Guptill, G. v. Boston, City of - Emergency Medical Services (SPR 20140724)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords December 15, 2014 SPR14/724 Mr. Timothy J. Harrington Acting General Counsel Boston Public Health Commission 1 010 Massachusetts A venue Boston, MA 02118 Dear Attorney Harrington: I have received the petition of G. Guptill appealing the nonresponse ofthe Boston Public Health Commission (Commission) to her request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § lO(b); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Ms. Guptill requested a various documents regarding a specifically identified address in Boston on a specific date. Having received no response, Ms. Guptill 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 (10) days of the request. G. L. c. 66, § 1O (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 Commission 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, this office was notified that you provided a response to this request dated December 9, 2014. Whereas this matter was opened based upon the Commission's failure to provide a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Ms. Guptill may appeal the substantive nature of the Commission's response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C. .R. 32.08(2). "~illiams w Supervisor of Records cc: Ms. G. Guptill One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832. Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/ pre