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.
Other (indicate in message) Submitted: September 18, 2025 | Updated: September 19, 2025
(September 2025) Request for Lincoln County, NC Government: List of all current employees and their salaries. As of present day
Good afternoon Lincoln County (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
SUBJECT:
(September 2025) Request for Lincoln County, NC Government: List of all current employees and their salaries. As of present day.
MESSAGE:
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 Lincoln 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.
Status: Completed
Documents:
Activity:
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September 19, 2025 11:57 am
9 months ago
Document(s) released
Request 25-1713.xlsx
25-1713 v2.xlsx
September 19, 2025, 11:57am by Staff
from: Lincoln County Government NC Public Records <[email protected]>
reply-to: [email protected]
to: [email protected]
date: Sep 19, 2025, 11:57 AM
subject: [Document Released] Lincoln County Government, NC public records request #25-1713Lincoln County Government, NC Public Records
Documents have been released for record request #25-1713:
https://lincolncountync.nextrequest.com/requests/25-1713
Document links are valid for one month. After October 19, you will need to sign in to view the document(s).
Status: Completed -
September 19, 2025 11:52 am
9 months ago
**Editor’s Note 09/19/25: The following message was sent to Lincoln County via our login on their records request platform, Next Request.
Message from requester
Good afternoon,
Thanks again for the fulfilling the request, and thank you for making it Public (“Publishing” it) on the NextRequest platform.
Although I can see the two documents you sent me, when I’m logged into my account, the Public cannot.
For some reason those two documents have not been “Published”. Can you please make the responsive “Documents” that accompanied this request Public on your site as well?
25-1713.xlsx
25-1713 v2.xlsx
Thank you.
Status: Clarification Requested -
September 19, 2025 11:39 am
9 months ago
from: Lincoln County Government NC Public Records <[email protected]>
reply-to: [email protected]
to: [email protected]
date: Sep 19, 2025, 11:39 AM
subject: Your Lincoln County Government, NC public records request #25-1713 has been published.Lincoln County Government, NC Public Records
Record request #25-1713 has been published and is now available for public view.
https://lincolncountync.
nextrequest.com/requests/25- 1713
Status: Completed -
September 18, 2025 4:55 pm
9 months ago
**Editor’s Note 09/18/25: The following message was sent to Lincoln County via our login on their records request platform, Next Request.
Message from requester
Good afternoon,
Thank you for providing the updated document.
25-1713 v2.xlsx
Later today or early tomorrow I will mark the request as “Completed” on our website.
I’d like to ask again that you please “Publish” this request (make it public) on NextRequest so that it can be searched like all the other completed requests you have on your platform.
Thank you!
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Completed -
September 18, 2025 4:19 pm
9 months ago
from: Lincoln County Government NC Public Records <[email protected]>
reply-to: [email protected]
to: [email protected]
date: Sep 18, 2025, 4:19 PM
subject: [Document Released to Requester] Lincoln County Government, NC public records request #25-1713Lincoln County Government, NC Public Records
A document has been released to you for record request #25-1713:
https://lincolncountync.
nextrequest.com/requests/25- 1713 Document links are valid for one month. After October 18, you will need to sign in to view the document(s).
** Editor’s Note: You can also see the 1 file referenced (“25-1713 v2.xlsx“) at top left in our Documents section.
Status: Response Received from Government -
September 18, 2025 3:06 pm
9 months ago
**Editor’s Note 09/18/25: The following message was sent to Lincoln County via our login on their records request platform, Next Request.
Message from requester
Good afternoon,
My request called for:
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]
The document you’ve provided only shows First / Last name and hourly rate. Can you please provide Items 2, 3, and 4, as requested?
Additionally, once the request has been completed, can you please “Publish” it (make it public) on your NextRequest platform so that it can be searched? It is currently marked as “Unpublished”.
Thank you!
September 18, 2025, 3:06pm by N/A. Not required by Law.
Status: Clarification Requested -
September 18, 2025 2:45 pm
9 months ago
from: Lincoln County Government NC Public Records <[email protected]>
reply-to: [email protected]
to: [email protected]
date: Sep 18, 2025, 2:45 PM
subject: Your Lincoln County Government, NC public records request #25-1713 has been closed.Lincoln County Government, NC Public Records
Record request #25-1713 has been closed. The closure reason supplied was:
All records have been released, and your request has been fulfilled
https://lincolncountync.
nextrequest.com/requests/25- 1713
Request closed
All records have been released, and your request has been fulfilled
September 18, 2025, 2:45pm by Staff
from: Lincoln County Government NC Public Records <[email protected]>
reply-to: [email protected]
to: [email protected]
date: Sep 18, 2025, 2:45 PM
subject: [Document Released to Requester] Lincoln County Government, NC public records request #25-1713Lincoln County Government, NC Public Records
A document has been released for record request #25-1713 along with the following message:
Fulfilled as requested.
https://lincolncountync.
nextrequest.com/requests/25- 1713 Document links are valid for one month. After October 18, you will need to sign in to view the document(s).
** Editor’s Note: You can also see the 1 file referenced (“Request 25-1713.xlsx“) at top left in our Documents section.
Status: Response Received from Government -
September 18, 2025 2:36 pm
9 months ago
from: Lincoln County Government NC Public Records <[email protected]>
reply-to: [email protected]
to: [email protected]
date: Sep 18, 2025, 2:36 PM
subject: [Department Changed] Lincoln County Government, NC public records request #25-1713Lincoln County Government, NC Public Records
Department assignment for records request #25-1713 has changed:
Added: Human Resources.
Status: Sent to Government -
September 18, 2025 2:05 pm
9 months ago
from: Lincoln County Government NC Public Records <[email protected]>
reply-to: [email protected]
to: [email protected]
date: Sep 18, 2025, 2:05 PM
subject: Your Lincoln County Government, NC public records request #25-1713 has been submitted.Lincoln County Government, NC Public Records
Your record request #25-1713 has been submitted successfully.
https://lincolncountync.
nextrequest.com/requests/25- 1713 As the requester, you can always see the status of your request by signing into the Lincoln County Government, NC portal.
If you haven’t already signed in, you may need to activate or setup your account to get started. Once your account is activated, you can communicate directly with the Lincoln County Government, NC through NextRequest.
**Editor’s Note 09/18/25: The following request was submitted to Lincoln County, NC on 09/18/25 at 2:05pm EST via their online records request platform, Next Request (https://lincolncountync.nextrequest.com/).
Good afternoon Lincoln County (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
SUBJECT:
(September 2025) Request for Lincoln County, NC Government: List of all current employees and their salaries. As of present day.
MESSAGE:
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 Lincoln 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 18, 2025 2:06 pm
9 months ago
Submitted to Sunshine Request
Status: Pending