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Council authorizes up to $500 to fulfill FOIA about Juneteenth vendor payment amid missing application and contract
Summary
Council voted to pay up to $500 to satisfy a FOIA request seeking records about a $20,000 payment for the town’s planned Juneteenth event; staff reported no H-tax application or contract in town files and said a demand letter was received in December.
The Blythewood town council voted Feb. 23 to authorize payment of up to $500 to satisfy a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking records about the town’s planned Juneteenth event and vendor payments.
The vote followed a lengthy timeline review by Interim Town Administrator Ed Driggers and staff. Driggers told council that the town budgeted $25,000 for Juneteenth in the FY2024-25 budget and that staff requested the engagement of Universal CMG World Entertainment in March 2025, with a $20,000 payment subsequently advanced to the vendor. Driggers said staff later found there was no formal…
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