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Other (indicate in message) Submitted: September 9, 2024 | Updated: January 9, 2025
(September 2024) Request for Richmond County, NC Government: List of all current “Department Heads”, “Directors”, “Supervisors”, “Elected Officials”, salaries as of the present day.
Good afternoon Bryan, Natalie, Cary, Sheila, (or 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 Richmond County, NC “Department Heads”, “Directors”, “Supervisors”, and “Elected Officials”, as of the present day [on the date the query is performed]. Please include the following:
1) First / Last name
2) Position / Title / Department
3) Date of Hire
4) Salary (including hourly wage, hourly rate, 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: Government Denied Request
Activity:
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January 9, 2025 2:13 pm
1 week ago
from: Dena R. Cook <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
date: Jan 9, 2025, 2:14 PM
subject: Automatic reply: Public records request. (September 2024) Request for Richmond County, NC Government: List of all current “Department Heads”, “Directors”, “Supervisors”, “Elected Officials”, salaries as of the present day.I will be out of the office until Monday, January 13, 2024 I will not be returning emails until Monday, January 13th. If you need assistance with water please contact Jerry Austin @ 910-997-8338 or Kim Kelly @ 910-997-8201.
Thanks
Dena
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
date: Jan 9, 2025, 2:13 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (September 2024) Request for Richmond County, NC Government: List of all current “Department Heads”, “Directors”, “Supervisors”, “Elected Officials”, salaries as of the present day.Good afternoon Bryan, Natalie, Cary, Sheila,
I submitted the following public records request to your offices on September 09, 2024:
(September 2024) Request for Richmond County, NC Government: List of all current “Department Heads”, “Directors”, “Supervisors”, “Elected Officials”, salaries as of the present day.I have not received any response since submitting my request. Nor have I received any response to my follow up emails about this on September 18, November 14, or December 30.
Under NC Public Records Law, the County is required to “promptly” process all public records requests. Essentially, this means that if you intentionally delay the fulfillment of a request by allowing it to “sit” until staff has availability to address it, or feels like answering emails, then this could be considered a denial of a request. With this in mind, I want to highlight the court case referenced in item #6 of the following article, posted on the NC Press Association website. In this instance: “The trial court held that an unjustified one-month delay in production of records was tantamount to a denial”. http://www.ncpress.com/stories/a-bakers-dozen-for-2022nc-public-records-law,2390
Having made reasonable attempts to follow up on my request, and having received no response since submitting the request on September 09, I will now mark this request as having been “Denied” by your organization. I would highly recommend that the County revisits their current public records request fulfillment process to ensure that you’re in compliance with the Law, and that you fulfill and respond to all requests in a timely manner.
Thank you.
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Government Denied Request -
December 30, 2024 4:33 pm
2 weeks ago
from: Amy M. Greene <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
date: Dec 30, 2024, 4:33 PM
subject: Automatic reply: Public records request. (September 2024) Request for Richmond County, NC Government: List of all current “Department Heads”, “Directors”, “Supervisors”, “Elected Officials”, salaries as of the present day.Good morning/afternoon,
I am out of the office and will return at 8:00am on Friday January 3, 2025. I will check in on emails periodically. If you have an urgent need related to your benefits, please contact Beth Starling at [email protected] or 1-336-774-3449. If you have an urgent need related to retirement please contact LGERS at 1-919-814-4590. If you have an urgent matter related to 401k please contact Kelly Martindale at [email protected] or 1-919-280-2461. All forms related to payroll and HR can be found in the departmental shared drive. If you cannot locate a form, please email Drew Boone at [email protected].
I hope you all have a great week and a Happy New Year!
Thank you,
Amy Greene
Director of Human Resources
Richmond County Government
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
date: Dec 30, 2024, 4:33 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (September 2024) Request for Richmond County, NC Government: List of all current “Department Heads”, “Directors”, “Supervisors”, “Elected Officials”, salaries as of the present day.Good afternoon Bryan, Natalie, Cary, Sheila, (Dena now CCed),
I submitted the following public records request on September 09, 2024:
(September 2024) Request for Richmond County, NC Government: List of all current “Department Heads”, “Directors”, “Supervisors”, “Elected Officials”, salaries as of the present day.I have not received any response since submitting my request, nor to my follow up emails on September 18 or November 14.
Under NC Public Records Law, the County is required to “promptly” process all public records requests. Essentially, this means that if you intentionally delay the fulfillment of a request by allowing it to “sit” until staff has availability to address it, or feels like answering emails, then this could be considered a denial of a request. With this in mind, I want to highlight the court case referenced in item #6 of the following article, posted on the NC Press Association website. In this instance: “The trial court held that an unjustified one-month delay in production of records was tantamount to a denial”. http://www.ncpress.com/stories/a-bakers-dozen-for-2022nc-public-records-law,2390
Please confirm that the request is being processed, and please provide an anticipated timeline or date for its completion. I will make one more attempt to follow up in 1 week, if I don’t hear anything else before then. At that point, if I don’t receive a response I will mark this request as having been “Denied” by your organization.
Thank you.
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Follow up -
November 14, 2024 2:46 pm
2 months ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
date: Nov 14, 2024, 2:46 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (September 2024) Request for Richmond County, NC Government: List of all current “Department Heads”, “Directors”, “Supervisors”, “Elected Officials”, salaries as of the present day.Hi Bryan, Natalie, Cary, Sheila,
I submitted the following public records request to your offices on September 09:
(September 2024) Request for Richmond County, NC Government: List of all current “Department Heads”, “Directors”, “Supervisors”, “Elected Officials”, salaries as of the present day.I have not received any response since submitting the request, nor to my follow up message on 09/18.
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 18, 2024 4:16 pm
3 months ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
date: Sep 18, 2024, 4:16 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (September 2024) Request for Richmond County, NC Government: List of all current “Department Heads”, “Directors”, “Supervisors”, “Elected Officials”, salaries as of the present day.Good afternoon Bryan, Natalie, Cary, Sheila,
I submitted the following public records request to your offices on September 09:
(September 2024) Request for Richmond County, NC Government: List of all current “Department Heads”, “Directors”, “Supervisors”, “Elected Officials”, salaries as of the present day.I have not received any response since submitting the request.
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 9, 2024 1:13 pm
4 months ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
date: Sep 9, 2024, 1:13 PM
subject: Public records request. (September 2024) Request for Richmond County, NC Government: List of all current “Department Heads”, “Directors”, “Supervisors”, “Elected Officials”, salaries as of the present day.Good afternoon Bryan, Natalie, Cary, Sheila, (or 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 Richmond County, NC “Department Heads”, “Directors”, “Supervisors”, and “Elected Officials”, as of the present day [on the date the query is performed]. Please include the following:
1) First / Last name
2) Position / Title / Department
3) Date of Hire
4) Salary (including hourly wage, hourly rate, 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 -
September 9, 2024 1:00 pm
4 months ago
Submitted to Sunshine Request
Status: Pending