FREEDOM
OF INFORMATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT
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Donald T. Hogan, |
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Complainant |
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Docket #FIC 2000-286 |
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Chairman, Building
Committee, Plymouth |
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Respondents |
December 13, 2000 |
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A civil
penalty hearing in the above-captioned matter was scheduled to be heard on October 18, 2000, at which time the
complainant and the Town of Plymouth (who was granted intervenor status by the
Hearing Officer in this matter) appeared and agreed to resolve the complaint
without the need for a further hearing. Specifically,
counsel for the Town of Plymouth agreed to assist the complainant in
ascertaining the balance in the Plymouth Center School Building Fund, and the
complainant agreed to accept his assistance.
The following order by the Commission is hereby recommended on the basis of the record concerning the above-captioned complaint:
1. The Commission strongly reprimands the respondent in this matter for his failure to attend any of the Commission’s proceedings in this case.
2. In light of the agreement reached by the complainant and the Town of Plymouth, described above, the Commission in its discretion will not impose a civil penalty against the respondent in this matter.
Approved by Order of the Freedom of Information Commission at its regular meeting of December 13, 2000.
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Dolores E. Tarnowski
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:
Donald T. Hogan
290 Harwinton Avenue
PO Box 13
Plymouth, CT 06782-0013
Chairman, Building Committee
Plymouth Public Schools
c/o William Allread
24 Makara Street
Terryville, CT 06786-6610
Town of Plymouth
c/o William A. Hamzy, Esq.
140 Farmington Avenue
Bristol, CT 06010
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Dolores E. Tarnowski
Clerk of the Commission