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Other (indicate in message) Submitted: March 3, 2023 | Updated: April 11, 2023
(March 2023) Multi-part request for Alexander County, NC Government: Any DSS employee promotions, demotions, transfers, dismissals, separations, disciplinary actions etc. From 01/01/2022 – 03/03/2023.
Hello again Sylvia (or Alexander County, NC Records Officer),
I’d like to make a multi-part public records request for the following information under NC Public Records Law
Ref: https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html
This request is related specifically to Alexander County Department of Social Services (DSS) employees. During the specific time period of 01/01/2022 through 03/03/2023 or present day (date the query is performed):
If such records exist –
A. Please provide the Dates and Types of each employee’s promotions, demotions, transfers, suspensions, separations, other changes in position classifications, any disciplinary actions, and demotions for disciplinary reasons.
Please include a General Description and the Reason for each of these Types of events.
B. Please provide the electronic copy of the Notice of the Final Decision setting forth the specific acts or omissions
for the basis of dismissal due to disciplinary reasons.
I do not have any additional or further clarifying information to provide other than what you see above.
If any / all of this info is already publicly available online, please provide a link to where it can be accessed.
If possible, I would ideally like to receive the records as a PDF, Excel, or other machine readable format.
** Please Note: I am simply requesting an electronic copy of an electronic record, if one exists. I am NOT asking 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 an electronic medium / format (in which the copy of this record should already exist). 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 am NOT agreeing to pay any potential fees or associated costs related to my request. If it is not possible to process the request without incurring fees, then please let me know the itemized potential cost and explanations for those charges upfront, and do not proceed until I can respond.
By Law I am 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 from the 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!
Status: Completed
Activity:
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April 11, 2023 10:41 am
1 year ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: “Turnmire, Sylvia” <[email protected]>
cc: “Starnes, Jamie” <[email protected]>
date: Apr 11, 2023, 10:41 AM
subject: Re: [EXTERNAL][New Records Request] (March 2023) Multi-part request for Alexander County, NC Government: Any DSS employee promotions, demotions, transfers, dismissals, separations, disciplinary actions etc. From 01/01/2022 – 03/03/2023.Hi Sylvia,
Thanks so much for your help.
I’ll review and add this file to our website.
Have a great afternoon!
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Completed -
April 11, 2023 10:05 am
1 year ago
from: Turnmire, Sylvia <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
cc: “Starnes, Jamie” <[email protected]>
date: Apr 11, 2023, 10:05 AM
subject: RE: [EXTERNAL][New Records Request] (March 2023) Multi-part request for Alexander County, NC Government: Any DSS employee promotions, demotions, transfers, dismissals, separations, disciplinary actions etc. From 01/01/2022 – 03/03/2023.My apologies, attached is the response for Part B.
Sylvia Turnmire
**Editor’s Note: Please see the referenced file from Sylvia (“Sunshine-List-DSS-March-2023-Letters.pdf”) at top left in our Documents section.
Status: Response Received from Government -
April 6, 2023 2:10 pm
1 year ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: “Turnmire, Sylvia” <[email protected]>
date: Apr 6, 2023, 2:10 PM
subject: Re: [EXTERNAL][New Records Request] (March 2023) Multi-part request for Alexander County, NC Government: Any DSS employee promotions, demotions, transfers, dismissals, separations, disciplinary actions etc. From 01/01/2022 – 03/03/2023.Hi Sylvia,
Apologies for the additional email.
Upon further inspection of the file you sent, I do need to ask for the following clarification:
The request called for:
… “Alexander County Department of Social Services (DSS) employees. During the specific time period of 01/01/2022 through 03/03/2023 or present day (date the query is performed):
A. Please provide the Dates and Types of each employee’s promotions, demotions, transfers, suspensions, separations, other changes in position classifications, any disciplinary actions, and demotions for disciplinary reasons.
Please include a General Description and the Reason for each of these Types of events.B. Please provide the electronic copy of the Notice of the Final Decision setting forth the specific acts or omissions for the basis of dismissal due to disciplinary reasons.”
———Part A. has been satisfied. Thank you!
Can you please clarify whether there were any or “no responsive records” to fulfill Part B of the request? In other words — is that notice “not applicable” to any of the employees in the spreadsheet above?
If those records are available, however — please fulfill this portion of the request.
Thank you!
Status: Clarification Requested -
April 5, 2023 1:23 pm
1 year ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: “Turnmire, Sylvia” <[email protected]>
date: Apr 5, 2023, 1:23 PM
subject: Re: [EXTERNAL][New Records Request] (March 2023) Multi-part request for Alexander County, NC Government: Any DSS employee promotions, demotions, transfers, dismissals, separations, disciplinary actions etc. From 01/01/2022 – 03/03/2023.Good afternoon Sylvia,
Thank you for your help with this request.
I’ve marked it as completed on our site!
Have a good day.
Status: Completed -
April 4, 2023 10:50 am
1 year ago
from: Turnmire, Sylvia <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
date: Apr 4, 2023, 10:50 AM
subject: RE: [EXTERNAL][New Records Request] (March 2023) Multi-part request for Alexander County, NC Government: Any DSS employee promotions, demotions, transfers, dismissals, separations, disciplinary actions etc. From 01/01/2022 – 03/03/2023.Good morning,
Attached is the information requested.
Have a good day!
Sylvia Turnmire**Editor’s Note: Please see the referenced file (“Sunshine-List-DSS-March-2023.xlsx“) at top left in our Documents section.
Status: Response Received from Government -
March 29, 2023 4:15 pm
1 year ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: “Turnmire, Sylvia” <[email protected]>
cc: “Starnes, Jamie” <[email protected]>
date: Mar 28, 2023, 4:15 PM
subject: Re: [EXTERNAL][New Records Request] (March 2023) Multi-part request for Alexander County, NC Government: Any DSS employee promotions, demotions, transfers, dismissals, separations, disciplinary actions etc. From 01/01/2022 – 03/03/2023.Thank you Sylvia,
I will follow up again the second week of April, if I haven’t heard anything else before then.
Thanks for your help!
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Government Processing Request -
March 14, 2023 2:48 pm
1 year ago
from: Turnmire, Sylvia <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
cc: “Starnes, Jamie” <[email protected]>
date: Mar 13, 2023, 2:48 PM
subject: RE: [EXTERNAL][New Records Request] (March 2023) Multi-part request for Alexander County, NC Government: Any DSS employee promotions, demotions, transfers, dismissals, separations, disciplinary actions etc. From 01/01/2022 – 03/03/2023.Good morning,
I received the request below and I hope to have the response to you by the end of the month.
Regards,
Sylvia TurnmireFrom: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2023 12:20 PM
To: Turnmire, Sylvia <[email protected]>
Cc: Starnes, Jamie <[email protected]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL][New Records Request] (March 2023) Multi-part request for Alexander County, NC Government: Any DSS employee promotions, demotions, transfers, dismissals, separations, disciplinary actions etc. From 01/01/2022 – 03/03/2023.
Status: Government Processing Request -
March 10, 2023 12:19 pm
1 year ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: “Turnmire, Sylvia” <[email protected]>
cc: “Starnes, Jamie” <[email protected]>
date: Mar 10, 2023, 12:19 PM
subject: [New Records Request] (March 2023) Multi-part request for Alexander County, NC Government: Any DSS employee promotions, demotions, transfers, dismissals, separations, disciplinary actions etc. From 01/01/2022 – 03/03/2023.Hi Sylvia or Alexander County, NC
Government (Records Officer), I’d like to make a public records request for information that may be available in your office. If you’re not the appropriate party to contact about the request, please provide the correct name and email address of whom I should send it to.
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:
(March 2023) Multi-part request for Alexander County, NC Government: Any DSS employee promotions, demotions, transfers, dismissals, separations, disciplinary actions etc. From 01/01/2022 – 03/03/2023.
Message:
“Hello again Sylvia (or Alexander County, NC Records Officer),
I’d like to make a multi-part public records request for the following information under NC Public Records Law
Ref: https://www.ncleg.net/
enactedlegislation/statutes/ html/bychapter/chapter_132. html This request is related specifically to Alexander County Department of Social Services (DSS) employees. During the specific time period of 01/01/2022 through 03/03/2023 or present day (date the query is performed):
If such records exist –
A. Please provide the Dates and Types of each employee’s promotions, demotions, transfers, suspensions, separations, other changes in position classifications, any disciplinary actions, and demotions for disciplinary reasons.
Please include a General Description and the Reason for each of these Types of events.
B. Please provide the electronic copy of the Notice of the Final Decision setting forth the specific acts or omissions for the basis of dismissal due to disciplinary reasons.
I do not have any additional or further clarifying information to provide other than what you see above.
If any / all of this info is already publicly available online, please provide a link to where it can be accessed.
If possible, I would ideally like to receive the records as a PDF, Excel, or other machine readable format.
** Please Note: I am simply requesting an electronic copy of an electronic record, if one exists. I am NOT asking 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 an electronic medium / format (in which the copy of this record should already exist). 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 am NOT agreeing to pay any potential fees or associated costs related to my request. If it is not possible to process the request without incurring fees, then please let me know the itemized potential cost and explanations for those charges upfront, and do not proceed until I can respond.
By Law I am 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 from the 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!”
Thank you!
** 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 -
March 3, 2023 7:03 pm
1 year ago
Submitted to Sunshine Request
Status: Pending