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 11, 2025 | Updated: November 21, 2025
(September 2025) Request for Town of Holly Ridge, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.
Good afternoon Margaret, Chuck, Heather, (Records Officer / Custodian(s) of these Records),
I reviewed your records request form at https://hollyridgenc.org/DocumentCenter/View/290/Public-Information-Request-PDF. However, my request literally does not fit into the form, so I cannot submit it to you in your preferred format. Therefore, I’m submitting it to you all directly, as you are the primary custodian(s) of these records, and by Law should now proceed to fulfill the request.
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, 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. You’ve also fulfilled this request for me before.
Please provide the names and salaries of all current Town of Holly Ridge, NC 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) 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, but 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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November 21, 2025 3:03 pm
7 months ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Heather Reynolds <[email protected]>
cc: Margaret Stiltner-Richmond <[email protected]>, Chuck Strickland <[email protected]>
date: Nov 21, 2025, 3:03 PM
subject: Re: (September 2025) Request for Town of Holly Ridge, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Hi Heather and Margaret,
Thank you for providing the document above.
I reviewed the file, and later this afternoon will mark the request as “Completed” on our website.
You have a great Thanksgiving as well!
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Completed -
November 21, 2025 2:56 pm
7 months ago
from: Heather Reynolds <[email protected]>
to: Margaret Stiltner-Richmond <[email protected]>, Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
cc: Chuck Strickland <[email protected]>
date: Nov 21, 2025, 2:56 PM
subject: RE: (September 2025) Request for Town of Holly Ridge, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Good afternoon,
Attached please find the Public Records as requested. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.
I truly appreciate your patience as we worked through the influx of Public Record Requests over the last several months.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Heather Reynolds, CMC, NCCMC
Town Manager
Town of Holly Ridge
PO BOX 145
Holly Ridge, NC 28445
910.329.7081 Phone
910.329.1593 Fax
**Editor’s Note: Please see the 1 file referenced (“Employee-List-Public-record-request.xlsx”) at top left in our Documents section.
Status: Response Received from Government -
November 21, 2025 12:14 pm
7 months ago
from: Margaret Stiltner-Richmond <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
cc: Heather Reynolds <[email protected]>, Chuck Strickland <[email protected]>
date: Nov 21, 2025, 12:14 PM
subject: (September 2025) Request for Town of Holly Ridge, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Good afternoon.
Thank you for reaching out. We are making our way through the backlog, and I hope to have a response to you in the coming days.
Have a great weekend.
Margaret Stiltner-Richmond
Town Clerk
Town of Holly Ridge
PO BOX 145
Holly Ridge, NC 28445
910.329.7081 Phone
910.329.1593 Fax
PUBLIC RECORDS NOTICE: Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 132, communications from this e-mail address may be subject to public disclosure under NC Public Records Law and may also contain confidential information. If this e-mail has been sent to the wrong person, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete the message.
Status: Government Processing Request -
November 21, 2025 11:52 am
7 months ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Margaret Stiltner-Richmond <[email protected]>
cc: Heather Reynolds <[email protected]>, Chuck Strickland <[email protected]>
date: Nov 21, 2025, 11:52 AM
subject: Re: Public records request. (September 2025) Request for Town of Holly Ridge, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Hi Margaret,
I understand when we communicated on 10/06 and 10/24 that you had a backlog of requests to work through.
I’m just checking in again to see if you’re able to provide an anticipated date or timeline for the completion of my request (submitted on September 11) ?
Thank you for your help!
~ The Sunshine Request Team
Status: Follow up -
October 24, 2025 12:22 pm
7 months ago
from: Margaret Stiltner-Richmond <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>, Heather Reynolds <[email protected]>
cc: Chuck Strickland <[email protected]>
date: Oct 24, 2025, 12:22 PM
subject: RE: Public records request. (September 2025) Request for Town of Holly Ridge, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Hello.
Thank you for checking in with us. We are making our way through our many current public records requests as quickly as possible.
Your request is in queue for processing. We will be in touch when we have more to share.
Have a great day.
Margaret Stiltner-Richmond
Town Clerk
Town of Holly Ridge
PO BOX 145
Holly Ridge, NC 28445
910.329.7081 Phone
910.329.1593 Fax
PUBLIC RECORDS NOTICE: Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 132, communications from this e-mail address may be subject to public disclosure under NC Public Records Law and may also contain confidential information. If this e-mail has been sent to the wrong person, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete the message.
Status: Government Processing Request -
October 23, 2025 5:17 pm
7 months ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Heather Reynolds <[email protected]>
cc: Margaret Stiltner-Richmond <[email protected]>, Chuck Strickland <[email protected]>
date: Oct 23, 2025, 5:17 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (September 2025) Request for Town of Holly Ridge, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Good evening,
I understand we communicated on 10/06 that you have a backlog of requests to work through.
I’m just checking in again to see if you’re able to provide an anticipated date or timeline for the completion of my request (submitted on September 11) ?
Thank you for your help!
Status: Follow up -
October 6, 2025 4:09 pm
8 months ago
from: Heather Reynolds <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>, Margaret Stiltner-Richmond <[email protected]>
cc: Chuck Strickland <[email protected]>
date: Oct 6, 2025, 4:09 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (September 2025) Request for Town of Holly Ridge, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Good afternoon,
Thank you for your email. We are currently working to fulfill your public records request.
At this time, we are experiencing a backlog and are processing requests in the order in which they were received. We sincerely apologize for the delay and appreciate your continued patience as we work through them.
Thank you again for your understanding.
Heather Reynolds, CMC, NCCMC
Town Manager
Town of Holly Ridge
PO BOX 145
Holly Ridge, NC 28445
910.329.7081 Phone
910.329.1593 Fax
Status: Government Processing Request -
October 6, 2025 3:57 pm
8 months ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: Margaret Stiltner-Richmond <[email protected]>
cc: Chuck Strickland <[email protected]>, Heather Reynolds <[email protected]>
date: Oct 6, 2025, 3:57 PM
subject: Re: Public records request. (September 2025) Request for Town of Holly Ridge, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Hi Margaret,
I’m just checking in to see if you’re able to provide a timeline or anticipated date for the completion of my request (submitted 3.50 weeks ago)?
Thank you for your help!
Status: Follow up -
September 15, 2025 9:51 am
9 months ago
from: Margaret Stiltner-Richmond <[email protected]>
to: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
cc: Chuck Strickland <[email protected]>, Heather Reynolds <[email protected]>
date: Sep 15, 2025, 9:51 AM
subject: RE: Public records request. (September 2025) Request for Town of Holly Ridge, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Hello Sunshine Requestor,
Your request has been received and will be processed in a reasonable timeframe.
Thank you.
Margaret Stiltner-Richmond
Town Clerk
Town of Holly Ridge
PO BOX 145
Holly Ridge, NC 28445
910.329.7081 Phone
910.329.1593 Fax
PUBLIC RECORDS NOTICE: Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 132, communications from this e-mail address may be subject to public disclosure under NC Public Records Law and may also contain confidential information. If this e-mail has been sent to the wrong person, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete the message.
Status: Government Processing Request -
September 11, 2025 3:09 pm
9 months ago
from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
to: [email protected]
cc: Chuck Strickland <[email protected]>, Heather Reynolds <[email protected]>
date: Sep 11, 2025, 3:09 PM
subject: Public records request. (September 2025) Request for Town of Holly Ridge, NC Government: List of all current employees and salaries. As of the present day.Good afternoon Margaret, Chuck, Heather, (Records Officer / Custodian(s) of these Records),
I reviewed your records request form at https://hollyridgenc.org/DocumentCenter/View/290/Public-Information-Request-PDF. However, my request literally does not fit into the form, so I cannot submit it to you in your preferred format. Therefore, I’m submitting it to you all directly, as you are the primary custodian(s) of these records, and by Law should now proceed to fulfill the request.
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, 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. You’ve also fulfilled this request for me before.
Please provide the names and salaries of all current Town of Holly Ridge, NC 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) 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, but 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 11, 2025 3:07 pm
9 months ago
Submitted to Sunshine Request
Status: Pending