Myrick, Steve v. The County of Dukes County (SPR 20140717)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supe1·visor ofR ecords December 8, 2014 SPR14/717 Ms. Noreen Mavro-Flanders Treasurer Dukes County P.O. Box 190 Edgartown MA, 02539 Dear Ms. Mavro-Flanders: I have received the petition of Steve Myrick of the Martha's Vineyard Times appealing. the response of the County of Dukes County (County) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 10(b); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, on November 5, 2014 Mr. Myrick requested copies oflegal bills received by the County for FY2015. In a response dated November 19,2014 the Department provided the responsive records. The basis ofMr. Myrick's appeal is the timeliness ofthe County's response. The County is hereby advised 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 ten-day provision is a maximum, rather than a minimum, time frame for complying with a public records request. Given that the responsive records have been provided this a ministrative appeal is closed. ~~ua 1 mms Supervisor ofRecords cc: Mr. Steve Myrick OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832. Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/ pre