[nfbmi-talk] Fw: Revised FOIA Response--Payment Address

Thu Apr 14 16:24:12 UTC 2011

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Farmer, Mel (DELEG) 
To: 'joe harcz Comcast' 
Cc: Cannon, Patrick (DELEG) ; Haynes, Carla (DELEG) ; Luzenski, Sue (DELEG) 
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 12:16 PM
Subject: FW: Revised FOIA Response--Payment Address

Revised response to include address to mail payment of $97.92 assessed processing fee if you wish to proceed with March 26, 2011 FOIA request 

April 14, 2011

Mr. Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

Mt. Morris, MI 48458

RE: Freedom of Information Act Request for Email Records

Dear Mr. Harcz:

This notice is in response to your March 26, 2011 email (attached) request for copies of nonexempt public records/information under the state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), MCL 15.231 et seq., you describe as ".all email correspondences between the period of January 1, 2011 and March 24, 2011 and Patrick D. Cannon (MCB Director) or his Administrative Assistant, Susan Luzenski and former MCB Commissioner, gerri Taeckens."

Please be informed that your request, pursuant to MCL 15.235, Section 5(2)(c) of the FOIA, is partially granted and partially denied.

As regards the granted portion of your request, after a search for records, to the best of the Department's knowledge, information, and belief, the Department has found all email records in its' possession responsive to your request. However, based on the estimated labor time involved in processing this request, the Department, per MCL 15.234, Section 4(3) of the FOIA, has assessed estimated costs of $97.92. In this particular instance, failure to charge processing costs would cause the Department to incur unreasonably high costs that exceed the normal required activities to search for and examine/review the requested records to delete/separate exempt from nonexempt information. 

As regards the denied portion of your request, a cursory review of the records/information requested indicates that certain exempt, confidential information may need to be redacted before disclosure can be made.

The estimated cost of $97.92 is based on the following estimated labor costs calculations of the hourly wage (including benefits) of the Department's lowest paid employee capable of retrieving and examining the information necessary to comply with your request under this state's FOIA:

--Human Resources Analyst 9-12 @$32.64/hr X 3hrs=$97.92 (search for and redaction of exempt information)

Upon receipt of payment of the $97.92, the Department will continue processing this request; send you nonexempt records responsive to your request; notify you of any claimed exemptions to disclosure; and notify you of any balance of costs you may owe, or reimbursement owed you.

Please send payment to:

STATE OF MICHIGAN 

Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth

Office Services Mailroom

7150 Harris Drive, P.O. Box 30015

Lansing, MI 48909

Sincerely,

Melvin Farmer. Jr.

Central FOIA Coordinator

(517)373-0194

Cc: Carla Haynes, Patrick Cannon

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From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net] 
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:20 PM
To: Haynes, Carla (DELEG)
Cc: Jo Anne Pilarski MCB, Chair; John Scott MCB, Commissioner; lydia schuck; Larry Posont; Joe Sibley MCBVI Pres.
Subject: foia foia foia

FOIA FOIA FOIA Request March 26, 2011

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

Mt. Morris, MI  48458

810-516-5262 (Cell)

E-mail:joeharcz at comcast.net

Ms. Carla Haynes

Michigan Commission for the Blind, FOIA

(Via e-mail)

Dear Ms. Haynes,

I am writing today to request under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act all e-mail correspondences between the period of January 1, 2011 and March 24, 2011 and Patrick D. Cannon (MCB Director) or his Administrative Assistant, Susan Luzenski and former MCB Commissioner, gerri Taeckens.

Thank you with your prompt and accessible response to this inquiry.

Sincerely,

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

Cc: MCB Commissioners

Cc: NFB MI

Cc: MCBVI

Cc: Governor Richard Snyder's Office