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In review The agency answered BP-2026-10-04-A on Oct 26, 2026 (business day 15, after extending its time): granted, at no charge. It produced records. We are reading them; the records and our analysis are published here after the agency has had seven days with a draft (Methods). The agency's notice of Oct 19, 2026 extended its time to respond to BP-2026-10-13-B.
The terms in the tables below are defined on the Requests page and in the codebook. The records an agency produces, and our analysis of them, are added after the agency has had seven days to review a draft. See Methods.
Requests and responses
| Request | BP-2026-10-04-A · text as sent |
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| Sent | 2026-10-04; counted as received 2026-10-05 |
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| Response due | 2026-10-12; the agency's notice of 2026-10-12 extended it |
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| Answered | 2026-10-26, 15 business days after receipt |
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| Agency's determination | Granted |
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| Fee | None charged |
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| Fee waiver | No fee charged |
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| Paid | $0.00 |
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| Where it stands | Records produced. Our file is closed (produced in the codebook) |
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| Request | BP-2026-10-04-B · text as sent |
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| Sent | 2026-10-04; counted as received 2026-10-05 |
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| Response due | 2026-10-12 |
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| Answered | Not applicable: the request was filed again after the agency's reply |
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| Where it stands | Refiled after the agency's reply; filed again on 2026-10-13. Our file is closed (refiled in the codebook) |
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| Request | BP-2026-10-13-B · text as sent |
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| Sent | 2026-10-13; counted as received 2026-10-14 |
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| Response due | 2026-10-21; the agency's notice of 2026-10-19 extended it |
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| Answered | Not yet |
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| Where it stands | Awaiting response. Our file is open (pending in the codebook) |
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What we sent
Our requests, as filed, with contact details omitted. Where a request was filed through a NextRequest portal, its number links to its page there. Some portals show that page only to the requester and the agency.
| Document | Request | Sent | Pages |
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| Our request BP-2026-10-04-A, Part A (documents), as filed | BP-2026-10-04-A | 2026-10-04 | 2 |
| Our request BP-2026-10-04-B, Part B (system exports), as filed | BP-2026-10-04-B | 2026-10-04 | 2 |
| Our message on the exports request, October 13, 2026, 9:41 am: the documents request appears on the City's NextRequest portal as 26-879 and this request has no thread there; asks whether this request was received and entered, and notes that the requests, responses and correspondence will be published with personal contact details omitted | BP-2026-10-04-B | 2026-10-13 | 1 |
| Our message on the exports request, October 13, 2026, 12:36 pm, answering the Office of the FOIA Coordinator: we will resubmit the request on the City's portal that day; the original request went to the City's FOIA address on October 4 at 5:50 pm and is attached for the record | BP-2026-10-04-B | 2026-10-13 | 1 |
| Our request BP-2026-10-13-B, Part B (system exports), as filed | BP-2026-10-13-B | 2026-10-13 | 2 |
| Our message on the City's records portal, October 26, 2026, 11:46 am, on request 26-879: thanks, as posted | BP-2026-10-04-A | 2026-10-26 | 1 |
What the agency sent
The agency's letters, notices and forms on these requests that we have saved. Each file lists the request it belongs to, the date received, and the first 16 characters of its SHA-256 hash; the full hash is on the Documents page.
| Document | Request | Received | Pages | Redaction |
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Extension notice on the City's records portal, October 12, 2026, 7:20 am, on request 26-879: the City "is extending the time to respond to your request by 10-business days, as permitted by MCL 15.235, section 5(2)(d)"; no date named
cf1526c0bc849829… | BP-2026-10-04-A | 2026-10-12 | 1 | none (message text as received, rendered to PDF; the email headers, the portal's header and its footer are left out; our note at the top) |
Message from the City's Office of the FOIA Coordinator on the exports request, October 13, 2026, 12:16 pm, answering our message of 9:41 am: "The email that was forwarded did not actually contain any request information to verify for."; "If you are unable to find the request, please resubmit the request directly through the NextRequest portal as a new request for the fastest processing."
2735c93a1c3bff66… | BP-2026-10-04-B | 2026-10-13 | 1 | none (message text as received, rendered to PDF; the quoted messages and the lines below the signature, the City's street address and the office's phone and fax numbers, are left out; our note at the top) |
Extension notice on the City's records portal, October 19, 2026, 3:42 pm, on request 26-909: the City "is extending the time to respond to your request by 10-business days, as permitted by MCL 15.235, section 5(2)(d)"; no date named
ff0b0f675d5b4650… | BP-2026-10-13-B | 2026-10-19 | 1 | none (message text as received, rendered to PDF; the email headers, the portal's header and its footer are left out; our note at the top) |
Automated notice from the City's records portal, October 26, 2026, 10:18 am, on request 26-879: four documents released, with the message "Please see the attached report as requested. If you have any questions, please let me know."
8f3714c0a08c58f2… | BP-2026-10-04-A | 2026-10-26 | 1 | the names of the four files left out (three carry the surname of the person who signed the record); notice text as received, rendered to PDF; the email headers and the portal's header line left out; our note at the top; document properties cleared |
Entry on the City's records portal closing request 26-879, October 26, 2026, 10:27 am: "All records have been released, and your request has been fulfilled"
65ef20080623486a… | BP-2026-10-04-A | 2026-10-26 | 1 | none (the entry's text as shown on the portal, rendered to PDF; our note at the top) |