[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
Wed Jul 2 15:31:00 UTC 2014


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

talk at nfbnet.org 

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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