[nfbmi-talk] Fw: Requests for Records

[joe harcz Comcast]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Farmer, Mel (DELEG) 
To: joe harcz Comcast 
Cc: Ceena Andrades ; Wyeth, Duncan (DELEG) ; Haynes, Carla (DELEG) ; Jurus, Janet (DELEG) ; Zanger, Connie (DELEG) 
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 11:35 AM
Subject: Requests for Records 


 

 

Mr. Harcz (joeharcz at comcast.net)

 

This notice is in response to the attached emailed requests to Mr. Patrick Cannon and Mr. Duncan Wyeth in the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth (Department) for copies of certain public records to be converted to an accessible digital format and emailed to you at joeharcz at comcast.net. You specifically request copies of the following records:

--Board correspondences referenced in the "Board Correspondence" segment of the 

  Michigan Commission for the Blind (MCB) December 12, 2008 minutes.

--Item referenced in the MCB June 20, 2008 MCB minutes regarding the current action 

   plan 

--All of the letters related and referenced in the "Public Comment" segment of the MCB 

  June 20, 2010 minutes

--ALJ summary referenced in the MCB April 17, 2008 minutes

 

After a search for records, to the best of the Department's knowledge, information, and 

belief, the Department is in possession of records responsive to your request. Thusly, 

pursuant to state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), MCL 15.235, Section 5(2)(c), 

your request is granted.

 

The processing of your requests is extremely labor intensive and time consuming due 

to the number of files that must be searched for; examined, reviewed to delete and 

separate any exempt from nonexempt material; and converted to the accessible digital 

format you request. The failure to charge for labor costs in this particular instance would 

result in unreasonably high costs to the Department. Therefore, pursuant to MCL 15.234, 

Section 4(3) of the FOIA, the Department has assessed the following estimated labor 

costs to process your requests: 

 

--Labor Costs per MCL 15. 234, Section 4(3) of the FOIA; Lowest paid Department employee 

  capable of retrieving and examining records necessary to respond to your request is a General 

  Office Assistant 5 at $24.30/hr (wages/benefits) X 3 hours totals $72.90. Please note that the 

  $72.90 labor costs do not include the labor time of several MCB employees involved in the 

  search for and converting the records to an accessible digital format; the labor time of the 

  Department's Central FOIA Coordinator's; or supply and postage costs for requested pdfs.

 

Please send payment of $72.90 to:

    STATE OF MICHIGAN

    Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth

    Office Services Mailroom 

    7150 Harris Drive, P.O. Box 30015

    Lansing, MI 48909

 

Upon payment of the $72.90, the Department will complete the processing of your requests and

digitally forward and mail pdfs of nonexempt public records responsive to your requests; notify 

you of any balance due from or owed you; the statutory basis for any exemptions claimed; and 

any applicable remedial rights. 

 

 

 

 
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