March 10, 2015
Middleton Rural Fire District
Attn: Records Custodian
302 Star Blvd,
Middleton, ID 83644
RE: Public Records Request
Dear Records Custodian,
I am writing to you as administrator for [Link], a good government
and transparency website based in Middleton. Pursuant to I.C. 9-338, et seq., of the Idaho
Code, I would like to respectfully request you provide copies of all documents listed below:
1. Annual salary amounts for all full-time and part-time district employees for the
past 10 years.
2. Yearly audited financial statements for each year dating back to 2000.
3. Monthly approved expense reports for the past 12 months.
4. Annual budgets from FY 2000 to FY 2009.
With regard to the above request, please use the following definitions:
1)
Document
. The term document means all writings of every kind pertaining to the
subject matter of this request, including, but not limited to, the original or a true and
correct copy of all records, letters, correspondence, emails, facsimiles, appointment
books, diaries, files, notes, statements, memoranda, reports, reports on
investigations, budgets, estimates, projections, telegrams, summaries, memoranda
or minutes of meetings, conferences and telephone calls, receipts, written reports or
opinions of investigators or experts, status reports, drawings, charts, photographs,
negatives, brochures, lists, schedules, manuals, manuals used by investigators,
expense accounts, financial statements, invoices, check stubs, tax returns, estimates,
inventories, contracts, agreements, drafts, working papers, tapes, data sheets, or
data processing matter, including data recorded and/or stored electronically,
however produced or reproduced, within your possession or subject to your control,
of which you have knowledge or to which you now have or have had access, or of
which any of your agents, employees, attorneys, accountants, or consultants have
knowledge.
2)
You
. You means the records custodian of the agency to which this request letter is
addressed, and your past or present attorneys, agents, employees, officers,
representatives, adjusters, investigators, and any other person who is in
possession, or who has obtained, generated, or reviewed the requested documents.
With further regard to the above request, it is preferred that the documents be emailed to
me as [Adobe Portable Document Format (.pdf)/Microsoft Excel (.xls)/Comma-Separated
Values (.csv)] files. If the documents are not available in [.pdf/.xls/.csv] format, then paper
format would be the next best option.
In the event that this records request is denied in whole or in part, then as required by I.C.
9-339(3) and I.C. 9-339(4), please provide a written notice of the denial or partial denial that:
1)
2)
States that the attorney for the public agency or independent public body corporate
and politic has reviewed the request or states that the public agency or independent
public body corporate and politic has had an opportunity to consult with an attorney
regarding the request for examination or copying of a record and has chosen not to
do so; AND
Indicates the statutory authority for the denial and indicates clearly my right to
appeal the denial or partial denial and the time periods for doing so.
Thank you for your assistance, and if you have any questions about this public records
request or if you need any clarification regarding the documents being sought, please call me at
208.901.2696 , or email me at DustinHurst1@[Link].
Sincerely,
Dustin Hurst
Dustin Hurst
Administrator
[Link]
