[nfbmi-talk] Fw: FOIA Response to Request for InformationonExpansion & Renovation Costs of the BEP Location in theStateCapitol
joe harcz Comcast
joeharcz at comcast.net
Fri Nov 8 01:01:42 UTC 2013
Hasn't gone there yet, but it has gone to the RSA monitor and several
others.
Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry D. Eagle" <terrydeagle at yahoo.com>
To: "'NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List'" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: FOIA Response to Request for
InformationonExpansion & Renovation Costs of the BEP Location in
theStateCapitol
> Joe, I hope you sent the response below to the state auditors office. I
> am
> sure the state auditor will be interested in knowing the BEP has no idea
> what they have expended on that project, and it will take at least four
> hours to perhaps find how much was spent. Obviously, the BEP audit means
> nothing to BS4BP and BEP management! Perhaps essenberger can research it,
> since Josh Hoskins is back, and Essenberger has nothing to do between
> on-the-job naps!
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbmi-talk [mailto:nfbmi-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of joe
> harcz Comcast
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 4:07 PM
> To: nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Fw: FOIA Response to Request for Information
> onExpansion & Renovation Costs of the BEP Location in the StateCapitol
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Haynes, Carla (LARA)
> To: joe harcz Comcast
> Cc: Rodgers, Edward (LARA) ; Luzenski, Sue (LARA) ; Pemble, Mike (LARA) ;
> Belknap, Katie (LARA) ; Duell, Elsie (LARA) ; Zanger, Connie (LARA) ;
> Essenberg, Rob (LARA) ; Hull, James (LARA)
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 3:56 PM
> Subject: FOIA Response to Request for Information on Expansion &
> Renovation
> Costs of the BEP Location in the State Capitol
>
>
> November 7, 2013
>
>
>
> Mr. Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
>
> E-mail: joeharcz at comcast.net
>
> 1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.
>
> Mt. Morris, MI 48458
>
>
>
> Re: FOIA Response to Request for Information on Expansion & Renovation of
> the Business Enterprise Program in the State Capitol
>
>
>
> Dear Mr. Harcz, Jr.:
>
>
>
> This email is in response to your October 22, 2013, email request for
> information received by this office on October 23, 2013, of which an
> extension was taken to November 12, 2013. Please be advised that the
> Bureau
> of Services for Blind Persons (BSBP) 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 as:
>
>
>
> "I simply wish to know today how much BSBP is spending for the expansion
> and
> renovation of the Business Enterprise location in the Michigan State
> Capitol."
>
>
>
> Your request is granted as to existing, nonexempt documents pertaining to
> your request. We estimate that the time to process this request is 4
> hours.
> Section 4(1) of the FOIA, MCL 15.234(1), provides that a public body may
> charge a fee for public record search, including the mailing costs, the
> cost
> of duplication or publication including labor, the cost of search,
> examination, review, and the deletion and separation of exempt from
> nonexempt information.
>
>
>
> Please note that nothing within the federal American with Disabilities Act
> (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (RA), as amended, or
>
> FOIA Response - P.J. Harcz, Jr.
>
> November 7, 2013
>
> Page 2 of 2
>
>
>
>
>
> the state's FOIA (MCL 15.231 et seq.) requires a public body to process
> FOIA
> requests free of charge. Further, while the ADA and Section 504 of the RA
> may mandate that, upon request, material be produced in an accessible
> format
> without charge, neither the ADA or Section 504 of the RA preclude a public
> body from charging costs under the state's FOIA. Thusly, please note that
> no
> labor fee charges have been, or will be, assessed to convert existing,
> nonexempt public records responsive to your requests into an accessible
> format to forward to you.
>
>
>
> In order to complete the processing of your request, and based on the
> hourly
> wages and benefits of the lowest paid Department employee capable of
> performing the necessary tasks to process your request, we are requesting
> a
> deposit of $62.12 in order to begin the processing of this request. An
> invoice is attached that outlines the costs.
>
>
>
> Once payment is received for the deposit, we will start the processing of
> your request. Once the process is complete, we will request payment for
> the
> additional amount of the actual cost of the request. When we receive this
> payment, we will send the information either to you via email or to you in
> the U.S. Mail on a USB flash drive (depending on the amount of material
> responsive to your request).
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
>
>
> Carla Miller Haynes, FOIA Coordinator
>
> Bureau of Services for Blind Persons
>
>
>
> Attachments 2: Invoice & Request for Information
>
>
>
> cc: Edward F. Rodgers II, Sue Luzenski
>
> Mike Pemble, Katie Belknap
>
> Elsie Duell, Constance Zanger
>
> Rob Essenberg, James Hull
>
>
>
> DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
>
> BUREAU OF SERVICES FOR BLIND PERSONS
>
> FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT INVOICE
>
>
>
>
>
> NAME AND ADDRESS OF REQUESTER:
>
> Mr. Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
>
> E-mail: joeharcz at comcast.net
>
> 1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.
>
> Mt. Morris, MI 48458
>
>
>
> REQUEST RECEIVED: October 23, 2013
>
> TYPE OF REQUEST: Email
>
> REQUEST PARTIALLY DENIED: No
>
> EXEMPT INFORMATION WITHHELD/REDACTED: To be determined
>
> EXTENDED RESPONSE NOTICE ISSUED: Yes to November 12, 2013
>
> REQUESTED INFORMATION WILL BE: Emailed/Invoiced For Payment
>
> ACCOUNT CODE: Index: 36200 PCA: 11343
>
>
>
> DLARA CONTACT: Melvin Farmer, Central FOIA Coordinator
>
> (517) 373-0194, Ottawa Building, 4th Floor, 611 W. Ottawa, Lansing, MI
> 48909
>
>
>
> The FOIA provides that the department may charge a fee to comply with
> requests for public records. The processing fee is composed of hourly
> wages
> and benefit costs of the lowest paid employee(s) capable of processing the
> request; the duplication of records at assessed costs per page; mailing
> costs; and other related special costs. Prior to searching and copying
> requested records, the department may request full payment or 50% of the
> estimated costs exceeding $50.00 with the balance required before mailing
> the records. Assessed costs are related to your request for:
>
>
>
> "I simply wish to know today how much BSBP is spending for the expansion
> and
> renovation of the Business Enterprise location in the Michigan State
> Capitol."
>
>
>
> INVOICE CALCULATIONS
>
>
>
> LABOR
>
> Locating and Duplicating Cost:
>
> Number of Hours: 3 hrs. x Hourly Rate: $31.06 = Amount: $93.18
>
> Examining and Extracting Cost:
>
> Number of Hours: 1 hrs. x Hourly Rate: $31.06 = Amount:
> $31.06
>
> TOTAL LABOR: $124.24
>
> POSTAGE (estimate): To be determined based on the amount of
> information
>
> DUPLICATING: Number of Pages (0) times Copying Rate of $0
>
> OTHER (overtime, audio tapes, discs, photos, security, etc.): $0
>
>
>
> SUBTOTAL: $124.24
>
> Less waived indigency fee under FOIA Act MCL 15.234 Section 4(1)
>
>
>
> INVOICE TOTAL: $124.24
>
>
>
> DEPOSIT* $62.12
>
>
>
> BALANCE TO BE PAID*: $62.12
>
>
>
> Make check or money order payable to: STATE OF MICHIGAN
>
> Remit to: Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
>
> Office Services Mailroom
>
> 7150 Harris Drive, PO Box 30015
>
> Lansing, MI 48909
>
>
>
> RETURN ORIGINAL COPY OF THIS INVOICE WITH YOUR PAYMENT
>
>
>
> *Please note that if a deposit is requested, the indicated amount is an
> estimate of the cost of complying with your request. The actual cost may
> vary somewhat from this amount.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net]
>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 1:25 PM
>
> To: Zimmer, Mike (LARA)
>
> Cc: Rodgers, Edward (LARA); BSBPcommissioners; nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org;
> Christyne.Cavataio at ed.gov
>
> Subject: simple question capitol bep renovation
>
>
>
> October 22 to Rodgers Zimmer Simple Question Capitol
>
>
>
> Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
>
> 1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.
>
> Mt. Morris, MI 48458
>
> joeharcz at comcast.net
>
> 810-516-5262
>
>
>
> To: Ed Rodgers, Director BSBP
>
> Michael Zimmer, LARA, DSA
>
>
>
> Sirs,
>
>
>
> Could you all answer a very simple question without making a big FOIA
> stink
> over it?
>
>
>
> I simply wish to know today how much BSBP is spending for the expansion
> and
> renovation of the Business Enterprise location in the Michigan State
> Capitol.
>
>
>
> I would think the stewards of federal Vocational Rehabilitation funds and
> their state match should be able to come up with a simple dollar amount
> for
> this project.
>
>
>
> All I request is that in a simple e-mail response.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
>
>
>
> Cc: NFB MI
>
> Cc: RSA
>
> Cc: several
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Carla Miller Haynes
>
> LARA Bureau of Services for Blind Persons (BSBP)
>
> 201 N. Washington Square, 2nd Floor
>
> P.O. Box 30652
>
> Lansing, MI 48909
>
> Telephone: 517-373-2063 or Toll-Free 1-800-292-4200
>
> Fax: 517-335-5140
>
>
>
> www.michigan.gov/bsbp
>
>
>
>
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