Freedom
of Information Commission
of
the State of Connecticut
In the Matter of a Complaint by Final
Decision
George W. Sicaras,
Complainant
against Docket
#FIC 1996-091
Hartford Corporation Counsel and
Finance Department, City of Hartford,
Respondents September
11, 1996
The
above-captioned matter was heard as a contested case on June 14, 1996, at which
time the complainant and the respondents appeared, stipulated to certain facts
and presented testimony, exhibits and argument on the complaint.
After
consideration of the entire record, the following facts are found and
conclusions of law are reached:
1. The respondents are public agencies within
the meaning of §1-18a(a), G.S.
2. By letter dated April 16 and filed April 17,
1996, the complainant appealed to the Commission alleging that the respondents
failed to comply with the Commission’s order to provide him with certain
records in contested case docket #FIC 1995-066, George W. Sicaras v. Finance
Department, City of Hartford (hereinafter #1995-66).
3. In its final decision in #1995-066, the
Commission ordered, in pertinent part:
The respondent shall
forthwith: (a) locate and retrieve the
microfilm records of the requested legal bills from 1987-1990, and provide the
complainant with photocopies of such records; and (b) provide the complainant
with unredacted copies of the requested billing records from 1990 forward, both
free of charge.
4. It is found that on February 26, 1996, the
respondents provided the complainant with the unredacted copies of the
requested billing records from 1990 forward, without charge.
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5. It is found that the respondents searched
for the microfilm records of the requested legal bills from 1987-1990 on a
computer index of such records using the vendor number assigned to the law firm
which had submitted the requested bills to the city.
6. It is found that the respondents conducted a
thorough search of the finance department’s microfilm records, which yielded
only one payment voucher responsive to the complainant’s request, and that the
respondents provided a copy of such voucher to the complainant on April 30,
1996, without charge.
7. It is concluded that the respondents have
complied with the Commission’s order in #1995-066.
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.
Approved
by Order of the Freedom of Information Commission at its regular meeting of
September 11, 1996.
__________________________
Elizabeth
A. Leifert
Acting Clerk of the
Commission
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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:
George
W. Sicaras
46
Bay Roc Road
Wethersfield,
CT 06109
Hartford Corporation Counsel and Finance Department,
City of Hartford
c/o
Karen Buffkin, Esq.
Office of Corporation Counsel
550 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103
__________________________
Elizabeth
A. Leifert
Acting
Clerk of the Commission