F. Contracts, proposals and bids.

See Conn. Gen. Stat. §1-210(b)(7) as discussed above in Records Outline at II.A.2.g.

FOIA states that disclosure is required of the "names of firms obtaining bid documents from any state agency." Conn. Gen. Stat. §1-210(d)(3).

FOIA also states that "[a]ny contract of employment to which the state or a political subdivision of the state is a party shall be deemed to be a public record . . . ." Conn. Gen. Stat. §1-214(a).

Conn. Gen. Stat. §4-137e(c) states that general bids for public building contracts "shall be publicly opened and read by the awarding authority forthwith."

Under Conn. Gen. Stat. §7-314(b), the records and meetings of a volunteer fire department which is established by municipal charter or constituted as a non-profit Connecticut corporation are exempt from FOIA if they concern fraternal and social matters, but not if they concern matters of public safety, expenditures of public funds, or other public business. For a decision under an earlier statute, see Cos Cob Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1 v. FOIC, 212 Conn. 100, 561 A.2d 429 (1989); see also O'Connell v. FOIC, 54 Conn. App. 373, 735 A.2d 363 (1999).