FREEDOM
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In the Matter of a Complaint by |
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Stephen J. Link, |
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Complainant |
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Docket #FIC1999-400 |
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Chairman, Police Commission, |
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Respondents |
March 22, 2000 |
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The above-captioned matter was scheduled to be heard as a contested
case on February 17, 2000 at 10:00 A.M., at which time the respondent appeared
but the complainant did not.
The following order by the Commission is hereby recommended on the
basis of the record concerning the above-captioned complaint:
1. The complaint is hereby dismissed.
2. The Commission
wishes to admonish the complainant for his failure to appear at the hearing in
this matter, which failure resulted in a waste of the scarce resources of this
Commission, as well as the time and effort of the respondent.
Moreover, the Commission wishes
to remind the complainant that, pursuant to §1-206(b)(2),G.S. [formerly §1-21i(b)(2),
G.S.], if it finds that a
person has taken an appeal frivolously, without reasonable grounds and solely
for the purpose of harassing the agency from which the appeal has been taken,
it may, after providing the person with an opportunity to be heard, impose
against such person a civil penalty of not less than twenty dollars nor more
than one thousand dollars.
3. The Commission shall
take administrative notice of the final decision in this matter in the event
that the complainant files subsequent complaints.
Approved by Order of the Freedom of Information Commission at its regular meeting of
March 22, 2000.
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Melanie R. Balfour
Acting Clerk of the Commission
PURSUANT TO SECTION 4-180(c), G.S., THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NAMES OF EACH PARTY AND THE MOST RECENT MAILING ADDRESS, PROVIDED TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION, OF THE PARTIES OR THEIR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE.
THE PARTIES TO THIS CONTESTED CASE ARE:
Stephen J. Link
PO Box 316
Monroe, CT 06468
Chairman, Police Commission, Town of Milford
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Melanie R. Balfour
Acting Clerk of the Commission
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