Food-service managers' pay: do bonuses depend on the food budget?

Subject: Open Records Request — Food-service management compensation & incentive policy To the Open Records Custodian, Office of Legal Services: Under the Georgia Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq., The GDC Accountability Project, Inc. (Georgia Prisoners' Speak) — a Georgia nonprofit investigative-journalism organization that documents conditions in Georgia's prisons — respectfully requests copies of the following public records concerning the compensation of the Department's food-service management: the positions responsible for directing and managing food service at GDC facilities and statewide (including positions administered through Georgia Correctional Industries' Food & Farm Services). 1. Any policy, directive, standard operating procedure, or guideline governing performance-based pay, bonuses, incentive awards, merit pay, or "pay-for-performance" applicable to food-service management positions — including but not limited to the classifications titled "Director of Food Services," "Senior Manager, Food Services," "Food Services Manager," and any equivalent food-service management classification — together with any document identifying the performance metrics on which such pay is based. 2. The current official position description(s) and performance-evaluation standard(s)/form(s) for those food-service management classifications, including any portion that measures an employee's performance against food cost, food-budget adherence, cost-per-meal, per-meal cost, or food-cost "savings." 3. Any document that establishes food-service cost targets, "meal rates," per-meal cost goals, or food-budget "savings" goals, and any document that ties an employee's performance evaluation, compensation, bonus, incentive, or continued assignment to meeting those targets. 4. Records sufficient to show any performance-based payments, bonuses, incentive awards, or merit increases paid to persons in those food-service management positions for State Fiscal Years 2019 through the present, identified by position/classification and amount. (We are content to receive these summarized by position and facility; we do not require any record withheld by law.) 5. A record sufficient to identify the employer of record (GDC or Georgia Correctional Industries) and the division/office to which the facility food-service director positions report. We are flexible on scope and format and would be glad to narrow or prioritize any item to reduce your burden — please let us know what is easiest on your end. We would be grateful to receive the records electronically as PDFs to accountability@gps.press. We agree to pay reasonable copying and administrative costs up to $50; if you anticipate the cost will exceed that amount, please let us know beforehand so we can authorize it or narrow the request. We understand and accept any redactions required by law. Thank you very much for your time and assistance. Sincerely, The GDC Accountability Project, Inc. (Georgia Prisoners' Speak) 285 W Wieuca Rd NE, PMB #4153, Atlanta, GA 30342 accountability@gps.press https://gps.pressPlease be specific with your request to narrow our search and respond to you quickly and efficiently.