[nfbmi-talk] official request for information and accommodation

[joe harcz Comcast]

Official Request for Public Documents Including Financial Information

August 26, 2010

 

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

Mt. Morris, MI 48458

E-mail: joeharcz at comcast.net

 

 

Re: request for information pursuant to ADA, Title II

 

Duncan Wyeth, DELEG ADA Coordinator

Via e-mail

Patrick D. Cannon, Director Michigan Commission for the Blind

And State of Michigan ADA Coordinator

Via e-mail

 

MCB Commissioners (all via e-mail)

 

Jo anne Pilarski, Chair

Michael Geno, Vice-Chair c/o Susan Luzinski

Margaret Wolfe, Commissioner

Geraldine Taeckens, Commissioner

John Scott, Commissioner

 

 

 

All,

 

I am writing you today in the interest of accommodation, inclusion, and transparency for all of the following items in accessible format pursuant to obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1993 (Title II, subpart e, communications), as well as relevant provisions of The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended.

 

The documents may simply be sent to me via e-mail as either Word attachments or plain text enclosures.

 

 

I reiterate my request for all information in the “commissioner’s packet” reference today at the meeting on budget and cash match. Ms. Luzinski only sent me the MCB Report, Agenda and Draft College Policy. But documents related to the State Plan which the commissioners clearly have and other documents they will be priey to tomorrow at the board meeting were not sent to me. Thus again I wish to have all documents that the commissioners have concerning tomorrow’s quarterly meeting sent to me.

 

Moreover, as discussed today I wish to have all of the documents related to the in service sent to me. They include in part:

 

-all the reports that Ms. Cheryl Heibeck referred to including the 911 report, standards and indicators, the most recent Auditor General’s report (single audit) and so on and so forth

-the operating budget that Ms. Zanger referred to

-all of the memorandums of understanding referred to with Intermediate School Districts, by Mr. Jones

 

-the financial report referenced by the person from DELEG (Al was his first name but I couldn’t hear his last or official position

-the memorandum of understanding referred to at today’s in service

 

I must say that Mr. Cannon denoted that these documents were to be made available to members of the public and that he reiterated his contention that MCB was open and wished to be more open than other agencies in the country. I take him at his word on this and am taking him up on his offer of open governance in these regards now.

 

Finally, I reiterate my verbal suggestion today that these and other documents relative to the activities of the Michigan Commission for the Blind are routinely, in a timely and accessible manner simply posted to MCB’s web site now and in the future.

 

Respectfully,

 

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

 

Cc: MI National Federation of the Blind

Cc: Michigan Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired

Cc: Advocates for the Blind

Cc: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section

Cc: Michael Cox, Michigan Attorney General

Cc: Michigan Protection and Advocacy Services, Inc.

Cc: Lynnae Rutledge, Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administration