CITY OF SUNRISE
v.
LOURDES COLON
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The Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed a lower court's decision, holding that the City of Sunrise improperly denied a public records request for personnel information of a former temporary employee. The court found that the City's denial was based on incorrect reasoning, but the result was still correct because the records should have been retained under state administrative rules.
The court held that while the City's stated reasons for denial were incorrect, the lower court's decision to order disclosure was correct because the records were subject to retention requirements under Florida Administrative Code Rule 1B-24.003(1)(a).
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FOURTH DISTRICT
CITY OF SUNRISE,
Appellant,
v.
LOURDES COLON,
Appellee.
No. 4D18-2473
[June 19, 2019]
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Michael L. Gates, Judge; L.T. Case No. CACE 16-12669 (12).
Christopher J. Stearns and Jonathan H. Railey of Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke, Piper & Hochman, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.
Scott M. Behren of Behren Law Firm, Weston, for appellee. PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Dade Cnty. Sch. Bd. v. Radio Station WQBA, 731 So. 2d 638, 644 (Fla. 1999) (“[I]f a trial court reaches the right result, but for the wrong reasons, it will be upheld if there is any basis which would support the judgment in the record.”); Fla. Admin. Code R. 1B-24.003(1)(a), General Records Schedule GS-1-SL for State and Local Government Agencies (eff. Aug. 2017) (personnel information for temporary employees must be retained for three fiscal years after any manner of separation or termination of employment).
Affirmed. GERBER, C.J., MAY and CONNER, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.