Creation of Permit Center Administrative Department, Danbury, CT

Kevin Paige filed this request with the City Council of Danbury, CT.
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From: Kevin Paige

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

A recent change in the City of Danbury website has restricted the ability to search prior meetings. That being said, I would like copies of all minutes and agendas for public meetings that discuss the creation of the Department of Permit Coordination by the City Council for the calendar years of 2003 and 2004. Additionally, can links to video and/or audio of said meetings be provided as those search links are no longer valid after the new website launch on or about October 1, 2022.

I also request that, if possible and pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-212(d), fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest and not made for commercial gain. The requested documents will be processed by a representative of the news media/press and made available to the public at MuckRock.com.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 4 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Kevin Paige

From: City Council

Mr. Paige-

Your request below was received. Note that the City recently set up a new
website and meeting agendas and minutes from the City's boards and
commissions are in the process of being added. The Council agendas and
meeting minutes have now been added as of 2003. Meeting recording archives
started in 2013, although the City may be able to retrieve recordings from
2012, so there are no meeting recordings from 2003-2004.

Please advise if you are now going to search for "all minutes and agendas
for public meetings that discuss the creation of the Department of Permit
Coordination by the City Council for the calendar years of 2003 and 2004"
or if you are requesting that the City conduct said search.

Sincerely,

Dianne Rosemark

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Vinny DiGilio <v.digilio@danbury-ct.gov>
Date: Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 9:05 AM
Subject: Fwd: Connecticut Freedom of Information Act Request: Creation of
Permit Center Administrative Department, Danbury, CT
To: Dianne Rosemark <d.rosemark@danbury-ct.gov>, Les Pinter <
l.pinter@danbury-ct.gov>

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From: <requests@muckrock.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 7:52 AM
Subject: Connecticut Freedom of Information Act Request: Creation of Permit
Center Administrative Department, Danbury, CT
To: <v.digilio@danbury-ct.gov>

City Council
FOIA Office
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Danbury, CT 06810
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October 20, 2022

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request
the following records:

A recent change in the City of Danbury website has restricted the ability
to search prior meetings. That being said, I would like copies of all
minutes and agendas for public meetings that discuss the creation of the
Department of Permit Coordination by the City Council for the calendar
years of 2003 and 2004. Additionally, can links to video and/or audio of
said meetings be provided as those search links are no longer valid after
the new website launch on or about October 1, 2022.

I also request that, if possible and pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. §
1-212(d), fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public
interest and not made for commercial gain. The requested documents will be
processed by a representative of the news media/press and made available to
the public at MuckRock.com.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform
me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer
the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or
CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I
look forward to receiving your response to this request within 4 business
days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Kevin Paige

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Thank you,

Vinny DiGilio
President
City Council

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Dianne Rosemark
Assistant Corporation Counsel
City of Danbury
203-797-4518

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information from the Office of Danbury Corporation Counsel. This
information is intended for the use of the person named and is to be read
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From: Kevin Paige

Dianne,
I am happy to hear that the historical data for searches is being migrated to the new website. It has some very user friendly new features and I am always excited by technology.

In this case, I would prefer the City respond to the request. I feel that the City has more information and timeline to be able to retrieve the documents requested.

I also would like Corporation Counsel to be familiar with this material.

Thanks for your attention to this matter.

Kevin Paige

From: City Council

We will need approximately 30 days to respond to your request.

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Dianne Rosemark
Assistant Corporation Counsel
City of Danbury
203-797-4518

The information contained in this message is confidential and privileged
information from the Office of Danbury Corporation Counsel. This
information is intended for the use of the person named and is to be read
only by the person to whom it was addressed. If you are not the intended
recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of
this information is prohibited. If you have received this message in error,
please notify the sender immediately.

From: Kevin Paige

Dianne,
I understand the amount of information you must have to go through to make a complete response. Thank you for your time on this matter.

Kevin Paige

From: Kevin Paige

Dianne, do you have an updated response available?

Kevin Paige

From: City Council

Mr. Paige- attached are agendas and minutes of the City Council for years
2003 and 2004 that are responsive to your request below. As I indicated to
you previously on October 25, 2022, we have no meeting recordings from
2003-2004.

Sincerely,

Dianne Rosemark
June04.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WGFaI_I1NmoA5sRshJymsWG5HOqK-YYM/view?usp=drive_web>
June 2004 CC meeting agenda.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iXsRHkVeCFkCORU3J3-bu38BjqppIxvF/view?usp=drive_web>
May03.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TDSXSCjdjHMlwVHQaw3_AbTg50fkiShy/view?usp=drive_web>
May04.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OCtHKzOeWaKFO0rKRsfTj1JgJgeoX-Ty/view?usp=drive_web>
May 2003 CC meeting agenda.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RueZ1mz7tM47DVstCVYVhW8Dh8hBYcXB/view?usp=drive_web>
May 2004 CC meeting agenda.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mSWECj7p2gWiRyCbroQNvJ_tte8DSJ_R/view?usp=drive_web>

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Dianne Rosemark
Assistant Corporation Counsel
City of Danbury
203-797-4518

The information contained in this message is confidential and privileged
information from the Office of Danbury Corporation Counsel. This
information is intended for the use of the person named and is to be read
only by the person to whom it was addressed. If you are not the intended
recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of
this information is prohibited. If you have received this message in error,
please notify the sender immediately.

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