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joe harcz Comcast
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Fri Aug 8 16:27:10 UTC 2014
The famous "Cora's Cafe"....
August 8, 2014
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 VFMR for Cora’s Cafe
Dear Mr. Harcz, Jr.:
This letter is in response to your August 1, 2014, email request for information, received by this office on August 4, 2014. 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 that you describe in your email (which is attached) as:
“I am writing you today to request some accountability and the Vendor Facility Report required by BEP Promulgated Rules on the vending location in the Anderson
Building (Cora’s Café).”
In regards to your request for the Vendor Facility Report for Cora’s Café, your request is granted as to existing, nonexempt information in the possession
of the Department. Please find attached to this correspondence two Vending Facility Monthly Reports (May & June 2014).
The cost to produce this report is $23.53 (calculated by using $31.37 which is the hourly wage plus fringe benefits of the Department’s lowest paid employee
capable of processing this request multiplied by the amount of time to process this request which is 3/4 of an hour = $23.53). As this
FOIA Response – P.J. Harcz, Jr.
August 8, 2014
Page 2 of 2
amount is below the Department threshold of $25.00 for charging costs involved in complying with a FOIA request, this FOIA fee is being waived.
Please note that nothing within the federal American with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (RA), as amended, or 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.
Sincerely,
Carla Miller Haynes, FOIA Coordinator
Bureau of Services for Blind Persons
Attachments -3 - Email Request for Information & Two VFMR Reports
cc: Edward F. Rodgers II
Sue Luzenski
Mike Pemble
Katie Belknap
Rob Essenberg
Constance Zanger
James Hull
From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net]
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2014 10:30 AM
To: Rodgers, Edward (LARA)
Cc: Luzenski, Sue (LARA); Pemble, Mike (LARA); nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org; Marlene Malloy MCRS Dir.;
Sarah Gravetti; BRIAN SABOURIN; Elmer Cerano MPAS; MARK CODY; MARK MCWILLIAMS MPAS;
Christyne.Cavataio at ed.gov; James Chaney EOC; Gary Gaynor; commissioner-hudson at outlook.com;
BSBPcommissioners; Joe Sibley MCBVI Pres.
Subject: vfr cora's cafe
August 1 2014 VFR Cora’s Café
Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.
Mt. Morris, MI 48458
joeharcz at comcast.net
810-516-5262
To: Edward Rodgers
Director
Mich. Bureau Services to Blind Persons
(Via e-mail)
Dear Mr. Rodgers,
I am writing you today to request some accountability and the Vendor Facility Report required by BEP Promulgated Rules on the vending location in the Anderson
Building (Cora’s Café). As you know hundreds of thousands of Vocational Rehabilitation funds have been expended upon this operation and I and the public
wish for required accountability on it.
In accordance with the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 I am requesting this in accessible format without surcharge and without the
built in surcharges in the numerous ludicrous and discriminatory so-called “FOIA” responses. That format is to simply send me this report as a plain text
attachment or enclosure to my e-mail address listed. If you can’t do that then send it to me in contracted Braille.
I will remind you sir that you nominally run a federally funded Vocational Rehabilitation agency for the blind and thus you should be accountable and accessible
to we who are blind.
Sincerely,
Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
Cc: NFB MI
Cc: MCRS
Cc: BSBP Commission
Cc: RSA
Cc: MPAS
Cc: EOC
Cc: MI Auditor General
Cc: several BSBP
Vending Facility Monthly Report
Report Date: 05/01/2014
Submitted? Y
Facility: 232 Anderson House Office Building BADP
Operator: 443 Cathy Petrilli (TEMP)
Receive Date: 06/13/2014
Data Entry Date: 06/13/2014
Hours: 90
Total Sales
Vending
Sales: $0.00
Beginning Inventory: $0.00
Purchases: $0.00
Ending Inventory: $0.00
Cost of Goods Sold:
Gross Profit:
Other Income: $0.00
Total Gross Income:
-------------------------------------------------
Counter
Sales: $5,934.00
Beginning Inventory: $20,141.00
Purchases: $1,381.00
Ending Inventory: $18,863.00
Cost of Goods Sold: $2,659.00
Gross Profit: $3,275.00
Other Income: $0.00
Total Gross Income: $3,275.00
-------------------------------------------------
Highway
Sales: $0.00
Beginning Inventory: $0.00
Purchases: $0.00
Ending Inventory: $0.00
Cost of Goods Sold:
Gross Profit:
Other Income: $0.00
Total Gross Income:
-------------------------------------------------
Total Facility
* Sales: $5,934.00
* Beginning Inventory: $20,141.00
* Purchases: $1,381.00
* Ending Inventory: $18,863.00
* Cost of Goods Sold: $2,659.00
* Gross Profit: $3,275.00
* Other Income: $0.00
Total Gross Income: $3,275.00
-------------------------------------------------
Supplies
* Supplies: $0.00
Detailed Employee Costs
* (A) Number of Blind Employees: 0
* Number of Handicapped Employees: 0
* Number of Other Employees: 4
* (B) Employee Wages: $2,360.00
* (C) Social Security: $146.00
* (D) Medicare: $480.00
* (E) Workers Comp.: $100.00
* (F) Futa: $0.00
* (G) Suta: $0.00
* (H) Other: $0.00
Total Employee Related Expenses: $3,086.00
Detailed Taxes and Fees
* Sales Tax: $256.00
* Michigan Business Tax: $0.00
* Other Taxes: $0.00
Taxes and Fees: $256.00
Other Expenses
* Other Expenses: $0.00
Liability Insurance
Carry own Liability: N
Liability Insurance: $8.00
Total Expenses: $3,350.00
Net Proceeds: ($75.00)
* Set Aside Fee: $0.00
___________________________________________________________
Net Income: ($75.00)
Other Payments: $0.00
Penalty Payments: $0.00
Health Insurance Paid: $0.00
Health Insurance Deduction: $0.00
Personal Healthcare 2%: $0.00
401k 3%: $0.00
DB Retirement Fund 4%: $0.00
Operator Payment Due: $8.00
Comments:
Vending Facility Monthly Report
Report Date: 06/01/2014
Submitted? Y
Facility: 232 Anderson House Office Building BADP
Operator: 443 Cathy Petrilli (TEMP)
Receive Date: 07/21/2014
Data Entry Date: 07/21/2014
Hours: 160
Total Sales
Vending
Sales: $0.00
Beginning Inventory: $0.00
Purchases: $0.00
Ending Inventory: $0.00
Cost of Goods Sold: $0.00
Gross Profit: $0.00
Other Income: $0.00
Total Gross Income: $0.00
-------------------------------------------------
Counter
Sales: $13,209.00
Beginning Inventory: $18,863.00
Purchases: $6,746.00
Ending Inventory: $19,474.00
Cost of Goods Sold: $6,135.00
Gross Profit: $7,074.00
Other Income: $0.00
Total Gross Income: $7,074.00
-------------------------------------------------
Highway
Sales: $0.00
Beginning Inventory: $0.00
Purchases: $0.00
Ending Inventory: $0.00
Cost of Goods Sold:
Gross Profit:
Other Income: $0.00
Total Gross Income:
-------------------------------------------------
Total Facility
* Sales: $13,209.00
* Beginning Inventory: $18,863.00
* Purchases: $6,746.00
* Ending Inventory: $19,474.00
* Cost of Goods Sold: $6,135.00
* Gross Profit: $7,074.00
* Other Income: $0.00
Total Gross Income: $7,074.00
-------------------------------------------------
Supplies
* Supplies: $0.00
Detailed Employee Costs
* (A) Number of Blind Employees: 0
* Number of Handicapped Employees: 0
* Number of Other Employees: 4
* (B) Employee Wages: $3,429.00
* (C) Social Security: $328.00
* (D) Medicare: $0.00
* (E) Workers Comp.: $100.00
* (F) Futa: $0.00
* (G) Suta: $0.00
* (H) Other: $0.00
___________________________________________________________
Total Employee Related Expenses: $3,857.00
Detailed Taxes and Fees
* Sales Tax: $626.00
* Michigan Business Tax: $0.00
* Other Taxes: $0.00
___________________________________________________________
Taxes and Fees: $626.00
Other Expenses
* Other Expenses: $0.00
Liability Insurance
Carry own Liability: N
Liability Insurance: $17.00
___________________________________________________________
Total Expenses: $4,500.00
___________________________________________________________
Net Proceeds: $2,574.00
* Set Aside Fee: $257.00
___________________________________________________________
Net Income: $2,317.00
Other Payments: $0.00
Penalty Payments: $0.00
Health Insurance Paid: $0.00
Health Insurance Deduction: $0.00
Personal Healthcare 2%: $0.00
401k 3%: $0.00
DB Retirement Fund 4%: $0.00
___________________________________________________________
Operator Payment Due: $274.00
Comments:
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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