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FOI #19-013 (01-15-19, 3:22 pm) - Subject - Janitorial Services for University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut - LM040115-1
Name - Matthew Cronin
Affiliation - Owens, Renz & Lee Co., Inc. dba Owens Realty Services
I am requesting copies of all submitted proposals and Current Contract including all amendments and/or modifications for "Request for Qualifications for Janitorial Services for University of Connecticut - LM040115-1"
1. The revenue-and-expenses report completed by the athletic department for the National Collegiate Athletic Association for the 2018 fiscal year. It is a multi-page document that was due to be filed with the NCAA on Jan. 15, 2019. It contains more than 40 revenue and expense categories, followed by specific breakdowns of each of those categories, by sport and gender. I am requesting the full report, including the detail tables and the entire Statement of Revenues and Expenses that appears at the end of the report. PLEASE NOTE: The NCAA report is different than the equity report that is sent to the U.S. Department of Education for Title IX compliance.
2. The current contract for the men’s and women’s basketball head coaches. I would like a copy of the contracts and all amendments and/or addenda, as well as a statement of the coaches’ current base salary and other contractual compensation for the 2018-19 season if it is not stated in the contract.
--If a contract is under negotiation, please forward the current agreement but let me know that a new one may be forthcoming.
--If there is no contract, please forward the letter of intent or other document(s) outlining the coach’s conditions of employment -- including bonus structure -- and/or a current statement of salary.
3. The most recent athletically related outside-income report for the men’s and women’s basketball head coach. This is a document that athletics personnel use to report income earned from sources other than the university. If the university has not yet resumed collecting these documents, which again are required under an NCAA rules change in August 2018, please state that in the response to this request.
All documents pertaining to the Ryan Residency program pertaining to the accreditation, all affiliation agreements with local clinics/hospitals, insurance paid out or not, all resident rotation sites and all rotation agreements.
Pursuant to the state open records act, I request:
1a. A GIS, KLM, shapefile or other digital geographical record that reflects the most recent jurisdiction boundaries in which the law enforcement agency affiliated with your institution has the ability to engage in law enforcement activities such as traffic stops.
1b. If such a digital geographical record is not available, a visual record similarly reflecting said jurisdiction boundaries will suffice. For instance: a photo of a map of your municipality or county, placed on a PDF page, with clearly displayed boundary lines present on the map photo reflecting where the LEA affiliated with the requested institution of higher education can engage in law enforcement activities such as traffic stops.
1c. If such a visual record is not available, I request this public body provide me a description of where the above mentioned jurisdiction boundary lines lie - boundary lines reflecting where the LEA affiliated with the requested institution of higher education can engage in law enforcement activities such as traffic stops. If such a description can only be provided via the provision of a tangible record (rather than abstract information), I request you provide me such a record in whatever manner is most cost-effective to me, be it one page or a multi-paged file.
1. Data pertaining to CMHC health care staff turnover rates, including but not limited to the number of employees entering CMHC service and the number of employees leaving CMHC service each year by year from 2008 to the present.
2. The aggregate number of CMHC health care staff working in DOC facilities on January 1st of each year or any fixed annual date, categorized by job classification, from 2008 to the present.
3. The aggregate number of DOC inmates on January 1st of each year or any fixed annual date from 2008 to the present.
4. The cost of inmate health care services by year from 2008 to the present. If possible, provide the cost of health care services provided to inmates by UConn Health staff categorized by year and service provided (i.e. mental health, medical, etc.) from 2008 to the present.
5. The total annual cost of litigation for claims brought against CMHC/DOC by DOC inmates pertaining to health care services, including but not limited to settlement costs, attorney’s fees, and any other associated costs, by year from 2008 to the present.
6. The total number of workman’s compensation claims made by CMHC staff working in DOC Facilities by year as well as the total annual costs of litigation for workman’s compensation claims made by CMHC staff working in DOC facilities by year from 2008 to the present.
7. Quarterly overtime and mandatory overtime reports for CMHC staff working in DOC facilities by year from 2008 to the present.
8. Number of inmate deaths categorized by year and cause of death (i.e. natural causes, suicide, untimely death, etc.) from 2008 to the present.
9. Number of inmates categorized as mental health 3’s, 4’s, and 5’s by year from 2008 to the present.
10. Recidivism statistics by year from 2008 to the present.
11. Number of medical & mental health grievances filed by inmates by year from 2008 to the present.
12. Total hours of sick time used by CMHC staff working in DOC facilities by year from 2008 to the present.
13. Number of assaults on CMHC health care staff by DOC inmates by year from 2008 to the present.