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Coomer presented a November 2022 superintendent’s requirement letter (issued after an internal investigation prompted by parent complaints) that ordered the elimination of “endurance days” and required updated PE syllabi and teacher assurances. He argued that those directives show the district reviewed and revised materials and that written syllabi or related course documents therefore should exist and be produced.

Sevier School District counsel (Jake Garlock) said the district provided the State Board standards and that searches of school‑level staff — including contact with the middle‑school principal and PE teachers — produced no written curricular materials or syllabi to provide. Garlock explained that, in that district’s practices, teachers did not maintain formal written syllabi for PE and that the superintendent’s public statement about reviewing the curriculum meant the district reviewed what was happening in class rather than producing a separate, centralized curriculum file. The district asked the office to deny the appeal.

The hearing officer acknowledged evidence suggesting documents may have existed at one time, but said the question before the office was the reasonableness of the search. The officer found the CAO’s follow‑up with the principal and teachers was a reasonable search step and that the petitioner had not shown the district failed to conduct an adequate search. The officer denied the appeal and advised a written order would follow within seven business days and that the decision may be appealed.","mediaType","Audio","parentTitle","Government Records Office Appeal hearings - August 5 2025 audio","oneSentenceSummary","A Government Records Office hearing denied Jared Coomer’s appeal after finding Sevier School District conducted a reasonable search for PE curriculum materials notwithstanding Coomer’s assertions that superintendent directives and responses indicate syllabi or related documents should exist.","taxTitle","Department of Government Records DGO, Division of Archives and Record Services, Utah Department of Government Operations, Offices, Departments, and Divisions, Organizations, Utah Executive Branch, Utah","taxId",80550,"location","Utah","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":50,"_51":82,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":83,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":84,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6482031,"Records officer upholds Salt Lake City’s partial fee waiver denial for body‑worn camera footage",1171,1846000,3017000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5562724-d3f8d2d38a316726bb1a6977c842fb67&start=1846&end=3017","/articles/6482031/Utah/Records-officer-upholds-Salt-Lake-Citys-partial-fee-waiver-denial-for-bodyworn-camera-footage","Steven James appealed Salt Lake City’s partial denial of a fee waiver for a body‑worn camera recording connected to a September 2, 2022 response. The Government Records Office hearing officer concluded the city reasonably estimated about three hours of staff time would be needed to review and redact protected information and denied the appeal.

James told the hearing he seeks the recording and related records as part of public oversight and argued that GRAMA’s fee‑waiver factors should favor disclosure, especially for indigent requesters. He said the city’s estimate that staff time would be required to identify and redact private or protected visual and audio information was overstated and that the request served the public interest.

Salt Lake City attorney Betsy Haas (appearing for the city) explained the city’s GRAMA process: for a 42‑minute video the records coordinator estimated about three hours to review frame‑by‑frame for visual information that must be blurred (faces not otherwise public, mobile data terminal displays), then a second pass to redact audio that contained protected data such as dates of birth. The city waived the physical media cost but not staff time and said it applied the GRAMA fee waiver factors and concluded the request did not establish public‑benefit grounds sufficient to waive staff‑time fees.

After hearing both sides, the hearing officer said, “I am of the opinion that the fee waiver denial here and the fee estimate were reasonable,” adding that James did not meet the statutory definition of a media representative and that the estimate of three hours was reasonable given the privacy concerns. The officer denied the appeal and said a written order will follow within seven business days, with a 30‑day right to appeal to district court.","The Government Records Office denied Steven James’s appeal of Salt Lake City’s decision not to waive staff‑time fees for redacting a 42‑minute body‑worn camera video, finding the city’s three‑hour estimate to review and redact the video reasonable.",{"_33":86,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":87,"_41":88,"_43":89,"_45":90,"_47":91,"_49":50,"_51":92,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":93,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":94,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6482036,"Records office denies Harshad Desai’s appeal seeking county sources for sold-property values",1216,88000,1304000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5562724-d3f8d2d38a316726bb1a6977c842fb67&start=88&end=1304","/articles/6482036/Utah/Records-office-denies-Harshad-Desais-appeal-seeking-county-sources-for-sold-property-values","Harshad Desai appealed Garfield County’s response to a GRAMA request asking for the sources and sold prices used in the county’s valuation of his commercial property. The hearing officer denied the appeal, finding Desai had not shown that Garfield County actually maintained the specific records he requested.

Desai told the hearing that his property’s assessed value had risen from about $500,000 to $1,200,000 and said the county relied on three or four motel sale prices in its appraisal while omitting other sales. He asked the committee to order Garfield County to release the underlying sold values and the non‑disclosure agreements and MLS‑membership details he said would let him verify those comparables.

Garfield County’s representative, identified in the hearing as Mr. Burns, said the county did not possess exact contract sale prices and originally had no MLS account; the county later obtained MLS access through state‑provided software but is contractually barred from redistributing the raw data. Burns also said the county hired an independent appraiser (identified in the hearing as Dan Johnson) to prepare appraisal values and that the county does not create a database of third‑party confidential sale prices it can hand over.

The hearing officer summarized the parties’ positions and ruled that Desai bore the burden of proving specific records existed that Garfield County had failed to produce. The officer said the county is not required to create records in response to a request and denied Desai’s appeal, noting a written order would follow within seven business days and the right to appeal to district court.

The decision leaves open ordinary avenues for Desai to challenge appraisal methodology in other forums but does not require the county to disclose the MLS‑sourced items Desai requested.","A Government Records Office hearing denied Harshad Desai’s appeal after finding he did not show that Garfield County actually maintained the specific records he sought about recently sold commercial properties and the county’s MLS-derived data.",{"_33":96,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":97,"_41":98,"_43":99,"_45":100,"_47":101,"_49":50,"_51":102,"_53":-5,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":103,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":104,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6482021,"Hearing officer finds Provo City request for ‘metadata’ insufficiently specific and denies appeal",1242,4785000,6027000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5562724-d3f8d2d38a316726bb1a6977c842fb67&start=4785&end=6027","/articles/6482021/Utah/Hearing-officer-finds-Provo-City-request-for-metadata-insufficiently-specific-and-denies-appeal","Mark Allen appealed a Provo City determination that his GRAMA request lacked reasonable specificity. Allen asked for certified records and metadata including Spillman and UCJIS audit logs, dispatch (CAD) notes, query histories and other internal access records that he said were necessary to establish who had queried his name and why an expired temporary civil stalking injunction appeared in officer records.

Allen told the hearing he has been the subject of multiple criminal prosecutions he attributes to errors in how Provo City records and queries were created; he showed a publicly posted dash‑cam screenshot that he said shows an officer ran searches using an incorrect name spelling and where a UCJIS flag read “do not arrest temporary civil stalking injunction.” He told the office he needed certified audit logs and metadata to pursue civil claims and to verify who accessed and updated records that resulted in prosecutions against him.

Provo City counsel (Nicholas Muehlstein) said the original request included broad phrasing — “any information which may have been entered into any database, notes, flags, or associated queries” and similar language — and lacked the specificity required to locate discrete records. The city explained it does not centrally retain every vendor or external system metadata request in the way Allen described and that some systems are outside the city’s custody. The city invited Allen to submit a new, clearly worded request targeting specific systems or record types.

The hearing officer reviewed the local appeals board decision that had concluded the same: the request lacked reasonable specificity. The officer found the appeals board decision factually and legally sound, denied Allen’s appeal and encouraged him to resubmit a clarified request citing specific systems and record types. A written order will follow within seven business days and is appealable to district court.","Mark Allen’s appeal seeking certified records, audit logs and metadata (Spillman, UCJIS, CAD dispatch notes, Chorus access) was denied because the local appeals board and the hearing officer found the original GRAMA request was not reasonably specific; the officer encouraged resubmission with clarified terms.","actionData","errors"]

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