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FOI #24-557 (12-5-24, 10:28 am)

Athletics Contracts

Name: James Reilly

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: I hope this message finds you well. I am requesting an opportunity to obtain copies of the following public records: most updated long-form employment contracts, appointment letters, and 24-25 salary information for women's basketball coaching staff members:

Chris Dailey - Associate Head Coach
Jamelle Elliott - Assistant Coach
Morgan Valley - Assistant Coach
Tonya Cardoza - Assistant Coach
Sarah Darras - Asst. AD for WBB
Ben Kantor - Assistant Coach
Carley Mooney - Dir. of Recruiting
Peggy Myers - Program Asst.
Andrea Hudy - S&C

In the event that a long form employment contract or appointment letter does not exist for any member of the women’s basketball staff, I am requesting the following public records:

- any applicable university payroll record or other record which contains the 2024-25 salary information for any member of the women’s basketball staff.

If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me of the cost. However, I would also like to request a waiver of all fees in that the disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest. If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.

Thank you for considering my request.

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FOI #24-554 (12-3-24, 10:19 am)

Copies of contracts between University of Fisher Philips Law Firm

Name: David Amdur

Affiliation: UConn AAUP

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 10/01/2024

Request Date End: 12/31/2024

Details: The UConn-AAUP is requesting copies of contracts between the University and Fisher Philips Law Firm of Boston Massachusetts to negotiate

1-2025 successor agreement between the UConn-AAUP and the University.

2-2025 successor agreement between the University of Connecticut Professional Employees AFT Local 3695 and the University

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FOI #24-553 (12-3-24, 9:44 am)

Copies of contracts and final reports between UConn and Huron Consulting

Name: David Amdur

Affiliation: UConn AAUP

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 07/01/2003

Request Date End: 12/31/2024

Details: The UConn-AAUP is requesting copies of all contracts between UConn and Huron Consulting, as well as any and all final reports by Huron for work done.

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FOI #24-552

Certified Payroll Records

Name: Hope Redding

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: • Allied Well Drilling for all weeks worked
• DGI Technologies for Wk ending 8.11.24 through to the present
• Ferguson Electric for Wk ending 10.19.24 through to the present
• Ferguson Mechanical HVAC for Wk ending 10.19.24 through to the present
• Ferguson Mechanical PLMB for Wk ending 10.19.24 through to the present
• Mackenzie Painting for Wk ending 10.22.24 through to the present
• Professional Drywall Construction for Wk ending 10.5.24 through to the present

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FOI #24-551 (12-2-24, 5:08 pm)

Copies of the agreement with and solicitation with Campus Bookstore Consultants

Name: Darren Croom

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 12/02/2024

Request Date End: 12/14/2024

Details: Please provide all records concerning the University's agreement/contract and solicitation for services with Campus Bookstore Consulting

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FOI #24-550

FOIA Request Legal Communication Received McIntosh Estate

Name: Sarah Eibling

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: This firm represents FCA US LLC ("FCA US") in connection with the above-referenced claim. This is a request under the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act (Chapter 14 Conn. Gen. Stats.) for copies of documents related to this claim and an incident that allegedly occurred on Sunday, August 27, 2023, at approximately I 0:00 p.m., involving Kellen McIntosh ("McIntosh") and a 20I0 Jeep Wrangler Sahara (VIN: IJ4HA5H I 3ALI 02400) (the "Incident"), whereby McIntosh was pinned against a building in a residence hall area, suffered injuries and subsequently passed away on September 4, 2023.

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FOI #24-549 (12-1-24, 10:44 pm)

UMass-UConn trophy

Name: Grant Salzano

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 08/01/2024

Request Date End: 12/02/2024

Details: Any and all correspondence including emails, phone records, memoranda and other materials involving University of Connecticut personnel involved in discussing any trophy being awarded in connection with the recently played UConn-UMass football contest.

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FOI #24-548 (11-26-24, 3:28 pm)

Athletic emplyee contract

Name: Eben Novy-Williams

Affiliation: Sportico

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 01/01/2024

Request Date End: 11/26/2024

Details: Pursuant to the state's open records laws, I am requesting a copy of the most recent employment contract, plus any MOUs or addendums, for head basketball coach Dan Hurley. Thank you.

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FOI #24-547 (11-22-24, 7:23 am)

Improving America's School Act of 1994 : Strategy for Combatting the Hateful and Racist "White Replacement Theory"

Name: Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W

Affiliation: Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W ORCID.: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5780-6457

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: 11/21/2024

Details: What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing [1] your discussions about Payton Gendron as a white supremacist who (i) had done a “high school project” that dealt with “murder-suicides” while he was attending Susquehanna Valley Central High School (located in Conklin, New York); (ii) was taken into custody by agents of the New York State Police (NYSP) under New York State Mental Health Law section 9.41 on (or around) June 08th 2021 while he was attending Susquehanna Valley Central High School; (iii) had been brainwashed and radicalized by the abhorrent “white replacement theory” when he committed the mass shooting, which targeted Black / African American people in Buffalo, New York on (or around) May 14th 2022; [2] your discussions about the decision of the Department of Education (DoED) to recognize that the rules and regulations governing the provisions of Improving America’s School Act (IASA) of 1994 “added a new subsection (h) regarding the treatment of disciplinary records, which states that nothing in FERPA prohibits an agency or institution from including in a student’s records appropriate information regarding disciplinary actions taken against the student for ‘conduct that posed a significant risk to the safety or well-being of that student, other students, or other members of the school community,’ or from disclosing that information to teachers and other school officials who have legitimate educational interest in the student’s behavior;” [3] the extent of your knowledge about the inquiries that were submitted to the Susquehanna Valley Central High School / Susquehanna Valley Board of Education citing the rules and regulations governing the provisions of the 1994 IASA given the May 14th 2022 mass-shooting perpetrated by white supremacist Payton Gendron; [4] the extent of your knowledge about the cooperation provided by Susquehanna Valley Central High School / Susquehanna Valley Board of Education to inquiries that explicitly cited the rules and regulations governing the provisions of the 1994 IASA given the May 14th 2022 mass-shooting perpetrated by white supremacist Payton Gendron; [5] your discussions about Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W as a Black Bachelor of Arts (B.A) Degree graduate of Westminster College (Fulton, Missouri) who is thoroughly convinced that Payton Gendron would not have (i) been brainwashed and radicalized by the detestable “white replacement theory” if he had visited the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) with an open mind while he was a student at Susquehanna Valley Central High School; (ii) perpetrated the May 14th 2022 mass-shooting in Buffalo, New York if he had visited the Smithsonian NMAI with an open mind while he was a student at Susquehanna Valley Central High School...

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FOI #24-545 (11-21-24, 10:43 am)

request for community standard investigation report and hearing report

Name: Student Student

Affiliation: university of Connecticut

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 12/02/2024

Request Date End: 05/06/2025

Details: I request a copy of all details of reports, investigations, meeting notes, findings, and results of case number 20240044 at community standards. Also, I request hearing report after it is finished in the second week of December 2024.

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