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Inside Public Records Requests

12:55 pm today

People, I have no idea what kind of response we are getting, but have the right to look through the merchandise before I purchase.

Dear Mr. Viglione:

The Mayor’s office requested that me and Louise Miller assist in the response to the public records request that you sent by email to the Mayor’s office on February 24, 2016.

I assisted with the six (6) document requests that you sent regarding the Mayor’s staff. Louise Miller assisted with the nine (9) document requests that you sent regarding me.

You have asked to be informed if the cost for responding to your requests will exceed $10.00.

While you will not be charged for the time expended by myself or Louise Miller, the compilation of the responses to your requests did require that staff time be used in the Finance/Auditor’s Office, Treasurer’s Office and School Department. There is a charge for the time expended.

According to Finance/Auditor Director Anne Baker, the time expended was:

            Finance Auditor’s Office- 2 hours.
            Treasurer’s Office- 2 hours.
           
The lowest paid employee in the Treasurer’s Office earns $23.95 per hour. Therefore 2 hours equals $47.90. The lowest paid employee in the Finance/Auditing Office earns $26.29 per hour. Therefore, 2 hours equals $52.58.

In addition, Superintendent Roy Belson informed me that there was one hour expended in his department. He informed me that the lowest hourly rate in his department is $20.00

Thus the charge for this public records response is $120.48. Please make your check payable to the City of Medford.

The records are ready and available for you to pick up at the Law Department on Monday, March 7, 2016.

                                                            Very truly yours,



                                                            Mark Rumley