[nfbmi-talk] Fw: FOIA Response to Request for Information on Gordon Food Service Payments & Food Purchases for the SOM Capitol Facility
joe harcz Comcast
joeharcz at comcast.net
Sat Aug 23 04:41:38 UTC 2014
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From: joe harcz Comcast
To: Marlene Malloy MCRS Dir.
Cc: BRIAN SABOURIN ; Christyne.Cavataio at ed.gov ; elamb at audgen.michigan.gov ; nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org ; Sara Grivetti ; Michael Poyma VA MCRS ; Elmer Cerano MPAS ; MARK CODY ; MARK MCWILLIAMS MPAS
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 11:31 AM
Subject: Fw: FOIA Response to Request for Information on Gordon Food Service Payments & Food Purchases for the SOM Capitol Facility
All of this is VR funds going to non-VR functions and without accountability for these expenditures.
And to add insult to injury this agency continues to charge or try to charge me for making expenditures transparent to we the people.
Joe Harcz
Advocate Who Has the Right to Know
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From: Haynes, Carla (LARA)
To: joe harcz Comcast
Cc: Rodgers, Edward (LARA) ; Luzenski, Sue (LARA) ; Pemble, Mike (LARA) ; Belknap, Katie (LARA) ; Essenberg, Rob (LARA) ; Zanger, Connie (LARA) ; Hull, James (LARA)
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 11:19 AM
Subject: FOIA Response to Request for Information on Gordon Food Service Payments & Food Purchases for the SOM Capitol Facility
July 2, 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 Gordon Food Service Payments and Food Purchases for the State of Michigan Capitol Facility
Dear Mr. Harcz, Jr.:
This email is in response to your June 17, 2014, email request for information, received by this office on June 18, 2014, of which an extension was taken through July 3, 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 as described in your email (which is also below) as:
"Please refer to the DTMB payments to Gordons Food Services after my signature line. Now I'm asking you how much of these food purchases were made for the bogus "Cora's Café" which is supposed to be a mandated facility run by a licensed blind operator at the Anderson House Office Building. In addition I'm asking you to break out food purchases for the BEP location at the State of Michigan Capitol which is also a mandated facility, but which hasn't had a licensed operator since June of last year and which has been run by civil service employees who are not blind by the way since then."
Your request is granted as to existing, nonexempt documents pertaining to your request. We estimate that the time to process this request is 8 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
FOIA Response - P.J. Harcz, Jr.
Page 2 of 2
July 2, 2014
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 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 $125.48 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 & Email Request for Information
cc: Edward F. Rodgers II
Sue Luzenski
Mike Pemble
Katie Belknap
Rob Essenberg
Constance Zanger
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: June 18, 2014
TYPE OF REQUEST: Email
REQUEST PARTIALLY DENIED: No
EXEMPT INFORMATION WITHHELD/REDACTED: To be determined
EXTENDED RESPONSE NOTICE ISSUED: Yes through July 3, 2014
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:
"Please refer to the DTMB payments to Gordons Food Services after my signature line.
Now I'm asking you how much of these food purchases were made for the bogus "Cora's Café" which is supposed to be a mandated facility run by a licensed blind operator at the Anderson House Office Building. In addition I'm asking you to break out food purchases for the BEP location at the State of Michigan Capitol which is also a mandated facility, but which hasn't had a licensed operator since June of last year and which has been run by civil service employees who are not blind by the way since then."
INVOICE CALCULATIONS
LABOR
Locating and Duplicating Cost:
Number of Hours: 7 hrs. x Hourly Rate: $31.37 = Amount: $219.59
Examining and Extracting Cost:
Number of Hours: 1 hrs. x Hourly Rate: $31.37 = Amount: $31.37
TOTAL LABOR: $250.96
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: $250.96
Less waived indigency fee under FOIA Act MCL 15.234 Section 4(1)
INVOICE TOTAL: $250.96
DEPOSIT* $125.48
BALANCE TO BE PAID*: $125.48
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, June 17, 2014 3:02 PM
To: Rodgers, Edward (LARA)
Cc: Mike Pemble BSBP Dep. Dir.; Zanger, Connie (LARA); Luzenski, Sue (LARA); Christyne.Cavataio at ed.gov; Lamb, Elden (OAG); BRIAN SABOURIN; Marlene Malloy MCRS Dir.; BSBPcommissioners; Joe Sibley MCBVI Pres.; Gary Gaynor; commissioner-hudson at outlook.com; nfbmi-
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Subject: gordon's food services capitol and anderson buildin
June 17 2014 on Payments to Gordon Food Service
Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.
Mt. Morris, MI 48458
joeharcz at comcast.net
810-516-5262
To: Edward F. Rodgers II, Director
Bureau Services for Blind Persons
Constance Zanger, BSBP BEP
Mike Pemble, BSBP Deputy Director
Sue Luzenski BSBP Administrative Assistant
All:
Please refer to the DTMB payments to Gordons Food Services after my signature line.
Now I'm asking you how much of these food purchases were made for the bogus "Cora's Café" which is supposed to be a mandated facility run by a licensed blind operator at the Anderson House Office Building. In addition I'm asking you to break out food purchases for the BEP location at the State of Michigan Capitol which is also a mandated facility, but which hasn't had a licensed operator since June of last year and which has been run by civil service employees who are not blind by the way since then.
As always I thank you for your prompt and accessible response and for your timely accounting of federal and state taxpayer's funds which are earmarked for the purposes of employing persons who are blind.
Sincerely,
Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
Cc: RSA
Cc: E. Lamb, MI Auditor General's Office
Cc: MCRS
Cc: CAP/MPAS
Cc: NFB MI
Cc: BSBP Commissioners
Cc: several legislators
Cc: several media
Source:
http://media.state.mi.us/MiTransparency/Vendor/Warrants?y=2014&v=GORDON%20FOOD%2
0SERVICE%20INC&a=641&g=Contractual%20Services%20Supplies%20and%20Materials&C
olumn=WarrantDate&Direction=Descending
Payments to GORDON FOOD SERVICE INC by LICENSING AND REGULATORY
AFFAIRS for fiscal year 2014
Table with 4 columns and 51 rows
Agency Name
Category Description
Warrant Date
Payments Total
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
6/11/2014
$646.19
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
6/10/2014
$1,907.42
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
6/4/2014
$140.85
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
6/3/2014
$1,217.22
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
5/30/2014
$2,454.08
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
5/29/2014
$8.71
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
5/27/2014
$13,734.43
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
5/23/2014
$3,040.29
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
5/21/2014
$138.78
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
5/19/2014
$195.69
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
5/14/2014
$469.40
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
5/13/2014
$1,766.09
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
5/7/2014
$132.84
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
5/6/2014
$305.79
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
5/5/2014
$1,752.06
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
5/2/2014
$296.42
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
4/30/2014
$2,456.99
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
4/28/2014
$67.97
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
4/23/2014
$2,197.30
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
4/16/2014
$1,629.06
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
4/9/2014
$1,937.81
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
4/4/2014
$1,490.03
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
4/1/2014
$464.88
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
3/21/2014
$282.15
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
3/20/2014
$119.59
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
3/18/2014
$1,733.65
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
3/17/2014
$3,748.80
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
3/14/2014
$69.64
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
3/12/2014
$134.11
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
3/11/2014
$1,535.58
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
3/5/2014
$1,786.74
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
3/3/2014
$258.95
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
2/25/2014
$1,965.07
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
2/24/2014
$134.46
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
2/20/2014
$2,852.94
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
2/18/2014
$225.52
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
2/14/2014
$3,976.96
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
2/12/2014
$212.09
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
2/5/2014
$25.19
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
1/31/2014
$372.28
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
1/28/2014
$1,882.03
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
1/22/2014
$231.33
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
1/21/2014
$1,925.28
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
1/15/2014
$2,919.15
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
12/26/2013
$123.32
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
12/19/2013
$229.95
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
12/16/2013
$2,364.60
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
12/13/2013
$97.52
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
12/12/2013
$189.79
LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Contractual Services Supplies and Materials
12/10/2013
$1,668.26
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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