FREEDOM
OF INFORMATION COMMISSION
OF
THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT
In the Matter of a Complaint by FINAL
DECISION
Vincent D. Johnson,
Complainant
against Docket
#FIC 1997-304
Sharon Historic District Commission,
Town of Sharon,
Respondent February
11, 1998
The
above-captioned matter was scheduled to be heard as a contested case on
December 11, 1997, at which time the complainant and the respondent appeared in
order to present testimony and argument on the complaint. The caption shown
above has been amended in order to reflect the accurate legal name of the
respondent.
At an informal
conference prior to the December 11, 1997 hearing, the complainant and the
respondent reached the terms of an agreement in resolution of this contested
case. The parties agreed that there was a violation of the requirement to
timely file minutes in connection with the respondent’s meeting of August 26,
1997, that an amended complaint offered by the complainant would be made a part
of the record as complainant’s Exhibit A, and also that henceforth the
respondent will comply with the letter and the spirit of all aspects of the
Freedom of Information Act, including with reference to the timely filing of
minutes. Finally, the respondent and the complainant mutually agreed to work
toward a relationship of confidence and cordiality in their shared involvement
in town governance.
Based upon this
agreement, the complainant informed the Commission that he wished to withdraw
his complaint.
The
Commission warmly commends both the complainant and the respondent for working
successfully to negotiate a non-litigated settlement of their earlier
differences.
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
February 11, 1998.
_________________________
Doris V. Luetjen
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:
Vincent D. Johnson
Ellsworth
P.O. Box 1151
Sharon, CT 06069
Sharon Historic District Commission, Town of
Sharon
c/o Judith Dixon
Dixon and Brooks, P.C.
45 Center Street
Winsted, CT 06098
__________________________
Doris V. Luetjen
Acting Clerk of the Commission
FIC1997-304/FD/tcg/02111998