FREEDOM OF
INFORMATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF
CONNECTICUT
In the Matter of
a Complaint by FINAL
DECISION
Joseph Caprio,
Complainant
against Docket #FIC 86-89
Commissioner,
Department of Consumer Protection of the State of Connecticut,
Respondent May 14, 1986
The above-captioned matter was heard
as a contested case on April 18, 1986, at which time the complainant and the
respondent appeared and presented testimony, exhibits and argument on the
complaint.
After consideration of the entire
record, the following facts are found:
1. The
respondent is a public agency within the meaning of 1-18a(a), G.S.
2. By
letter dated March 25, 1986 the complainant made a request of the respondent
for minutes of the electrical heating and cooling board's meeting regarding the
case of John DeMarco, complaint No. 86-5.
The complainant also stated in his letter that he wanted "a copy of
the Dept. of Consumer Protection Investigator who work this case," and
posed questions regarding a Beatrice Wood.
3. On
or about March 29, 1986 the complainant forwarded a copy of his request letter
to the Commission to be treated as a complaint.
4. The
respondent provided the complainant with a copy of the minutes of the March 7,
1986 meeting of "the joint Boards of Electrical Examiners; Heating, Piping
& Cooling Examiners and Plumbing & Piping Examiners." Minutes of the meeting indicated that
Complaint No. 86-5 was reviewed and dismissed.
5. By
letter dated March 31, 1986 the respondent responded to the questions posed in
the complainant's March 25, 1986 letter to the extent that such questions could
be understood.
Docket #FIC
86-89 Page Two
6. It
is found that the respondent provided the complainant with prompt access to the
minutes requested in his March 25, 1986 letter. It is also found that the respondent's March 31, 1986 letter
indicates a willingness to exceed the requirements of the Freedom of
Information Act in responding to the complainant's requests and inquiries.
The following order by the
Commission is hereby recommended on the basis of the record concerning the
above-captioned complaint.
1. The
complaint is dismissed.
Approved by order of the Freedom of
Information Commission at its special meeting of May 14, 1986.
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Karen J.
Haggett
Clerk of the Commission