Request for e-mails of Emil Norby a.k.a Mo Norby
| Submitted | Feb. 8, 2024 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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Communications
From: John Brannon
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Wisconsin Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
All e-mails sent by and received by Emil Norby, a.k.a. Mo Norby, between August 1, 2023, and February 1, 2024, from any county e-mail addresses that Norby had use of or access to in his official capacity as an employee of Polk County. Additionally, all text messages were sent and received from Norby's county-owned cell phone during this period.
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 10 business days.
Sincerely,
John Brannon
From: Polk County Government
Hello,
Your request for an open record request has been received by the Polk County Government Center. If there are any questions regarding your open record requests we will reach out to you.
Best,
Polk County Department of Administration
From: Polk County Government
Hello,
Your request for an open record request has been received by the Polk County Government Center. If there are any questions regarding your open record requests we will reach out to you.
Best,
Polk County Department of Administration
From: Polk County Government
Good morning Mr. Brannon,
This correspondence is in response to your January 9th, 2023 submission to our website’s open records request form, in which you requested from Polk County the opportunity to review “all e-mails sent by and received by Emil Norby, a.k.a. Mo Norby, between August 1, 2023, and February 1, 2024, from any county e-mail addresses that Norby had use of or access to in his official capacity as an employee of Polk County.” You made an additional request in the same submission for “all text messages were sent and received from Norby's county-owned cell phone during this period.”
I’m writing back to you just to confirm the intent behind your request and make sure I’m on the same page as you. As I understand it, your request is for “any and all emails and text messages in the custody of Polk County that were sent and received by Email Norby, from August 1, 2023 to February 1, 2024.” Our public records law in the State Statutes provides us with the policy we follow for providing persons with information regarding the affairs of government and the official acts of those officers and employees who represent them. Wisconsin State Statute 19.35(1)(h) specifies that the request must have a “reasonable limitation as to subject matter” and “length of time represented by the record”. If I am understanding your request correctly, then I believe it is unreasonable as to subject matter.
If you could provide me with some more information about the records that you’re looking for, I would be happy to work with you to establish a reasonable limitation as to subject matter. What I’m looking for to begin processing your request is what the emails you are looking for are regarding, such as “any and all emails and text messages in the Custody of Polk County that were sent and received by Emil Norby, from August 1, 2023 to February 1, 2024, regarding the Government Center renovations.”
Please let me know… thanks! 😊
Claire Johnson, Communications and Public Information Specialist
She/Her
Polk County Department of Administration
100 Polk Plaza, Suite 221
Balsam Lake, WI 54810
•: 715-485-9267 / •: claire.johnson@polkcountywi.gov<mailto:claire.johnson@polkcountywi.gov>
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