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07/11/23. Editor’s Note to Sender: We received 3 other similar requests for this information on 05/21/23 and 06/02/23. Please see all updates / Editor’s Notes at the following URL:
Similarly, the July submission above has been marked as “Completed” as well. As it is written currently, it’s unclear what specific public record the sender would like to receive, and in particular — to what specific government entity the request should be sent.
We’ll assume that by mentioning multiple government entities within the request, that the sender is trying to make two records requests, to two different entities. However, if that is the case, then our team needs to be able to review each request separately, and we will need to submit each separately to the appropriate government entity (that should be 1 request made out to the Town of Huntersville, and 1 request made out to the Town of Cornelius).
Additionally, there is no “Start Date / End Date” or timeline info indicated, so it’s unclear to what time period the records you’re requesting should apply.
Clarifying all of this info will help to greatly narrow the request, and it will reduce the amount of time it takes the Town of Huntersville or Cornelius, as well as our team, to process a request.
We’d ask that the sender please submits two new request(s) to our website. Each request should clearly indicate a specific date range and any other specific details, subject matter, message, etc. about the exact public records that are being requested, and to what specific entity the request is being made. Please do not address a request to multiple entities within the same Message.
Sunshine Request will not fulfill the following types of requests:
☀️ Requests that are only informational questions, and requests that are not addressed to government entities.
Sunshine Request is a site built to make requests for public records to the government — Public records are recorded information such as documents, government emails, and data sets.
In the interest of preserving our team’s time to focus on the high volume of requests on our site, as well to respect the staff time of government entities fulfilling records requests, Sunshine Request will no longer fulfill “requests” that are just informational type questions for government entities to answer.
We also will not fulfill requests made to non-government entities.
It’s the requester’s responsibility to write the request in a manner that clearly specifies a record that is being requested, and to what government entity it should be sent.
☀️ Requests that are incomplete, non-specific, or vague.
While we do proofread requests we receive for general spelling and clarity, we may choose not to fulfill the request if it is incomplete, or it is unclear what specific information the requester hopes to receive. In this case, the sender may rewrite and resubmit the request.
It’s the requester’s responsibility to write the request in a manner that clearly specifies a record that is being requested, and to what government entity it should be sent.
☀️ Please be specific:
It is important that what you are requesting is specific and reasonable, and is an actionable records request. Please specify the exact type of records you’d like to receive, rather than any “possible” or “potential” info that could be searched. Remember that the larger your request, the more time it usually takes to fulfill. Specificity will often help reduce the amount of time needed to process the request.
It is important that a request has a clearly written and complete Subject and Message, and also specifies the Government Entity (or entities), City and/or County, and State to which the request should be sent. If applicable, please also include any responsive timelines for the info that should be requested.
While we do proofread requests we receive for general spelling and clarity, we may choose not to fulfill the request if it is incomplete, or it is unclear what specific info the requester hopes to receive, or if it violates our policies.
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