From: Mary E. Kuckelman Spinelli <mespinelli@topeka.org>
Date: Fri, Nov 13, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Subject: RE: McClure KORA 110926
To: mcre13@gmail.com <mcre13@gmail.com>
Cc: City Clerk <cclerk@topeka.org>, Bonnie Williams <bowilliams@topeka.org>
Henry,
Please find attached the records responsive to your requests below in #1, 3, 4, and 5. Please be advised that any notes and draft documents would be exempt from production pursuant to KSA 45-221(a)(20).
Staff is estimating that one hour of IT research time at the rate of $40.00 per hour is needed to gather the records responsive to your request in #2 below. Please submit payment in the amount of $40.00 by calling the Clerk’s office at 785-368-3940 to provide a credit card number or mail or hand-deliver a check or cash to the Clerk’s office at 215 SE 7th Street, Room 166, Topeka, KS 66603.
Thank you,
Mary E. Kuckelman Spinelli
Senior Attorney
Mailing Address:
215 SE 7th Street, Room 353
Topeka, KS 66603
NOTICE: This message and any attachments may be confidential and contain legally privileged information. If you are not an employee of the City of Topeka (see K.S.A. 75-6102(d)), we do not waive any legal protection that may apply such as attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete the message and any attachments. Further, this communication is not intended to constitute, nor should it be relied upon, as legal advice to you.
From: Keya Downing <kdowning@Topeka.org>
Sent: Monday, November 9, 2026 8:18 AM
To: Bonnie Williams <bowilliams@topeka.org>; Mary E. Kuckelman Spinelli <mespinelli@topeka.org>
Cc: City Clerk <cclerk@Topeka.org>
Subject: McClure KORA 110926
From: Henry McClure <mcre13@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 7, 2026 4:57 PM
To: City Clerk <cclerk@topeka.org>
Subject: Kansas Open Records Act Request: Data Center Water Service Communications
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To the Records Custodian, City of Topeka:
Under the Kansas Open Records Act, K.S.A. 45-215 et seq., I request copies of the following public records from July 1, 2026, to the present:
1. All emails, texts, call logs, calendar entries and meeting notes between City of Topeka employees or officials and Rural Water District No. 3 (its board members or staff) about data centers, Compass, or water service to a data center.
2. All such communications between City employees or officials and Compass, its affiliates, or its legal representatives.
3. Records of the staff meeting with Rural Water District No. 3 board members and a legal representative that the mayor described on or about November 4, 2026, including its date, attendees, agenda and notes.
4. Any written directives, memos or instructions issued to City staff about contact with data center applicants or water-service requests under Ordinances 20670 and 20677.
5. Any internal memos, reports or findings about whether staff contact on this matter was authorized.
Electronic copies are preferred. If any record is withheld, please cite the specific KORA exemption for each one. If fees will exceed $50, please give me an estimate before you go ahead.
Thank you,
Henry McClure
(762) 291-2765
mcre13@gmail.com
Henry McClure
Time kills deals
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