Fl Senate Chief of Staff

Dear Mr. Holloway:

The Senate received your public records request dated August 9, 2023, for the following:

· “All human resource complaints, allegations of misconduct, determinations of misconduct, investigations, communications or inquiries, either resolved or pending (to the extent they are public record pursuant to FL. Stat. Ch. 119) which reference, are related to, or otherwise involve Kathy Mears during the entire tenure of her employment in the Florida Senate.

· If no such complaints exist, or if a complaint is not found due to the necessity of redacting information pursuant to public records exemptions, then the request should also include all human resource complaints, allegations of misconduct, determinations of misconduct, investigations, communications or inquiries, either resolved or pending (to the extent they are public record pursuant to FL. Stat. Ch. 119) which originated during-or involve staff of the Office of the Senate President who served during-the tenure of President Wilton Simpson or the 2 years prior to his service as Senate President (2018-2022).”

A response to this request will be given in a reasonable amount of time. Should this request result in an extensive use of Senate information technology resources, clerical or supervisory assistance, an extensive use fee estimate will be provided for approval prior to processing the request.

The Senate provides this response pursuant to Article 1, Section 24 of the Florida Constitution, section 11.0431, Florida Statutes, and Senate Rule 1.48. Under Article 1, Section 24(c) of the Florida Constitution, each house of the Legislature is exclusively authorized to adopt rules governing the enforcement of the maintenance, control and disposition of public records with respect to their own public records.

The Senate will be in contact should any additional information be needed. Otherwise, a notification will be sent once the records are ready for release.

Sincerely,

Michelle

Michelle Perez
Public Records Manager
Office of the Senate General Counsel
302 The Capitol
404 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100
Phone: (850) 487-5237
Fax: (850) 487-6444