FOIA Request to Town of Jonesville regarding vendor payment registers on February 1, 2026.
A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was submitted to the Town of Jonesville, North Carolina, seeking access to specific financial records. The request, sent by Yadkin Valley News, aims to obtain the city’s vendor payment register for the immediately preceding calendar month. This request is made under the North Carolina Public Records Law, G.S. §132-1.
The requested records include detailed information about payments made by the city. Specifically, it seeks to obtain the names of vendors paid by the city, dates and amounts of these payments, and descriptions of goods or services purchased. The purpose of this request is to gather information that holds public interest and can be disseminated to inform citizens about local governmental affairs.
The requester emphasized that they are seeking existing records only and do not require the creation of new documents. Additionally, if any part of this request is denied or withheld, they have asked for a specific statutory basis for such denial along with all reasonably segregable portions of the records.
As a member of the media and part of The Coalition Opposing Governmental Secrecy—a non-profit organization dedicated to investigating governmental agencies—the requester has also sought a fee waiver due to their role in gathering and reporting news for public transparency.
For more information about The Coalition Opposing Governmental Secrecy, please visit their website at https://stopsecrecy.org/about/.
Our team will continue to keep you updated as we gather and report news related to this request and other matters of public interest. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need further clarification regarding this matter.
