Wilson's Original Letter and list of questions can be found here:
http://www.middletowninsider.com/2013/01/we-need-your-help.html
On Fri, 1/11/13, Russo-Driska, Sandra
From: Russo-Driska, Sandra
MiddletownCT.gov>
Subject: FW: FOI Reuest - William Wilson
To: "'William wilson'"
Cc: "Russo, Guy"
Date: Friday, January 11, 2013, 4:14 PM
Bill,
This was apparently sent via interoffice email, however, due to an apparent glitch at our end, I do not have it in my FOI folder, sent box, or deleted box. I apologize. Here is Director Russo's response to your FOI request.
Let me know if you need further assistance.
Sandra Russo-Driska
Town Clerk
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From: Russo, Guy
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 4:09 PM
To: Russo-Driska, Sandra
Cc: DeSena, Linda
Subject: FW: FOI Reuest - William Wilson
Memo: Original here: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1OYjxtLEgUwMFJNck10b01SeFU/edit
To: Sandra Driska-Russo, City and Town Clerk
From: Guy P. Russo, Director of Water & Sewer
Date: December 21, 2012
Re: William Wilson, FOI Request of December 18, 2012
Please note that in response to item numbers 1 – 4 of the subject FOI Request, that the Water & Sewer Department Offers the following:
1.How many discharges from the sewer treatment located at 100 River Road have there been in the last 5 years? How many gallons per discharge into the Connecticut River during that time? Please provide any DEP reports of spillage & discharge for the last 5 years.
1) The Water and Sewer Department has a total of 219 pages of paper reports filed with DEEP (nee DEP) addressing this information request. We request prepayment of reproduction costs at the rate of $0.50/page, for a total of $109.50. Please advise if this is acceptable to the requester, and if so when prepayment has been received by your office, and we will provide the copies. Please advise.
2. Please provide me the relevant reports to disclose any and all spills into the Connecticut River stemming from Middletown's sewage treatment plant and relevant systems dating back five years. Have there been any other spills as documented by the City of Middletown into the Connecticut river where sewage has been discharged or overflowed? Please provide any and all bypass reports.
2) The Water and Sewer Department has a total of 9 pages of paper reports filed with DEEP (nee DEP) addressing this information request. We request prepayment of reproduction costs at the rate of $0.50/page, for a total of $4.50. Please advise if this is acceptable to the requester, and if so when prepayment has been received by your office, and we will provide the copies. Please advise.
3. Please provide documentation to answer the following question: Have there been any fines due to discharges or spills during the past five years to the Water and Sewer department? If so, when, why and for what amount?
3) The Water and Sewer Department has no documents responsive to this request.
4.Please provide information regarding billing oversight at the Water & Sewer department. How many billing complaints have been filed in the past five years? How many customers have been misbilled? Please provide a record of this and the remedy.
4) With regards to this inquiry, I request that Mr. Wilson be asked for specifics as I am not sure what more specific documents/reports he is looking for. If there are specific reports or documents, I will then be able to adequately respond. Additionally, some of this request would involve the creation of documents/reports that do not exist. Please inquire of Mr. Wilson as to how he would like to proceed.
Cc: Mayor Daniel Drew Timothy Lynch, City Attorney
If Mr. Wilson believes he should have been provided documents and wasn't,and that he did not receive a timely response, he should have filed a complaint with the Freedom of Information Commission.
ReplyDeleteWhile on the topic of transparency, and public documents, the BOE is approving the Superintendent's budget tonight. But where's the budget? It's not on their agenda, it's not on their web site. These are the same people who ran on a platform of transparency. They get a failing grade.
ReplyDeleteThe memo from W&S looks like Mr. Russo did meet the FOI time requirement and Ms. Russo-Driska admits to dropping the ball on her end.
ReplyDeleteSorry but no cigar:
ReplyDeleteEvidence shows Russo in facted dropped the ball. He did not respond to the FOI until January 11 as shown by date from the email- Does not matter as Wilson delivered copies of this letter in person anyway. Ms. Driska did her job just fine.
From: Russo, Guy
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 4:09 PM
To: Russo-Driska, Sandra
Cc: DeSena, Linda
Subject: FW: FOI Reuest - William Wilson
So what is the city doing to reimburse the citizens who have been overbilled?? It has certainly happened. I'm a house of one, with normal water use. I have relatives who have triple the ampunt of water use than me, whose bill was less!! (no, I have no leaks, and my house is very well maintained, no plumbing issues!)
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