your public records request form (https://www.carteretcountync.gov/2473/Public-Records-Request) today at 3:10pm. I received the following auto-message, and it’s unclear to me what about my request was rejected:
"Your Submission Was Rejected Because:
You used words or phrases that are blocked because of their popularity among spammers. Try re-wording one or more of your answers.
A required field was missing, not filled out, or did not have a valid value.
Your web browser identified itself as a browser blocked by this website."
I definitely did fill out all the fields correctly, and did not leave any required fields blank, etc. I triple-checked everything before hitting “submit”. I cannot submit the request to you in your preferred format, and therefore am instead submitting it to you all directly – I believe you are the primary custodian(s) of these records, and by Law you should now proceed to fulfill the request:
SUBJECT:
(June 2025) Request for Carteret County, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of 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’ve also fulfilled a request like this for me before.
Please provide the names and salaries of all current Carteret County, 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) Current Annual Salary [please include hourly wage, hourly rate, or annual 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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June 25, 2025 5:08 pm
23 hours ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Heather Daigle <[email protected]>
date: Jun 25, 2025, 5:08 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (June 2025) Request for Carteret County, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of present day.Hi Heather,
Thank you for providing the spreadsheet above.
I reviewed the file, and later this evening or early tomorrow I will mark the request as “Completed” on our website.
Have a great afternoon!
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Completed -
June 25, 2025 7:35 am
1 day ago
from: Heather Daigle <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
date: Jun 25, 2025, 7:35 AM
subject: RE: Public records request. (June 2025) Request for Carteret County, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of present day.Good morning,
We received your request and I am attaching the requested information to this email.
If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you.
Heather Daigle | Human Resources Director
Carteret County Government
210 Turner Street | Beaufort, NC 28516
O: 252.728.8405 | F: 252.648.0267 | Web: carteretcountync.gov
Disclaimer: The content of this message and all attachments are subject to NC Public Record Law. According to the law all information except the property of a private individual is considered public record and subject to disclosure upon request to third parties without prior notification. If you are not the intended recipient of this message contact the sender immediately and delete the message from your files. Thank you for your cooperation.**Editor’s Note: Please see the 1 file referenced (“CCG-County-Employee-Salaries-as-of-6.25.2025.xlsx”) at top left in our Documents section.
Status: Response Received from Government -
June 24, 2025 3:17 pm
2 days ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
cc: Dee Meshaw <[email protected]>, Heather Daigle <[email protected]>, Tommy Burns <[email protected]>
date: Jun 24, 2025, 3:17 PM
subject: Public records request. (June 2025) Request for Carteret County, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of present day.Good afternoon Nick, Dee, Heather, Tommy,
I attempted to submit the request below via your public records request form (https://www.carteretcountync.
gov/2473/Public-Records- Request) today at 3:10pm. I received the following auto-message, and it’s unclear to me what about my request was rejected: “Your Submission Was Rejected Because:
You used words or phrases that are blocked because of their popularity among spammers. Try re-wording one or more of your answers.
A required field was missing, not filled out, or did not have a valid value.
Your web browser identified itself as a browser blocked by this website.”
I definitely did fill out all the fields correctly, and did not leave any required fields blank, etc. I triple-checked everything before hitting “submit”. I cannot submit the request to you in your preferred format, and therefore am instead submitting it to you all directly – I believe you are the primary custodian(s) of these records, and by Law you should now proceed to fulfill the request:
SUBJECT:
(June 2025) Request for Carteret County, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of 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’ve also fulfilled a request like this for me before.
Please provide the names and salaries of all current Carteret County, 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) Current Annual Salary [please include hourly wage, hourly rate, or annual 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, 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 -
June 24, 2025 3:20 pm
2 days ago
Submitted to Sunshine Request
Status: Pending