FOIA Request to Town of Pollocksville regarding vendor payment registers on February 1, 2026.
A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was submitted by Old North News to the Town of Pollocksville on February 1, 2026. The request seeks access to the town’s vendor payment register for the immediately preceding calendar month. This inquiry is made under the North Carolina Public Records Law, G.S. §132-1., with a preference for receiving the information in electronic format.
The requested records include details such as the names of vendors paid by the city, dates and amounts of 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. It is emphasized that this request pertains only to existing records and does not require the creation of new documents.
Old North News has also indicated that if any part of this request is denied or withheld, they seek a specific statutory basis for such denial and ask for all reasonably segregable portions of the records to be released. As a media organization dedicated to transparency and accountability in public institutions, Old North News requests a fee waiver based on their role in gathering and reporting news.
The requestor is affiliated with The Coalition Opposing Governmental Secrecy, a non-profit organization that aids media companies and advocacy groups in investigating governmental agencies through FOIA and Sunshine Laws. More information about this coalition can be found 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.
