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Other (indicate in message) Submitted: March 19, 2025 | Updated: March 19, 2025
(March 2025) Request for City of Saluda, NC Government: List of all current employees, rate of pay, and salaries. As of the present day.
Good afternoon Pam, Julie, Steve, Akaisha, (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.
Please provide the names and salaries of all current City of Saluda, 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 [please include their “hourly wage”, “ rate of pay”, 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.
Status: Completed
Documents:
Activity:
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March 19, 2025 4:33 pm
4 weeks ago
from: Julie Osteen <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
date: Mar 19, 2025, 4:33 PM
subject: RE: FW: Public records request. (March 2025) Request for City of Saluda, NC Government: List of all current employees, rate of pay, and salaries. As of the present day.Then this is Complete
Status: Completed -
March 19, 2025 4:31 pm
4 weeks ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Julie Osteen <[email protected]>
date: Mar 19, 2025, 4:31 PM
subject: Re: FW: Public records request. (March 2025) Request for City of Saluda, NC Government: List of all current employees, rate of pay, and salaries. As of the present day.Hi Julie,
I consider “all current City of Saluda, NC employees” to mean — anyone who is employed by and paid as an employee of the City. This includes all full-time or part-time employees.
If the spreadsheet you’ve sent covers what I’ve requested, please let me know and I’ll mark the request as “Completed”.
Thank you for your help!
Status: Clarification Requested -
March 19, 2025 4:26 pm
4 weeks ago
from: Julie Osteen <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
date: Mar 19, 2025, 4:26 PM
subject: RE: FW: Public records request. (March 2025) Request for City of Saluda, NC Government: List of all current employees, rate of pay, and salaries. As of the present day.The list doesn’t include the commissioners.
Status: Clarification Provided -
March 19, 2025 4:03 pm
4 weeks ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Julie Osteen <[email protected]>
date: Mar 19, 2025, 4:03 PM
subject: Re: FW: Public records request. (March 2025) Request for City of Saluda, NC Government: List of all current employees, rate of pay, and salaries. As of the present day.Hi Julie,
Thank you for your very prompt response!
I just want to confirm — are there only twelve City of Saluda employees?
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Clarification Requested -
March 19, 2025 3:58 pm
4 weeks ago
from: Julie Osteen <[email protected]>
to: “[email protected]” <[email protected]>
date: Mar 19, 2025, 3:58 PM
subject: FW: Public records request. (March 2025) Request for City of Saluda, NC Government: List of all current employees, rate of pay, and salaries. As of the present day.Attached
Julie A. Osteen, CPA
Finance Officer
City of Saluda, North Carolina
Phone: 828-749-2581, Ext. 105
Fax: 828-749-2373
“Progress-Through Unity, Cooperation & Understanding”
The City of Saluda is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
Notice: Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 132, et. seq., this electronic mail message and any attachments hereto, as well as any electronic mail message(s) that may be sent in response to it may be considered public record and as such are subject to public record requests for review.
**Editor’s Note: Please see the 1 file referenced (“Public-Records-Request-2025-03-19.xlsx”) at top left in our Documents section.
Status: Response Received from Government -
March 19, 2025 3:39 pm
4 weeks ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
date: Mar 19, 2025, 3:39 PM
subject: Public records request. (March 2025) Request for City of Saluda, NC Government: List of all current employees, rate of pay, andGood afternoon Pam, Julie, Steve, Akaisha, (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.
Please provide the names and salaries of all current City of Saluda, 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 [please include their “hourly wage”, “ rate of pay”, 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 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 -
March 19, 2025 3:37 pm
4 weeks ago
Submitted to Sunshine Request
Status: Pending