Other (indicate in message) Submitted: September 13, 2024 | Updated: September 23, 2024

(September 2024) Request for Lincoln County, NC Schools: List of all current employees and salaries as of the present day. All bonuses and supplemental pay amounts given to each employee from 01/01/24 – present.

Good evening Karen, Beth, Linda, Dr. Allen, Diana, (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 salary data I’m requesting is widely considered a matter of public record as part of the public personnel file of employees. You’ve also fulfilled a similar request like this for me before.

1) Please provide the names and salaries of all current Lincoln County, NC Schools 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. Current salary [including hourly wage, hourly rate, or salary -- whichever payment structure is applicable to the employee]

2) Please provide a list of all bonuses and supplemental pay [amounts] given to each employee (by name) from 01/01/2024 through the present day.

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.

Editor’s Note: Sunshine Request makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.

Editor’s Note 09/13/24: The [original] submission we received has been revised for clarity, as no specific time period was indicated for the bonuses / pay supplements for employees. We looked at a similar request we sent to LCS in 2021, and have taken that language into consideration as we revised the new request above.


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Status: Government Processing Request

Activity:

  • September 23, 2024 6:20 pm

    1 week ago

    from: MCCRAW, Beth <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    cc: Karen Dellinger <[email protected]>, [email protected], Aaron Allen <[email protected]>, Diana Carpenter <[email protected]>
    date: Sep 23, 2024, 6:20 PM
    subject: Re: Public records request. (September 2024) Request for Lincoln County, NC Schools: List of all current employees and salaries as of the present day. All bonuses and supplemental pay amounts given to each employee from 01/01/24 – present.

     

    The payroll department is working on this request. September the 30th is the first payroll of the fiscal year for classified employees.

     

    This is a crucial payroll to get all new employees enrolled and other employees on the right payscale and years of service.

     

    Please allow us sometime after September 30th to complete this task.

     

    Beth McCraw
    Chief Finance Officer
    Lincoln County Schools


    Status: Government Processing Request
  • September 23, 2024 6:06 pm

    1 week ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Karen Dellinger <[email protected]>
    cc: Beth McCraw <[email protected]>, [email protected], Aaron Allen <[email protected]>, Diana Carpenter <[email protected]>
    date: Sep 23, 2024, 6:06 PM
    subject: Re: Public records request. (September 2024) Request for Lincoln County, NC Schools: List of all current employees and salaries as of the present day. All bonuses and supplemental pay amounts given to each employee from 01/01/24 – present.

     

    Good evening Karen,

     

    I submitted this public records request to Lincoln County Schools on September 13:
    (September 2024) Request for Lincoln County, NC Schools: List of all current employees and salaries as of the present day. All bonuses and supplemental pay amounts given to each employee from 01/01/24 – present.

     

    I haven’t received a response since I submitted the request.

     

    The type of salary data I’ve requested is widely considered to be a matter of public record as part of the public personnel file of employees. You’ve also fulfilled a similar request like this for me before.

     

    Please confirm that the request is being processed, and please provide an anticipated timeline or date for its completion. I will follow up again in 1 week, if I don’t hear anything else before then.

     

    Thank you for your help!

     

    ~ The Sunshine Request Team


    Status: Follow up
  • September 13, 2024 7:05 pm

    2 weeks ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Karen Dellinger <[email protected]>
    cc: Beth McCraw <[email protected]>, [email protected], Aaron Allen <[email protected]>, Diana Carpenter <[email protected]>
    date: Sep 13, 2024, 7:05 PM
    subject: Public records request. (September 2024) Request for Lincoln County, NC Schools: List of all current employees and salaries as of the present day. All bonuses and supplemental pay amounts given to each employee from 01/01/24 – present.

     

    Good evening Karen, Beth, Linda, Dr. Allen, Diana, (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 salary data I’m requesting is widely considered a matter of public record as part of the public personnel file of employees. You’ve also fulfilled a similar request like this for me before.

     

    1) Please provide the names and salaries of all current Lincoln County, NC Schools 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. Current salary [including hourly wage, hourly rate, or salary — whichever payment structure is applicable to the employee]

     

    2) Please provide a list of all bonuses and supplemental pay [amounts] given to each employee (by name) from 01/01/2024 through the present day.

     

    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: Sent to Government
  • September 13, 2024 6:33 pm

    2 weeks ago

    Submitted to Sunshine Request
    Status: Pending