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Editor’s Note 08/23/24: The submission above has been marked as “Completed”.
We assume the sender is referring to City of Macedonia, Ohio. Although we aren’t as familiar with Ohio’s Public Records Laws as we are with North Carolina’s — we anticipate that the following may also apply in Ohio:
In our experience submitting requests in North Carolina, we’ve occasionally been told that the “dates”, “amounts”, and “balances”, of “PTO”, “sick leave”, or “vacation time” are not a matter of public record (as they’re a confidential part of an employee’s personnel file). It is unclear if that statement is entirely accurate. However, most entities typically will only provide us with the sick leave or time off “accrual rates” of employees.
Additionally. Please note: Sunshine Request is a site built to make requests for public records (recorded info such as documents, emails, and data sets) to government entities. We are a small 3-person team, running the website in addition to our primary business. Due to our availability, the volume of requests we receive, and the time required to fulfill each one — our focus is on fulfilling requests which are in the public interest, and evaluating if there is a public benefit to that info being available.
** Due to personal nature of the info you’re seeking about a single employee, we ask that the sender reaches out directly to the appropriate entity for assistance with the request. (https://www.macedonia.oh.us/home/showpublisheddocument/2/637960004289600000)
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