Communications, Technology, and Procedural Consultant Contract
| Submitted | June 17, 2021 |
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From: Northwestside Coalition
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records:
In our previous request “Library Proposals 5-2021“ the proposal sent by Steven Yasell's Yissilmissil Productions was dated 5-18-2021*. It is unclear as to how this proposal was solicited by the Niles-Maine District Library Board and why.
We request any and all written records and communications (including but not limited to hard-copy documents, memos, emails, text messages, word processor documents, PDF documents, PowerPoint files, etc.) regarding the “Communications, Technology and Procedural Consultant” contract between January 1, 2021 and the date this request is processed (inclusive of those dates). This includes emails and text messages on privately owned devices.**
*https://www.muckrock.com/foi/niles-8224/library-proposals-5-2021-113015
**City of Champaign v. Madigan, 2013 IL App (4th) 120662, 992 N.E.2d 629, 372 Ill. Dec. 787; see also Public Access Opinion 16-006
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Northwestside Coalition
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 17, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Niles-maine District Library
To Whom It May Concern,
Find the attached response to your FOIA request dated June 17, 2021.
FOIA Officer
Niles-Maine District Library
From: Northwestside Coalition
Via email on 8/24/21:
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On Aug 24, 2021, at 8:59 AM, Mallory A. Milluzzi <mamilluzzi@ktjlaw.com> wrote:
Mr. Sutherland,
Enclosed is a supplemental response to your June 17, 2021 FOIA request for “any and all written records and communications regarding the “Communications, Technology and Procedural Consultant” contract between January 1, 2021 and the date this request is processed.”
Certain information was redacted pursuant to Section 7(1)(b) of FOIA, specifically personal email addresses, policy numbers and signatures. The undersigned is responsible for this partial denial.
You have a right to have the denial of your request reviewed by the Public Access Counselor (PAC) at the Office of the Illinois Attorney General. 5 ILCS 140/9.5(a). You can file your Request for Review with the PAC by writing to:
Public Access Counselor
Office of the Attorney General
500 South 2nd Street
Springfield, Illinois 62706
Fax: 217-782-1396
E-mail: publicaccess@atg.state.il.us
You also have the right to seek judicial review of your denial by filing a lawsuit in the State circuit court. 5 ILCS 140/11.
If you choose to file a Request for Review with the PAC, you must do so within sixty (60) calendar days of the date of this denial letter. 5 ILCS 140/9.5(a). Please note that you must include a copy of your original FOIA request and this denial letter when filing a Request for Review with the PAC.
From: Northwestside Coalition
On Jul 6, 2021, at 2:04 PM, nwscoalition wrote:
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Hello Public Access Counselor,
I am requesting for review a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that came back as “no responsive records”. We have good reason to believe that such records should exist and there are library board trustees who are evading transparency.
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records:
In our previous request “Library Proposals 5-2021“ the proposal sent by Steven Yasell's Yissilmissil Productions was dated 5-18-2021*. It is unclear as to how this proposal was solicited by the Niles-Maine District Library Board and why.
We request any and all written records and communications (including but not limited to hard-copy documents, memos, emails, text messages, word processor documents, PDF documents, PowerPoint files, etc.) regarding the “Communications, Technology and Procedural Consultant” contract between January 1, 2021 and the date this request is processed (inclusive of those dates). This includes emails and text messages on privately owned devices.**
*https://www.muckrock.com/foi/niles-8224/library-proposals-5-2021-113015
**City of Champaign v. Madigan, 2013 IL App (4th) 120662, 992 N.E.2d 629, 372 Ill. Dec. 787; see also Public Access Opinion 16-006
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Northwestside Coalition
Muckrock link:
https://www.muckrock.com/foi/niles-8224/communications-technology-and-procedural-consultant-contract-114297/
Thank you for your attention to this matter,
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