Due to public health concerns, CONTESTED CASE HEARINGS scheduled for the weeks of March 16 and March 23 are POSTPONED. The regular meeting of the FOI Commission scheduled for March 25, 2020, is CANCELED.

Final Decision FIC2015-789
In the Matter of a Complaint by
FINAL DECISION
Donald Sugalski,
     Complainant
     against
Docket #FIC 2015-789
Board of Commissioners, East Hartford
Housing Authority; and East Hartford
Housing Authority,
     Respondents
April 13, 2016

     The above-captioned matter was heard as a contested case on March 10, 2016, at which time the complainant and the respondents appeared and presented testimony, exhibits and argument on the above captioned complaint.  After the respondents provided the complainant with a copy of a record he had requested, the complainant stated that he wished to withdraw his complaint.
     The following orders by the Commission are hereby recommended on the basis of the record:
     1. Based on the withdrawal of the complaint, the case is hereby dismissed.
     2. Particularly because the parties are likely to continue to have substantial interaction concerning Freedom of Information Act issues, the Commission commends both parties for having reached a settlement without full adjudication and also expresses the hope that the parties will continue to attempt to mediate their differences in a good faith, collegial spirit.
Approved by Order of the Freedom of Information Commission at its regular meeting of April 13, 2016.
__________________________
Cynthia A. Cannata
Acting 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 Sugalski
1736 Main Street
East Hartford, CT  06108
Board of Commissioners, East Hartford Housing Authority;
and East Hartford Housing Authority
Ralph J. Alexander, Esq.
Willard & Alexander, LLC
225 Oakland Road
Suite 306
South Windsor, CT  06074
____________________________
Cynthia A. Cannata
Acting Clerk of the Commission
FIC/2015-789/FD/cac/4/13/2016