Brown, Todd v. Haverhill, City of - City Solicitor's Office (SPR 20140584)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords October 28, 2014 SPR14/584 Ms. Linda L. Koutoulas, City Clerk City of Haverhill 4 Summer Street, Rm. 118 Haverhill, MA 01830 Dear Ms. Koutoulas: I have received the petition of Todd Brown appealing the nonresponse of the City of Haverhill (City) to his request for public records G L c 66 § lO(b); see also 950 C.M R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Brown, on behalf of the Massachusetts Independent Pharmacists Association, requested copies of records related to "prescription benefits fulfillment." Having received no response, Mr. Brown petitioned this office. Under the Public Records Law and the Access Regulations (Regulations) all requests for public records must be met with a response within ten (1 0) days of the request. G. L. c. 66, § 10(b); 950 C.M.R. 32.05. The response may be an offer to provide records, a fee estimate for provision of the records, or a denial. The City is advised that all records custodians must comply with both the Public Records Law and the Regulations with respect to the timeliness of response. Subsequent to the intervention by a member of my staff, the City's Human Resource Director provided a written response to the request. In her October 17, 2014letter, the Director explained that as of June 30, 2014, the City stopped participating in the offering of the CanaRX prescription drug program. Further, the Director stated that the City has no contracts, proposals, bids or other documents responsive to Mr. Brown's request. Whereas the City provided a written response, I will consider this administrative appeal s d Supervisor of Records cc: Mr. Todd Brown OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma.us/pre