[nfbmi-talk] Fw: Response to FOIA Request - Inventory Vendor(s) for BEP

Mon Feb 13 22:11:59 UTC 2012

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Haynes, Carla (LARA) 
To: joe harcz Comcast (joeharcz at comcast.net) 
Cc: Cannon, Patrick (LARA) ; Farmer, Mel (LARA) ; Turney, Susan (LARA) ; Luzenski, Sue (LARA) ; Duell, Elsie (LARA) ; Zanger, Connie (LARA) ; Hull, James (LARA) 
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 4:15 PM
Subject: Response to FOIA Request - Inventory Vendor(s) for BEP

February 13, 2012

Mr. Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

E-mail: joeharcz at comcast.net

1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.

Mt. Morris, MI 48458

Re:  Inventory Vendor for the Business Enterprise Program

Dear Mr. Harcz, Jr.:

This letter is in response to your January 31, 2012, email request for copies of public records, received on February 1, 2012, in this office.  Please be informed that the Department's Michigan Commission for the Blind (MCB) is processing this request under the state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), MCL 15.231 et seq.

You have requested information as described in your email, a copy of which is below.

Your request is partially granted and partially denied as to existing, nonexempt records in the possession of this department responsive to your request.

The email attached is a string of questions and answers between yourself and Ms. Constance Zanger, Manager of the Business Enterprise Program (BEP) for MCB.

As to the granted portion of your request, I am providing information for the "Could you break down what we paid her (Natalie Maynard) for the equipment inventory?" and including additional invoices for services provided for the inventory of BEP equipment by Mr. Larry LaFerriere.

As to the denied portion of your request, redactions have been made for addresses and social security numbers per FOIA, 15.243 MCL, Section 13 (1)(a) "Information of a personal nature if public disclosure of the information would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of an individual's privacy" in regards to addresses and (w) "Information or records that would disclose the social security number of any individual."

We will not charge for the cost of this FOIA but this does not prohibit us from charging you or any other requestor for other requests.

Sincerely,

Carla Miller Haynes, FOIA Coordinator

Michigan Commission for the Blind

Attachments: 

1.      Email of 1-8-12

2.      Maynard Invoices

3.      LaFerriere Invoices

cc:     Patrick Cannon

          Mel Farmer

          Susan Turney

          Elsie Duell

          Constance Zanger

          James Hull

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Zanger, Connie (LARA) 

To: 'joe harcz Comcast' 

Cc: Cannon, Patrick (LARA) ; Luzenski, Sue (LARA) ; Hull, James (LARA) 

Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 10:26 AM

Subject: RE: simple question inventory vendor

B E P paid Ms. Maynard $1232 for equipment inventory services in fiscal year 2011.

Constance Zanger

Business Enterprise Program Manager

Michigan Commission for the Blind

517/335.3639

517/335.5140 (facsimile)

From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net]  

Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 10:19 AM 

To: Zanger, Connie (LARA) 

Subject: Re: simple question inventory vendor

Ok could you break down what we paid her for the equipment inventory?

Here's a little more:

Payments to NATALIE MARIE MAYNARD for fiscal year 2011

Click on a agency name to view payments to this vendor by this agency.

Table with 2 columns and 2 rows

Agency Name

Payment Totals

LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

$17,501.96

Source:

http://apps.michigan.gov/MiTransparency/Vendor/Agencies?y=2011&v=NATALIE%20

MARIE%20MAYNARD&Column=AgencyName&Direction=Ascending

And then these:

Payments to NATALIE MARIE MAYNARD for fiscal year 2012

Click on a agency name to view payments to this vendor by this agency.

Table with 2 columns and 2 rows

Agency Name

Payment Totals

LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

$6,805.00

Source:

http://apps.michigan.gov/MiTransparency/Vendor/Agencies?y=2012&v=NATALIE%20

MARIE%20MAYNARD&Column=AgencyName&Direction=Ascending

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Zanger, Connie (LARA) 

To: 'joe harcz Comcast' 

Cc: Cannon, Patrick (LARA) ; Luzenski, Sue (LARA) ; Hull, James (LARA) 

Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 10:17 AM

Subject: RE: simple question inventory vendor

Hello, Joe;

Those are the amounts the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs paid to Ms. 

Maynard in 2011.  Ms. Maynard provided more services to the Department than those 

she provided to B E P.

Constance Zanger

Business Enterprise Program Manager

Michigan Commission for the Blind

517/335.3639

517/335.5140 (facsimile)

From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net]  

Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 10:11 AM 

To: Zanger, Connie (LARA) 

Subject: Re: simple question inventory vendor

So is this what MCB paid Natalie for these services?

http://apps.michigan.gov/MiTransparency/Vendor/Agencies?y=2011&v=NATALIE%20MARIE%

20MAYNARD&Column=AgencyName&Direction=Ascending

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Zanger, Connie (LARA) 

To: 'joe harcz Comcast' 

Cc: Cannon, Patrick (LARA) ; Luzenski, Sue (LARA) ; Hull, James (LARA) 

Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 9:57 AM

Subject: RE: simple question inventory vendor

Two vendors provided this service, Joe,  Natalie Maynard and Larry LaFerriere.

Constance Zanger

Business Enterprise Program Manager

Michigan Commission for the Blind

517/335.3639

517/335.5140 (facsimile)

From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net]  

Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 9:42 AM 

To: Zanger, Connie (LARA) 

Subject: Re: simple question inventory vendor

Thanks so who was the vendor paid for to do that that you referenced at the most recent MCB 

meeting?

Joe

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Zanger, Connie (LARA) 

To: 'joe harcz Comcast' ; Cannon, Patrick (LARA) 

Cc: Hull, James (LARA) ; Larry Posont MCB Comm. ; lydia Schuck MCB Comm. ; John Scott 

MCB Comm. ; James Chaney EOC ; Shane Jackson ; Cannon, Patrick (LARA) ; Luzenski, 

Sue (LARA) 

Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 9:33 AM

Subject: RE: simple question inventory vendor

Mr. Harcz:

Inventory Specialties is not the company paid to conduct the equipment inventory for 

the Business Enterprise Program.

Constance Zanger

Business Enterprise Program Manager

Michigan Commission for the Blind

517/335.3639

517/335.5140 (facsimile)

From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net]  

Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:51 PM 

To: Cannon, Patrick (LARA) 

Cc: Zanger, Connie (LARA); Hull, James (LARA); Larry Posont MCB Comm.; lydia Schuck MCB 

Comm.; John Scott MCB Comm.; James Chaney EOC; nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org; 

Vendorsmi at nfbnet.org 

Subject: simple question inventory vendor

January 31 2012 Inquiry

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

joeharcz at comcast.net

Patrick Cannon

Constance Zanger

James Hull

MCB

Simple question here.Is this the company paid to conduct the inventory for the BEP 

program referenced today?

"Payments to INVENTORY SPECIALTIES INC. for fiscal year 2011

Click on a agency name to view payments to this vendor by this agency.

Payment Totals

LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

$6,215.00"

A simple "yes" or "no" will do for now.

Sincerely,

Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.

Cc: MCB Board

Cc: EOC Chair

Cc: NFB MI

Cc: several

Carla Miller Haynes

DLARA Michigan Commission for the Blind

201 N. Washington Sq., 2nd Floor

P.O. Box 30652

Lansing, MI  48909

Phone:  517/373-2063

FAX: 517/335-5140

www.michigan.gov/mcb
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