FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

 

                                                                                     

The above-captioned matter was scheduled for hearing as a contested case on October 7, 2009, at which time both the complainant and the respondent appeared and presented testimony and argument on the complaint. Following this process, the parties agreed with each other to hold an off the record settlement conference without the presence of the hearing officer.

 

After the settlement conference, the parties presented the hearing officer with a proposed settlement, which included the following terms:

 

1)  Henceforth, the respondent will, as a good practice, respond to records requests within four days, even if she does not maintain the requested record. Her response will be a letter that acknowledges the request, and states that a search will be done and that a report will be furnished to the requestor.

 

2)  The respondent will attend a Freedom of Information Act training session by December 31, 2009. The training session will be conducted either by the Corporation Counsel’s Office of the City of Hartford or by the Freedom of Information Commission.

 

3)  Based upon these representations, the complainant informed the Commission that he wished to withdraw his complaint in the above captioned matter.

 

The Commission takes administrative notice of the complainant’s withdrawal and recommends the following orders on the basis of the record:

 

1.      Based on the withdrawal of the complaint, the case is hereby dismissed.

 

2.  The Commission warmly commends the parties on having reached a settlement in this matter without full adjudication.

 

 

Approved by Order of the Freedom of Information Commission at its regular meeting of November 18, 2009.

 

 

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Petrea A. Jones

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:

 

Angel Morales

49 Margarita Drive

Hartford, CT 06106

 

Registrar of Voters, City of Hartford

c/o Lori Mizerak, Esq.

Office of the Corporation Counsel

City of Hartford

550 Main Street

Hartford, CT 06103

 

 

 

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Petrea A. Jones

Acting Clerk of the Commission

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIC/2009-283FD/paj/11/20/2009