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Other (indicate in message) Submitted: October 22, 2025 | Updated: October 24, 2025
(October 2025) Request for Caldwell County, NC Government: List of all employees and salaries. As of present day.
Good evening Paige, Beth, Anthony, (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, very commonly produced, and 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 Caldwell 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) Salary [including 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
Documents:
Activity:
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October 24, 2025 12:49 pm
7 months ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Beth Brown <[email protected]>
cc: Paige Counts <[email protected]>, “Anthony (Tony) Helton” <[email protected]>
date: Oct 24, 2025, 12:49 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (October 2025) Request for Caldwell County, NC Government: List of all employees and salaries. As of present day.Hi Beth,
Thank you for providing the document above on 10/23.
I reviewed the file, and will now mark this request as “Completed” on our website.
Have a great weekend!
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Completed -
October 23, 2025 12:58 pm
7 months ago
from: Beth Brown <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>, Paige Counts <[email protected]>
cc: “Anthony (Tony) Helton” <[email protected]>
date: Oct 23, 2025, 12:58 PM
subject: RE: Public records request. (October 2025) Request for Caldwell County, NC Government: List of all employees and salaries. As of present day.Good Afternoon,
Please find the requested information attached.
Beth Brown, M.A., SHRM-SCP
Human Resources Director
Caldwell County
905 West Avenue NW
P.O. Box 2200
Lenoir, NC 28645
828-759-8847 (Office)
828-757-1295 (Fax)
**Editor’s Note: Please see the 1 file referenced (“20251023130107834.pdf”) at top left in our Documents section.
Status: Response Received from Government -
October 22, 2025 5:13 pm
7 months ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Paige Counts <[email protected]>
cc: [email protected], [email protected]
date: Oct 22, 2025, 5:13 PM
subject: Public records request. (October 2025) Request for Caldwell County, NC Government: List of all employees and salaries. As of present day.Good evening Paige, Beth, Anthony, (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, very commonly produced, and 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 Caldwell 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) Salary [including 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 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 -
October 22, 2025 5:13 pm
7 months ago
Submitted to Sunshine Request
Status: Pending