Saklad, Don Kempner Warner v. Boston, City of - Election Department (SPR 20140667)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords December 11, 2014 SPR14/667 Ms. Geraldine Cuddyer, Chairwoman Boston Elections Department One City Hall Square, Rm. 241 Boston, MA 02201 Dear Ms. Cuddyer: I have received the petition of Don Saklad appealing the nonresponse of the Boston Elections Department (Department) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 1 O(b ); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Saklad requested the most recent minutes of the Board of Election Commissions, as well as a list of dates of the most recent meetings. Having received no response, Mr. Saklad 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, § lO(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 Department 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, you provided a written response to the request including the minutes of the August 14, 2014 and August 28, 2014 meetings. However, you failed to state whether any other responsive records exist. Accordingly, the Department is hereby ordered, within ten (10) day ofthis order, to provide Mr. Saklad with the requested records. If the Department maintains that any portion of the responsive records are exempt from disclosure it may, within ten (10) days provide to Mr. Saklad and this office a written explanation, with specificity, how a particular exemption plies to each record. Supervisor of Records cc: Mr. Don Saklad OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ~Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/pre