Golrick, Jeanne v. Montague, Town of - Board of Selectmen (SPR 20150038)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords January 28, 2015 SPRlS/038 Mr. Christopher M. Boutwell, Sr. Chairman Town of Montague Board of Selectmen 1 Avenue A Turners Falls, MA 01349 Dear Mr. Boutwell: I have received the petition of Jeanne Golrick appealing the nonresponse of the Town of Montague - Board of Selectmen (Board) to her request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 1O (b ); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Ms. Golrick requested a copy of contract records. Having received no response, Ms. Golrick 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, § 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 Board 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 a response was provided. Whereas this matter was opened based upon the Board's failure to provide a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Ms. Golrick may appeal the substantive nature of the Board's response withi ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Supervisor of Records cc: Ms. Jeanne Golrick OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/ pre