Other (indicate in message) Submitted: September 22, 2025 | Updated: October 8, 2025

(September 2025) Request for Forsyth County, NC Government: List of all current employees and their salaries. As of present day.

Good afternoon Terri, Shannon, (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

Basic salary data 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 Forsyth County, NC employees as of 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. 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.

Status: Completed

Documents:

Activity:

  • October 8, 2025 6:54 pm

    7 months ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: “Hutchins, Shannon S” <[email protected]>
    date: Oct 8, 2025, 6:54 PM
    subject: Re: Public records request. (September 2025) Request for Forsyth County, NC Government: List of all current employees and their salaries. As of present day.

     

    Hi Shannon,

     

    Thank you for providing the spreadsheet (and explanations) above on 10/07.

     

    I’ve reviewed the document, and later this evening or tomorrow I will mark this request as “Completed” on our website.

     

    ~ The Sunshine Request Team

    Status: Completed
  • October 7, 2025 5:44 pm

    7 months ago

    from: Hutchins, Shannon S <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    date: Oct 7, 2025, 5:44 PM
    subject: Re: Public records request. (September 2025) Request for Forsyth County, NC Government: List of all current employees and their salaries. As of present day.

     

    Good Evening,

     

    Please see the attached requested file. Per N.C.G.S 160A-168(c1), undercover law enforcement names have been redacted.

     

    Best Regards,

     

    Shannon Hutchins

    Director of Human Resources 

    Forsyth County Government 

    201 North Chestnut Street 

    Winston-Salem, NC  27101

    Direct:  336-703-2401

    Fax:  336-727-2193

    [email protected]

     

    **Editor’s Note: Please see the 1 file referenced (“Employee-Data-10.7.2025-1.xlsx”) at top left in our Documents section. It appears to be the same document that was already sent to us at 5:41pm.

    Status: Response Received from Government
  • October 7, 2025 5:41 pm

    7 months ago

    from: Hutchins, Shannon S <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    cc: “Hutchins, Shannon S” <[email protected]>
    date: Oct 7, 2025, 5:41 PM
    subject: Re: Public records request. (September 2025) Request for Forsyth County, NC Government: List of all current employees and their salaries. As of present day.

     

    Good Evening,

     

    Please see the attached requested file. Per N.C.G.S 160A-168(c1), undercover law enforcement names have been redacted.

     

    Best Regards,

     

    Shannon Hutchins

    Director of Human Resources 

    Forsyth County Government 

    201 North Chestnut Street 

    Winston-Salem, NC  27101

    Direct:  336-703-2401

    Fax:  336-727-2193

    [email protected]

     

    **Editor’s Note: Please see the 1 file referenced (“Employee-Data-10.7.2025.xlsx”) at top left in our Documents section.

    Status: Response Received from Government
  • September 23, 2025 9:24 am

    8 months ago

    from: Hutchins, Shannon S <[email protected]>
    to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    date: Sep 23, 2025, 9:24 AM
    subject: Re: Public records request. (September 2025) Request for Forsyth County, NC Government: List of all current employees and their salaries. As of present day.

     

    Good Morning,

     

    I have received your request and will process.

     

    Best,

     

    Shannon Hutchins
    Director of Human Resources 
    Forsyth County Government 
    201 North Chestnut Street 
    Winston-Salem, NC  27101
    Direct:  336-703-2401
    Fax:  336-727-2193
    Status: Government Processing Request
  • September 22, 2025 1:21 pm

    8 months ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    date: Sep 22, 2025, 1:21 PM
    subject: Re: Public records request. (September 2025) Request for Forsyth County, NC Government: List of all current employees and their salaries. As of present day.

     

    Good afternoon,

     

    I just sent the email below to HR and Finance (Terri Goodman). However, the email address for Terri “bounces back” as “unable to receive mail”.

     

    Please confirm receipt of my records request, and please forward it to the correct department / email addresses for processing.

     

    Thank you.

     

    ~ The Sunshine Request Team

    Status: Sent to Government
  • September 22, 2025 1:18 pm

    8 months ago

    from: Mail Delivery Subsystem <[email protected]>
    date: Sep 22, 2025, 1:19 PM
    subject: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)

     

    Address not found

     

    Your message wasn’t delivered to [email protected] because the address couldn’t be found, or is unable to receive mail.

     

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    The response from the remote server was:

     

    550 5.4.1 Recipient address rejected: Access denied. For more information see https://aka.ms/EXOSmtpErrors [BL02EPF0001B419.namprd09.prod.outlook.com 2025-09-22T17:19:11.276Z 08DDF6A7E87EE2A9]

     

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    cc: [email protected]
    date: Sep 22, 2025, 1:18 PM
    subject: Public records request. (September 2025) Request for Forsyth County, NC Government: List of all current employees and their salaries. As of present day.

     

    Good afternoon Terri, Shannon, (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

     

    Basic salary data 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 Forsyth County, NC employees as of 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. **
    ————————————

     

    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 22, 2025 1:17 pm

    8 months ago

    Submitted to Sunshine Request
    Status: Pending