[nfbmi-talk] Fw: FOIA Response to Request for InformationonExpansion & Renovation Costs of the BEP Location in theStateCapitol
joe harcz Comcast
joeharcz at comcast.net
Sat Nov 9 15:04:19 UTC 2013
I'm saving my pennies, and pop bottles so someday I might too buy a BEP
location. But, it's kind of hard to do when they want me to pay for all this
simple information don't you know?
Ah, what's a poor blind guy to do?
Say why didn't they give me that indegency thingee here?
Anyway think we should go to the Capitol with tin cups so we can beg for the
money to pay our public servents for this simple information?
Ladies and gentlemen they may have driven me crazy, but they can't make me
stupid.
This is simply as corrupt as it comes.
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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